Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics
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- 195630m6.0 (39)TV EpisodeDirectorFranklin AdreonStarsGlen GordonLester MatthewsClark HowatDr. Fu Manchu has poisoned the renowned Dr. Hu Yan, who is to appear at a conference of the nations of the world, and replaced him with an impostor who will disrupt the conference's goal--a plan for world peace.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 1 Side A
- 195626m5.4 (25)TV EpisodeDirectorWilliam WitneyStarsGlen GordonLester MatthewsClark HowatDr. Fu Manchu has stolen a deadly collection of germ cultures from a laboratory in San Francisco, and plans to smuggle them through the port of Hong Kong.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorDon RichardsonStarsRichard HartSono OsatoKurt KatchEllery becomes involved in a murder investigation when he stops at a small, rural carnival.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorRobert StevensStarsAlfred HitchcockPatricia CollingeDarren McGavinWhen Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- 1955–196230mTV-147.1 (790)TV EpisodeDirectorJoseph LejtesStarsAlfred HitchcockDiana DorsBrandon De WildeA magician takes a simple-minded runaway under his wing. But the magician's wife has a sinister idea for the easily manipulated young man.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- 1953–195730m6.0 (26)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsRobert BeattyGreta GyntMichael RipperBulldog Drummond is contacted by a Mrs Harriet Ludlow, wife of an old friend; her husband has invented a new antibiotic formula potentially worth a fortune, but he has been kidnapped and held for ransom. Drummond sets out to prevent the formula from reaching the hands of the villains -- with or without his client's co-operation!Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorStanley Z. CherryStarsGene BarryGary ConwayRegis ToomeyAn extremely strange girl called Lucy Brewer finds a corpse in the shower. Burke's suspects include an old friend, a cultivator of unusual plants, a wine snob and the dead man's daughter - or is she?Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorPaul GarrisonStarsLucia CarrollSidney DubinShepard MenkenA beautiful socialite hires Drake to recover a diamond studded watch that was stolen during a casino robbery.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsRichard TravisPeter van EyckTom BrownA Czech immigrant who worked in the underground has to get used to the way things are done in Los Angeles sheriff department.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorGeorge WaggnerStarsRichard TravisOsa MassenRon RandellA sniper has been targeting and shooting women in the Los Angeles area, and so far has racked up seven victims. When the police investigate the sniper's latest shooting, they begin to suspect that it may not be the sniper at all, but a copycat.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsRichard TravisWhit BissellFredd WayneThe dying daughter of a clerk wants to go to Honolulu before she dies. The clerk, knowing he'd never be able to afford it but wanting to give her what is her dying wish, begins forging checks to get the money for the trip.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorTed PostStarsRichard TravisJoan BanksAnn DoranA female cop goes undercover in a women's jail, and her life is in danger when a hardened killer finds out that there's an undercover cop among the inmates and sets out to find out who she is.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- 1957–195825mNot Rated6.7 (16)TV EpisodeDirectorReginald Le BorgStarsLyle BettgerCarleton G. YoungJohn BleiferIn order to free Clarence Redding, a drifter accused of killing a teenage girl, the Court of Last resort must track down a man who has been killing a number of girls at another location - and who pawned the red jacket he'd been wearing shortly after the murder.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsLyle BettgerJohn MaxwellHenry BrandonIncluded on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsLyle BettgerPaul BirchCarleton G. YoungJohn Smith, an orphan turned transient, was accused of the murder of a friend who was also a bum and sent to prison for life. He is set free when it is discovered that his arresting officer beat a confession out of him. Eventually the man John was with at the time of the crime is found and his name is finally cleared for good.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJames GoldstoneStarsLyle BettgerJoe De SantisCarl BensonJuan Morales walked into a bar after seeing his wife Mary, with another man. But it was his wife who was sent to prison for life. After 6 years, can a new lawyer find her innocent?Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorArnold WesterStarsEdmund LoweJoe BesserJean WillesUpon returning from two weeks of investigative reporting in Washington, David Chase discovers his room ransacked and a dead body lying in his closet. Before he can investigate, two thugs try to force Chase to reveal the location of a mysterious 'little black book' that Chase had no previous knowledge of. With the help of his intrepid secretary, Dorabelle, and a timely assist from Lieutenant Andrews, Chase manages to bring the killers to justice.