This Date in THE FBI History: Arthur Hill stars in “The Plague Merchant,” airing Oct. 30, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

Posted on October 30, 2023 by admin
  1. THE PLAGUE MERCHANT
    Original Air Date:     Oct. 30, 1966
    Synopsis. Needing money to fund an operation that would prevent the loss of his daughter’s leg, research chemist Edward Lennan (played by Arthur Hill) agrees to sell the formula to a new hand lotion to a foreign operative. Lennan makes the deal, unaware that the two flasks that he stole from his employer actually contain a plague culture that could wipe out the entire U.S. population unless it is kept refrigerated.

    LEARN MORE about this episode 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. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through Black Pawn Press, Amazon.com, and wherever books are sold online.

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