Writer Richard Carr had a solid career in TV and the movies; he'd written the 1957 pilot episode for RICHARD DIAMOND and would soon team up with John Cassavetes on JOHNNY STACCATO (and co-wrote one of Cassavetes' early films, TOO LATE BLUES).
And so, to celebrate the disappearance of those annoying ads, and for a bit of a change of pace...
"The Sport" sports an excellent cast: Barbara Bain (as Diamond's off-and-on girl friend), Ross Martin, and Mort Sahl. Director Alvin Ganzer (another TV veteran) gives us a nice eyeful of the 21-year-old Mary Tyler Moore's torso as she plays Sam...the switchboard operator with (more than) a little bit extra.
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