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THE NATURAL
Original Airdate: Mar. 14, 1971
Synopsis. A New York syndicate run by Vince Stanton (played by John Sylvester-White) targets Billy Blaik (played by Anthony Costello), one of the top players from a school in Kentucky that is participating in the Central Collegiate Invitational Tournament, into shaving points from the outcome of games—thus allowing the mob to capitalize by betting against the spread. When Blaik refuses, Stanton captain Rudy Walden (Peter Mark Richman) kidnaps Billy’s sister, Keenie, to coerce Billy into shaving points. With less than forty-eight hours before the opening tip of the next game of the tournament, Erskine and Colby race the clock to rescue Keenie, capture Walden, and stop Stanton’s operation.
LEARN MORE about “The Natural” in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more—about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
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