A Piece of the Action (Episode)

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A Piece of the Action
"A Piece of the Action" (TOS 49)

"A Piece of the Action" (TOS 49)
Series Star Trek
Season 2
Episode 17
Production Number 49
Release Date 12 Jan 1968
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Stardate Unknown[1]: Kirk investigates a planet with an Earth-like 1920s gangster culture.

One hundred years before the start of the Enterprise's five-year mission, the U.S.S. Horizon visited the isolated planet Sigma Iotia II. The Iotians, a highly imitative people, modeled their planet's culture after a book left behind on their world by one of the crew of the Horizon. The book, Chicago Mobs of the Twenties, inspired the Iotians to duplicate the gangs of old Chicago. At first the Enterprise landing party, consisting of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, have difficulty. Bela Oxmyx, a key gang leader who first makes contact with the starship crew, wants to use the Enterprise's weapons to take over Iotia. Rival gangster Jojo Krako has the same idea. By playing according to Iotia's unique "rules," Kirk finally succeeds in uniting the planet's most influential gangsters, setting up a world government headed by Oxmyx. Kirk leaves behind the fiction that the Federation will expect an annual "piece of the action" from Iotia's new government. McCoy accidentally leaves behind his communicator, which Kirk worries may lead the Iotians to become a super-technical giant by the time of the Federation's next visit.

Image Gallery

  • Sigma Iotia II

  • Surface of Sigma Iotia II

  • Chicago Mobs of the Twenties

  • darts

  • pinball machines

  • pool

  • slot machines

  • Kalo

  • Jojo Krako

  • oxymyx bela-tos49.jpg

    Bela Oxymyx

  • Tepo

  • Tough Kid

  • Zabo

  • .45 caliber pistol

  • eyeglasses

  • radio

  • record player

  • telephone

  • Thompson submachine gun

  • typewriter

  • vacuum tube

  • 1930 Cadillac

  • 1931 Cadillac V-12

Related Data

 
Astrometrics Beta Antares IV; Chicago; Earth; Sigma Iotia system; Sigma Iotia II
Chronology Prime Timeline; 1920s; 1992; 2160s; 2268
Culture Bible; Chicago Mobs of the Twenties; darts; Fizzbin; gambling; The Jailbreakers; music; pinball; playing cards; pool (Game); slot machines
Education doctor; doctorate; physician
Food alcohol; beans; ice cream; peanuts
People Brent; Chekov, Pavel; Cyril the Knife; Hadley; Kalo; Kirk, James T.; Krako, Jojo; Leslie; McCoy, Leonard; Mirt; Oxymyx, Bela; Scott, Montgomery; Spock; Tepo; Transporter Chief (TOS45); Uhura, Nyota; Zabo
Politics Prime Directive; Starfleet; Starfleet Command; Starfleet Ranks (Crewman, Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain); United Federation of Planets
Science & Technology .45 caliber pistol; audio receiver; communications; communicator; computer; eyeglasses; eyes; fire hydrant; impulse drive; knife; machine guns; microtapes; nacelle; nerve pinch; neutronium; orbit; PADD; phasers (Type 1, Type 2, shipboard); pistols; radio; revolvers; sensors; subspace; telephone; Thompson submachine gun; time (minute, hour, month, year); transporter; transtator; tricorder; turbolift; typewriter; vacuum tubes; vinyl records; warp drive
Ships & Vehicles automobiles; Constitution class; U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701; hearse; U.S.S. Horizon; taxi
Xenology Humans; hybrids; Iotians; Vulcans
Miscellaneous Bang Bang; bridge; logs; money; Starfleet Uniforms (2266)

Credits

Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner

Also Starring
Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
and
DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy

Teleplay by
David P. Harmon & Gene L. Coon

Story by
David P. Harmon

Directed by
James Komack

Produced by
John Meredyth Lucas

Executive Producer
Gene Roddenberry

Associate Producer
Robert H. Justman

Guest Star
Anthony Caruso as Bela

Co-Starring
Victor Tayback as Krako
Lee Delano as Kalo
James Doohan as Scott
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Walter Koenig as Chekov

Featuring
John Harmon … Tepo
Sheldon Collins … Tough Kid
Dyanne Thorne … First Girl
Sharyn Hillyer … Second Girl
Buddy Garion … Hood
and
Steve Marlo … Zabo

Script Consultant
D.C. Fontana

Assistant to the Producer
Edward K. Milkis

Theme Music by
Alexander Courage

Director of Photography
Jerry Finnerman

Art Director
Walter M. Jefferies

Film Editor … Fabien Tordjmann
Unit Production Manager … Gregg Peters
Assistant Director … Phil Rawlins
Set Decorator … John M. Dwyer
Costumes Created by … William Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
Sound Effects Editor … Douglas H. Grindstaff
Music Editor … Jim Henrikson
Re-Recording Mixer … Elden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production Mixer … Carl W. Daniels
Script Supervisor … George A. Rutter
Casting … Joseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup Artist … Fred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair Styles … Pat Westmore
Gaffer … George H. Merhoff
Head Grip … George Rader
Property Master … Irving A. Feinberg
Special Effects … Jim Rugg
Key Costumer … Ken Harvey

A Paramount Production
In Association With
Norway Corporation

Executive in Charge of Production
Herbert F. Solow


Notes and References

  1. ↑ No stardate was given in the episode, though the Star Trek Concordance lists a stardate of 4598.0. The source of this stardate is unknown.
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