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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0640782/
1979 NBC. "Samurai." A Quinn Martin Production. Super spy Robert Conrad. I watched this as a kid. I liked Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Torque because he has a metal hand with all kinds of gadgets like drills, saws, etc. This episode has some martial arts action and Torque has some pretty good moves for a big guy. Guest stars include Mako, Richard Narita (Willie Wang in Murder by Death), and the great John Lone, from Iceman and Year of the Dragon, in an early appearance doing the Lion Dance. A highlight. Bald character actor Earl Boen also appears with a rug. He was the doctor in Terminator. Mako beats the crap out of him and throws him through a wall. Nancy Conrad, daughter of the star, plays Carrie.
Thomas Sloane works for a secret government agency headed by Dan O'Herlihy. They have a big computer named Effie (Michele Carey) that talks and answers questions. In this episode a foreign leader visiting the country who had been receiving threats has his daughter kidnapped by ninjas. Mako is the boss and he also has a grudge against T.R. Sloane and wants to kill him himself in a fight to the death. Torque has a funny bit where he confronts some henchmen by showing off some of his hand gadgets and then takes them out with the flea fogger gas cloud.
A Man Called Sloane is a very silly show, with lots of Robert Conrad macho action, and outrageous plots, but I can see why I watched it as a ten year old. I still love this type of stuff. This is why I am the perfect audience for these old TV shows on Youtube. I always get a kick of them.
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