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Plot

The usually sobersided TV adventure series Name of the Game went comically wacko with the 90-minute episode Appointment in Palermo. Series regular Gene Barry plays Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard, who finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud. Don't look for heavy emoting or hidden messages here--the episode joyfully descends into all-out slapstick. Directed by Ben Gazzara and costarring Harry Guardino, Brenda Vaccaro and Joe DeSantis, Appointment in Palermo was first telecast February 26, 1971.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
73min.
Themes:
Mistaken Identities,Kidnapping
Tone:
Goofy,Humorous,Madcap,Silly
Keywords:
assignment,family,family-feud,kidnapping,mistaken-identity,publisher,rescue