The Ring of Anasis

Early afternoon, Cat is on a bodyguard assignment. Cat is in yet another one of those strange, fortress-like mansions, and his client is an eccentric millionaire, Tony Webb, who is rather wimpy. Webb has a gigantic collection of exotic artifacts and rare, primitive weapons and statues. At the moment, he is practicing with a blowgun; Webb states flatly, ""A man who expects hourly to be struck down-- murdered-- should practice."" Cat throws a spear into the wall, showing he is quite skilled at handling weapons, too. Webb says, ""I take it then you must be the one Lisa hired to protect me."" Then Webb asks, ""Who are you?"" The man in black answers, ""The name is Cat--T. Hewitt Edward Cat."" (intro music) Cat notes that the spear he holds, and the blowgun Webb holds, are both Aganté: made by a tribe of pygmies in the middle Amazon. Webb says the pygmies use the darts to kill jaguars; Cat points out that each blowgun dart is curare (poison) tipped. (who would win in a battle of spear vs. b

Writing:
  • Harry Julian Fink

Stars:
Release Date: 1966-09-16
Seasons: 1
TMDb: 8.0/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 30

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