''The Lonely Profession'', also known as ''The Savarona Syndrome'', is a 1969 American television film directed and written by Douglas Heyes, based on his 1963 novel ''The Twelfth of Never''. It stars Harry Guardino as Lee Gordon, a private investigator who seeks the killer of a tycoon's mistress and becomes a suspect.

Plot

Private investigator Leo Gordon is hired to trail Karen Mendaros, the mistress of a reclusive billionaire. When they meet, Gordon and Mendaros hit it off and check in at a motel. Gordon wakes up the next morning and discovers that Mendaros had been murdered during the night. Gordon opens his own investigation of Mendaros' past in an attempt to determine who killed Mendaros and why he's been set up as the fall guy.

Main cast

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* 1969 television films 1969 films American detective films NBC original films 1969 drama films Films directed by Douglas Heyes 1960s American films American mystery television films {{1960s-US-film-stub