Mannix
Sing a Song of Murder
TV Flash files “Sing a Song of Murder” as hour 155 of 194 in the TV Flash guide — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 7, episode 9, aired 1973-11-11, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E09: listed hour 155 of 194 in the Mannix guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 7. It aired 1973-11-11 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A World Without Sundays” (S07E08). Next is “Search in the Dark” (S07E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mannix becomes romantically involved with a client: an opera singer who plans to go on despite two attempts on her life.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sing a Song of Murder sit in the Mannix guide?
S07E09 is listed hour 155 of 194 — hour 9 of 24 in season 7, season 7 episode 9.
When did Mannix S07E09 air?
Sing a Song of Murder aired 1973-11-11 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Independent-practice Mannix hours — Connors taking the punch, Fisher as Peggy Fair — are the classic brand. The early corporate-detective setup is a different on-ramp if you want to see the format shed its first skin.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders — Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual; Gail Fisher's Peggy Fair was a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama. No whisper-soft neo-noir — just motion.
The body is the plot. Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders on CBS's *Mannix* (1967–1975; 194 episodes), Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual. Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair was a groundbreaking Black woman in a major dramatic supporting role, with Emmy recognition to match. Early corporate-detective framing gave way to freer solo ops. Eight seasons of fistfights later, the suit was torn but the brand…
Filed against
- Mike Connors as Joe Mannix
Mike Connors’s Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor’s orders — Bruce Geller’s 1960s private-eye engine of physical stubbornness, Gail Fisher’s Peggy Fair as a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama.…
- Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair
Gail Fisher made Peggy Fair a landmark regular on Mannix — Bruce Geller's bruised private-eye engine, Mike Connors ignoring doctor's orders, a Black woman at the detective-drama desk when the form still pretended otherwise. No white-glove…