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The Elixir

Riva Santel is the recent widow of the President of San Cordova. Deputy Premier Avilla plans to announce free elections but Riva will declare herself dictator in a coup. The IMF must stop her. Pretending to be a film crew, the IMF team gets in. Hostess Cinnamon fakes a collapse and the guys comment on her age. Rollin as a plastic surgeon comes in and Riva finds out Cinnamon is actually seventy years old. She insists on surgery for herself. Since the surgery can only be done on the night of the speech, she has herself taped by her own camera crew. Barney and Willy get hold of the tape footage, reedit it, and switch the IMF tape for Riva's. Riva is sedated during the speech and so her men use the tape. When she awakens, her face in bandages, she is shocked to hear "herself" announcing her retirement. While Cinnamon disguised as old-Riva conspicuously leaves the country, Riva takes off the bandages to find she has her wish: she is now a younger woman...with a totally different face.

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  • Originally Aired November 24, 1968
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
  • Production Code 309
  • Network CBS
  • On Other Sites IMDB
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Name Type Role
Max Hodge Writer
Charles Picerni Guest Star
Morgan Sterne Guest Star
Victor Paul Guest Star
Richard Angarola Guest Star
George Gaynes Guest Star
Alfred Shelly Guest Star
Arthur Eisner Guest Star
Ivor Barry Guest Star
Marco Lopez Guest Star
Cosmo Sardo Guest Star
Ruth Roman Guest Star
Irene Kelly Guest Star
John Florea Director