Probe

TV Movie
1972
1h 40m

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Hugh O'Brian, Albert Popwell, and Elke Sommer in Probe (1972)

High-tech investigations company World Securities uses Agents, called Probes, to solve various international cases, such as the retrieval of a famous diamond collection stolen by the Nazis d... Read allHigh-tech investigations company World Securities uses Agents, called Probes, to solve various international cases, such as the retrieval of a famous diamond collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II.High-tech investigations company World Securities uses Agents, called Probes, to solve various international cases, such as the retrieval of a famous diamond collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

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Trivia
Bilingual pun: When Lockwood offers his hand to Ulli at the restaurant table, he asks, "May I?" She responds, "Mais oui!" In French, that means "But of course!" However, the same two syllables in English are "May we!", suggesting a more intimate invitation.

Goofs
When the diamond cutter asks at the hotel desk for the room number of Harold Streeter, he is given, in German, the number 371. Later, when Hugh Lockwood calls the room of Harold Streeter, he asks for room number 397.

Quotes
[Cameron is discouraging Lockwood's romantic distraction after his dinner with Uli]
Heideline 'Uli' Ullman: It's later...
V.C.R. Cameron: Miss Ullman's right. Listen to her!
Heideline 'Uli' Ullman: ...and time to go to bed.
V.C.R. Cameron: Hold the remarks, everybody! Now Lockwood, you have a long flight ahead of you tomorrow. It's time to assist the young lady to the elevator.
[Lockwood offers Uli his hand]
Hugh Lockwood: May I?
Heideline 'Uli' Ullman: Mais oui!
[or "May we!"]
Dr. Griffin: If she's speaking French, the lady says "yes".

Connections
Followed by Search Control (1972)

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10/10

Way ahead of its time

I can add little to the excellent previous reader comments about the movie.

I disagree a bit on the TV series. I thought the rotating cast was a brilliant idea, and actually preceded rotating casts on a number of other shows. I was always a fan of all three actors.

One of the most common comments I heard during the short TV show run was "It's too unrealistic...a TV camera the size of a pendant? Being able to talk to the Probe ANYWHERE in the world? A computer system that's linked to computers all over the country? Those things will never happen." Of course, we take all three of those things for granted today.

I think the demise of the TV show was, at least in part, due to the fact that the ideas (much like Star Trek) were way too far ahead of their time.

While the pilot movie appears on TV from time-to-time, I have never seen the TV series run. I would love to get the series on DVD.