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Corpse of the Year: Part 1
Episode 17
Air date January 13, 1967
Written by Ken Pettus
George W. Trendle
Directed by James Komack
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"Corpse of the Year: Part 1" is the seventeenth episode of the television series The Green Hornet. It is the first of a two-part story and originally aired on January 13, 1967.

Synopsis[]

A carbon copy of the Green Hornet's Black Beauty attacks a delivery truck and terminates the driver right in front of Britt Reid. At the same time, reporter Mike Axford has a visit from a Green Hornet impostor, which leads to the real Hornet attempting to go after these impostors.

Appearances[]

Cast[]

  • Nora Marlowe as Apple Annie
  • Barbara Babcock as Elaine Carey
  • Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Green Hornet
  • Uncredited actors Newspaper delivery man
  • Uncredited actors Newspaper truck driver
  • Uncredited actors as Onlookers
  • Uncredited actors as Police officer
  • William Dozier as Narrator (voice only)
  • Walter Brooke as Frank Scanlon
  • Bruce Lee as Kato
  • Lloyd Gough as Mike Axford
  • Tom Simcox as Dan Scully, the False Green Hornet
  • Wende Wagner as Lenore Case
  • Metropolitan City Police Department
  • Uncredited actors as Pony Room servers
  • Monty O'Grady and uncredited actors as Pony Room patrons
  • Leon Alton as Pony Room bartender
  • Cesare Danova as Felix Garth
  • Sally Mills as Sabrina Bradley's secretary
  • Joanne Dru as Sabrina Bradley
  • Joe Kellogg
  • Celia Kaye as Melissa Neal
  • Sydney Smith as Willoughby
  • J. Edward McKinley as Simon Neal
  • Uncredited actors as "The Girls" (female guests at Simon Neal's party)
  • Angelique Pettyjohn as Kissing woman
  • Jack Garner as Kissing man
  • N/A as The Mayor (referenced in newspaper headline)

Locations[]

  • Metropolitan City
    • Apple Annie's newsstand
    • The Daily Sentinel Building
      • The Daily Sentinel printing press
    • Britt Reid's residence
    • Michael Axford's office
    • Britt Reid's office
    • The Pony Room
    • The Daily Express Building
      • Sabrina Bradley's office
    • Abandoned alley
    • Harmon Avenue
    • Commerce Street
    • Kellogg Car Customizing Company

Misc.[]

  • Daily Express (newspaper)
  • Black Beauty duplicate
  • Black Beauty blueprints
  • Black Beauty
  • Hornet Scanner
  • Metropolitan City Press Club

Gallery[]

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