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.

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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 HarmonTepo
Sheldon CollinsTough Kid
Dyanne Thorne … First Girl
Sharyn Hillyer … Second Girl
Buddy Garion … Hood
and
Steve MarloZabo

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 EditorFabien Tordjmann
Unit Production ManagerGregg Peters
Assistant DirectorPhil Rawlins
Set DecoratorJohn M. Dwyer
Costumes Created byWilliam Ware Theiss
Photographic Effects … Vanderveer Photo Effects
Sound Effects EditorDouglas H. Grindstaff
Music EditorJim Henrikson
Re-Recording MixerElden E. Ruberg, C.A.S.
Production MixerCarl W. Daniels
Script SupervisorGeorge A. Rutter
CastingJoseph D'Agosta
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Makeup ArtistFred B. Phillips, S.M.A.
Hair StylesPat Westmore
GafferGeorge H. Merhoff
Head GripGeorge Rader
Property MasterIrving A. Feinberg
Special EffectsJim Rugg
Key CostumerKen 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.