Assignment: Vienna
The adventures of ruff-and-tuff American expatriate Jake Webster, who ran a cafe in Vienna called Jake's Bar and Grill. However, his restauranteuring duties were merely a cover, as Webster's prime vocation was stomping out sabotage and espionage as an agent for the United States government.
- 1972-1973
- 1 season
- ABC
- Action & Adventure, Drama
The adventures of ruff-and-tuff American expatriate Jake Webster, who ran a cafe in Vienna called Jake's Bar and Grill. However, his restauranteuring duties were merely a cover, as Webster's prime vocation was stomping out sabotage and espionage as an agent for the United States government.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
The Last Target
Thu, Sep 28, 1972 48 mins
Floyd Macklin escapes from custody after being sentenced to 20 years in prison for black marketing activities. He vows to kill the prosecutor and Maj. Caldwell, who were responsible for his capture. Jake sets up a meeting with Macklin to talk to him, but the police arrive and Macklin bolts. Jake finds himself under arrest on suspicion of helping Macklin escape in the first place.
Episode 2
Hot Potato
Thu, Oct 19, 1972 47 mins
Jake is about to deliver to Maj. Caldwell some microfilm that identifies 12 major gangland leaders at a secret summit meeting. Before he can, though, they're attacked by a gang of toughs and Caldwell is wounded.
Episode 3
Queen's Gambit
Thu, Nov 9, 1972 49 mins
Aline Masterson, a New York museum official, hires Jake to recover the Royal Crown of Bosnia, which was stolen from her outside the Hofberg Museum. Jake manages to find the thief who has it and arranges to deliver a payoff to him. However, when he gets to the pre-arranged spot he is attacked and knocked unconscious. When he awakes he finds that both he and Masterson are suspected of being part of the scheme themselves.
Episode 4
Annalisa
Thu, Dec 7, 1972 48 mins
A former girlfriend of Jake's, Annalisa, contacts him and asks him to help her husband, who is in jail accused of murdering his business partner over a valuable oil lease. She claims he is innocent of the crime, and Jake's interest is further piqued when a wealthy but shady Turk warns him to stay out of the situation.
Episode 5
There Was an Old Woman
Sat, Jan 13, 1973 48 mins
An old woman who sells flowers is killed outside of Jake's Bar, but Maj. Caldwell believes that Jake was the actual target. Jake, however, doesn't think so, and focuses his attention on one of the mourners at the woman's funeral.
Episode 6
A Deadly Shade of Green
Sat, Jan 27, 1973 49 mins
Jake's search for a stolen emerald leads him to a tunnel underneath the Hofburg Palace that is filled with plaster models of various monuments. However, he finds that he's not the only person who's down there looking for the emerald.
Episode 7
So Long, Charley
Sat, Feb 3, 1973 49 mins
In Vienna Jake unexpectedly bumps into Charley Stokes, a man he saw killed in Albania after they had blown up a power station. Charley tells him that he was seriously wounded but saved by Olga Compani, who was the second in command of the Albanian secret police, and that the two are now married. Jake, however, finds the whole incident fishy and suspects that the pair have something planned, and he wants to find out what it is.
Episode 8
Soldier of Fortune
Sat, Mar 10, 1973 48 mins
Jake finds out that Frank Cort, a professional mercenary, has arrived in Vienna with a beautiful blonde. He suspects that Cort is in town to see Vasamumbo, the former leader of the African nation of Upper Namba for whom Cort commanded a mercenary army and who was deposed in a revolution, and Gen. Gundarson, the commander of UN troops in the country which is the only force strong enough to stop Cort from re-installing Vasamumbo to power.