Man on a String

• Director: Joseph Sargent
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Crime Thriller
• Themes: Going Undercover, Murder Investigations, Miscarriage of Justice
• Main Cast: Christopher George, Jack Warden, Joel Grey, Keith Carradine
• Release Year: 1971
• Country: US
• Run Time: 73 minutes

Plot

Man on a String was a derivation of Tightrope, a 1959-60 TV series starring Mike Connors as an undercover agent. Despite high ratings, Tightrope was forced off the air due to its excessive violence, but its producers held out hopes that someday they'd be able to revive the property. This 1971 TV-movie attempt stars Christopher George as a government undercover man, answerable only to his superior William Schallert. Guest-star Joel Grey plays a psychic criminal, called in to help solve a series of murders. Man on a String was first telecast on February 18, 1972; its ratings were respectable, but a series was not forthcoming. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Christopher George
• Jack Warden
• Joel Grey
• Keith Carradine

Michael Baseleon; William Schallert; James B. Sikking; Kitty Winn

Credit

Robert A. Peterson - Art Director, Ross Bellah - Art Director, Joseph Sargent - Director, Asa Boyd Clark - Editor, Edward C. Rosson - Cinematographer, Douglas S. Cramer - Producer, Ben Maddow - Screenwriter