The Magician - Season 1 - Eps 17: The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate
In this episode, Tony is contacted by an old Magician Friend who is down on his luck, living out of a shelter. Apparently he is concerned about someone else who turned up missing from a local shelter, and asks for Tony's help. Tony investigates and soon finds things don't add up, and learns the gruesome details of what happens after staying at Reverend Wally's halfway house, just in time to save his magician friend from the same fate as the others before him.
About The Magician

Title: The Magician
First Air Date: 1973-10-02
Last Air Date: 1974-04-15
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 12 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 21
Network: NBC
Genres: Drama, Action & Adventure
Production Companies: Paramount Television, B&B Productions
Synopsis
The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was instead named Anthony Dorian. The name change was due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
Cast

Bill Bixby
Anthony Blake

Joseph Sirola
Dominick

Keene Curtis
Max Pomeroy

Julian Christopher
Jerry Anderson