Amos Burke: Secret Agent

In a combination of ""Day of the Jackal"" and ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"", Burke is sent to Paris to lacate the missing son of an American diplomat. The boy disappeared shortly after someone murdered his father's girlfriend by pushing her off the Eiffel Tower. When Burke arrives, he finds himself involved in a bizarre plot to assassinate Charles de Gaulle that takes him across the French countryside. « read less

In London, Burke investigates two murders. The victims, a German electronics expert and a Yugoslavian engineer, had one thing in common: they both died after telephoning a certain number. Burke uncovers an intricate plot involving a password that means instant death, tin mines that have poison gas in the ventilating system, and a new, deadly Soviet satellite. Behind it all is megalomaniac who plans to destroy all the top people in England and take over the nation. Burke saves the day, but not before the Russians conspire to lead him to the brink of disaster. « read less

Burke is in Mexico City to try and learn who is behind an assassination attempt against Pablo Vasquez, the Mexican Government's Labor Leader, who very pro-U.S. He discovers that a proposed peace treaty is the reason behind the attempt on Vasquez while he was watching the renowned female matador, La Tigra. Burke gets himself thrown in jail in order to question a suspected conspirator, but learns nothing. La Tigra distracts Burke while he is guarding Vasquez and Vasquez is kidnapped. Failing to kill Burke, La Tigra confesses that she was only in on the plot because she was being blackmailed by the leader of the plot, Darvas. Together, Burke and La Tigra rush to her ranch where Vasquez is being held captive by Darvas. « read less

Union Seecorps, a fanatical revolutionary group led by Harrison Quentin Filmore, has a dream. Filmore wants to bring peace to the world through Operation Euphoria. He plans to to dose Washington, D.C., with LSD gas for three days. First they must steal H09, a gasoline additive, from Narvoo Air Base, in order to drug the troops. Burke is sent to the base and poses as a member of the military police in order to guard the additive. Filmore, however, manages to drug the entire base and steal the additive. Other members of the Union plan to take advantage of Filmore's ""high"" ideas of peace and take over the United States Government. Burke now has to pose as a traitor in order to infiltrate the Union. He does, but Filmore decides to test his ""disloyalty"" by ordering him to kill a CIA agent. « read less

Exiled South American dictator Pedro Cabrial is living in a Spanish castle but aspires to return to power with the help of foreign financial aid. Carla, his wife, conceals from him the fact that he has contracted a fatal illness and will be dead in thirty days. In this way, she figures so he will go through with a planned coup and then she will be able to gain control of the country. Jeff Smith (an undercover agent who happens to be The Man's son), Dr. Torres, and anyone else who gets in the way of the military takeover are killed. Pepe, Sra. Cabrial's loyal servant, watches as she recalls the splendor of her life as Viva Evita on film, over and over again. Burke is sent to infiltrate Cabrial's stronghold. He succeeds in getting inside the castle, only to be captured and put on a rack left over from the Inquisition. Django, responsible for Agent Smith's demise under the instructions of Capt. Luzardo, is killed in turn by Burke. « read less

The title refers to the operatives of Burke's boss, ""The Man"". The Man has devised an ambitious project entitled Operation Eyeball. It is a plan to bug every foreign embassy in the world. Shortly before the plan is to be put into effect, a microfilm containing a list of American agents assigned to the operation is stolen, along with a photograph of each one. The list is being offered in trade for seven million in diamonds for international bidding on future targets. Even though the ransom is paid, The Man knows the list has been copied and so orders Burke and female agent Sylvia Kellogg to kill everyone connected with the theft. As they carry out the mission, Burke begins to suspect that Sylvia is working for the other side. « read less

Sheik Farid, deposed King of Egypt, is collecting a secret aresenal of weapons to take over what he has lost. The Man assigns Burke to foil Farid's takeover plans. To help him, he has an elderly but effective British agent named Agatha Carruthers. Burke plans to romance Farid's mistress, Yasmin, and plant a bug in a fake diamond pendant he plans to give her. « read less

Harlan O'Brien, Chief Security Officer at the nuclear power plant in the small town of Sorrel, is shot by a policeman after going berserk in a restaurant. After his death, Burke goes to investigate the death of his old war buddy and finds the townspeople all seem to be under some form of mass hypnosis. Expressionless, they refuse to discuss anything but their great loyalty to their town. Burke tries to uncover the truth about an orgnanization known as The Friends of Progress. The town leader, ex-Congressman Jed Hawkes, seems sane enough until he suddenly orders the citizens to kill Burke. A mob forms and they finally corner Burke in a laundromat. Five of the seemingly ""normal"" people enter with shotguns and come after Burke as the episode ends. « read less