Amos Burke, Secret Agent (Peace, It's a Gasser)

Henry Jones heads up a gang that is stealing a secret government chemical gas that will render the populace ineffective, like laughing gas, while they get military secrets. Major Amos  Burke (Gene Barry) reports to General Larry Thor on a special mission. Even Burke and Thor are effected by the gas, which is expelled in exhaust fumes from cars on the base.  When an officer shows up on the base after the act, he is shot by Paul Carr. After the gas wears off, Burke begins to dig into the attack. Richard Hoyt arranges for Burke to be advertised as a traitor, so that he will be accepted by the gang.

 Brooke Bundy is the only one of the four who has any second thoughts about what they are doing. Jones is just a front for Ruta Lee and Carr. They are in it for money, not for the philosophical motives of the rest. Burke somehow manages to get through to Lee's house. He tells her he has something to sell and is looking for a job. He has microfilm of every missile site in the country, he claims. As Barry starts to leave, a government agent arrests him, but Barry disarms him and in the struggle, shoots him. This persuades Lee. She leaves to arrange for the disposal of the body. Barry is visibly disturbed. Again, as he leaves the house, he is arrested. He is placed in a cell with Hoyt, who tells him that the agent he killed was a double agent. He asks him if he has grown too soft for the job, and tells him the "shoot on sight" order has been cancelled.

When Barry gets back to Lee, he brings the microfilm. Carr comes in while they are talking. Barry gets his immunization to keep the gas from affecting him. Their plans are to hit Washington, D.C. Jones is making a speech at a rally of the idealogues. He tells them he has sent a letter demanding peace, or he will paralyze the capitals of each nation. Someone identifies Barry, and they grab him, but Jones lets him make his defense. He tells them the government is alerted. He tells Jones he is being used by a foreign espionage agency. Then he is knocked out.  Carr shoots him. Jones wants to know if Barry was telling the truth about him, and then Carr shoots him, too. But Barry was wearing a bullet-proof vest, and he gets up. The feds are indeed waiting for the foreign agents, and take them in hand. Bundy has helped them, and she is cleared.


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