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American television series
City Detective
is a half-hour
syndicated
crime drama
starring
Rod Cameron
as Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City
police
lieutenant
.
[1]
The show's title was a bit of a misnomer, as Grant fought crime "from Mexico to the Mojave Desert to New York City".
[2]
Herschel Daugherty
directed the series, and
Lawrence Kimble
wrote for it.
[1]
Blake Edwards
was a writer and an associate producer.
[3]
Sixty-five episodes were produced from 1953 to 1955.
[2]
Revue Productions
rented space from
Republic Studios
for filming the series.
[4]
Guest stars
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- Mike Connors
guest-starred as Massey in the 1955 episode "Baby in the Basket".
- Chuck Connors
appeared as Sam in the 1955 episode "Trouble in Toyland".
- Walter Coy
appeared as Hilton in "Christmas Pardon" on January 1, 1953.
- Fess Parker
appeared as Tony in the 1955 episode "Hearts and Flowers".
- DeForest Kelley
appeared twice on
City Detective
, as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox".
- Carolyn Jones
appeared twice in the episodes "A Girl's Best Friend" and "On the Record".
- Tom Greenway
appeared twice in episodes "Drop Coin Here" (1954), and "Police, Watch My House" (1955).
- Vivi Janiss
was cast as Sheila, with
Pierre Watkin
as Davis, in "The Hypnotic Wife"
- Kim Spalding
, as Johnny in "The Rebel" (1953)
- "Man Down, Woman Screaming" featured
Beverly Garland
,
Jack Kelly
,
Lee Van Cleef
, and
Frank Ferguson
.
- "The Lady in the Beautiful Frame" (
Olan Soule
and
John Doucette
)
- "Too Many Grooms" (
Claude Akins
as Hardy)
- "The Horn That Blew Too Long" (
Russ Conway
as Clemson)
- "Why Should the Beautiful Die?" (
Russell Johnson
)
- "The Glass Thumb" (Barbara Billingsley, Frank Ferguson, and
Douglas Fowley
)
- "Cargo of the Midnight" (
Peter Whitney
)
- "The Lion Behind You" (
Anthony Caruso
)
- "On the Record" (
Carolyn Jones
)
- "Hearts and Flowers" (
Eve Miller
)
- "The Blonde Orchid" (Hugh Beaumont as Philip Merriam and Douglas Fowley as Detective Wes Harris)
- "Private Mouthpiece" (
child actor
Richard Eyer
as Wester)
- "The Perfect Disguise" (
Angie Dickinson
)
- "Goodbye Old Paint" (
Robert Bray
and
Vera Miles
)
- "Come Back, Little Witness" (
Whit Bissell
)
- "Found in a Pawnshop" (
J. Pat O'Malley
)
- "The Beautiful Miss X" (
Lynn Bari
), the series finale
References
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- ^
a
b
Andreychuk, Ed (2010).
Louis L'Amour on Film and Television
. McFarland. p. 44.
ISBN
978-0-7864-5717-5
. Retrieved
November 6,
2021
.
- ^
a
b
Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009).
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present
. Random House Publishing Group. p. 257.
ISBN
978-0-307-48320-1
. Retrieved
November 6,
2021
.
- ^
Erickson, Hal (1989).
Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'
. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 22?23.
ISBN
0-7864-1198-8
.
- ^
Cullison, Art (April 11, 1954).
"Rod Competes With Himself"
.
The Akron Beacon Journal
. p. 14 D
. Retrieved
November 6,
2021
– via
Newspapers.com
.
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