Get Smart Episode #65, Season Three #5.
Plot
When CONTROL suffers another budget cutback and all agents are put on part-time, Maxwell Smart sets himself up as a private eye with 99 as his secretary.
Synopsis
Characters
CONTROL
- Maxwell Smart - Don Adams
- Agent 99 - Barbara Feldon
- The Chief - Edward Platt
- Agent 34 - Ralph Leabow
- Larrabee - Robert Karvelas
- Agent 72 (Sam) (Uncredited)
KAOS
- Mr. Peter (Fat Man) - Berry Kroeger
- Mr. Sydney (Little Man) -Phil Roth
- Wilbur - Buddy Hackett (uncredited)
Others
- Trinka Markoff - Roxane Berard
- Mrs. Weatherly - Lynn Borden
- Reporter - Don Ross
- Man in Cab - Gordon Jump
Weapons and Gadgets
Locations
- Alledon Arms Hotel
Trivia
Director Bruce Bilson won the 1968 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy for this episode.
Reality Check
Hiding behind the generic title this episode is a parody of hard-boiled detective movies, especially 1941's The Maltese Falcon, giving Don Adams his second of three opportunities to show off his Humphrey Bogart impression (the others being Episode #36: "Casablanca" and Episode #117 "The Treasure of C. Errol Madre").
The "Big Man" and "Little Man" villains are caricatures of frequent Bogart co-stars Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre with the twist that their names have been reversed (a similar pair appear in the earlier Casablanca-themed episode) while "Wilbur" refers to Maltese Falcon character "Wilmer Cook" and "Mrs. Weatherly" to "Miss Wonderly", the femme fatale of the movie.
99's line, "If you want me just whistle", is taken from Lauren Bacall's dialogue in To Have and Have Not.