Bird in the Hand

Overview

December 12, 1929. That night, gangster Arnie Kurtz is in a car, watching a hit he ordered. Another car, speeding along and with a chopper blasting, guns down a pedestrian; but the victim pulls a gun and fires back, his bullet goes through the windshield. The car crashes; the driver is dead, but the hitman escapes. Arnie Kurtz goes to establish his alibi; at 10:35, his wife Stella drops in on her brother Benno Fisk, who owns a pawn shop. Stella has a job for him: deliver a payment of 100 Gs to a gangster in Washington, DC, for her hubby Arnie. Benno will be gone for 3-4 days, so Stella takes his 2 pet birds with her; Stella and Arnie are permanent guests at the swanky Lakeview Hotel.

Guest Stars

Herschel Bernardi

Benno Fisk

Carroll O'Connor

Arnie Kurtz

John McLiam

Trucker

Harvey Korman

Resident

Charles Sherlock

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Guy Way

Gangster (uncredited)