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorArnold WesterStarsEdmund LoweLyle TalbotJohn SebastianWhen a notorious gangster is subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee, reporter David Chase takes the same train to get an exclusive interview and discovers that other criminals don't want the crook to appearIncluded on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorArnold WesterStarsEdmund LowePaula DrewKathryn CardWhile researching a human interest story on the waterfront, David Chase stumbles upon a smuggling operation and is shot for his troubles.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinRaymond HattonTracy and Catchem investigate the murder of a counterfeiter and trace the engraving plates to the lair of a hoodlum known only as 'The Mole'.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinRaymond HattonWhile the Mole hires a crook to run his counterfeiter operation, Dick Tracy draws his net around the gangster's operation. The Mole orders two of gunsels to capture and kill the detective.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinJohn CliffTracy is kidnapped from his home by Flattop, who in turn tells Namgib he will kill Tracy if he is paid $50,000. Tracy escapes however, and takes Flattop out.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorWill SheldonStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinMike RaganTracy and Catchem investigate a series of car thefts and discover a gang who specialize in changing the appearance and serial numbers of the vehicles they've stolen.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinIsabel RandolphTwo jewel thieves hire out as furniture movers to gain access to the homes of the rich.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsRalph ByrdJoe DevlinDabbs GreerA criminal recently released from prison searches for the loot he hid before being incarcerated with Dick Tracy watching his every step.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsCharles BronsonAudrey DaltonKing CalderMike agrees to cover a garden party in Rome and meets a woman who is using a different name than when first encountered each other on a trans-Atlantic flight four years earlier. Mike learns she is connected with a notorious American con artist who is trying to steal an expensive string of yellow pearls.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorGene Fowler Jr.StarsCharles BronsonSteve BrodieWendell HolmesWhen a police officer's wife goes missing, Mike believes the woman was abducted when she accidentally became involved with smugglers at the Mexican border.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorTeddy SillsStarsBeverly GarlandFrank OvertonMary JamesTo solve a baffling armed robbery case, Casey assumes the identity of a blackmailer, then acts as an intermediary between the victim and the "perpetrator".Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorDavid AlexanderStarsBeverly GarlandAlbert DekkerEdith AtwaterCasey goes undercover to befriend a seemingly benign elderly couple who are actually plotting a series of muggings and robberies.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorMarc DanielsStarsBeverly GarlandSuzanne PleshetteMolly McCarthyAfter a man is shot to death in the park, it is determined the bullets came from a gun he had given to his fiancée. Her pet Daschund was also seen at the crime scene. An employee of the victim picks her out of a line up as well, but Casey suspects a frame up.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsBeverly GarlandMartin BalsamMartin WolfsonCasey goes undercover to recover a stolen ruby necklace before it can be fenced. Her investigation leads to an ex-convict who is inadvertently leading his teenage son into a life of crime because of the youngster's love for his father.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsBeverly GarlandGloria MarloweTomas MilianNewly arrived in New York, a young Puerto Rican man is arrested for robbery and assault. He claims to have been with two women at the time of the theft, but one won't identify him and the other can't be found.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorDavid AlexanderStarsBeverly GarlandHarold HuberPeter FalkWhen a roll of blank parimutuel tickets are stolen from a race track, Casey attempts to convince the gang responsible that she's a cop on the take who can help them pass the counterfeit ducats through crooks she's blackmailing.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorCharles F. HaasStarsTom HelmorePaula RaymondFrank M. ThomasLamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.The Shadow: The Case of the Cotton Kimono
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 3 Side A - DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsLee MarvinFriday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but Friday's relentless interrogation soon begin to crack the man's facade.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsStacy HarrisSomeone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall?Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsVic PerrinFriday and Jacobs question a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler's outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsHarry BartellFriday and Jacobs are called to the apartment of a man who phoned in the fatal shooting of his wife. He claims it was suicide, but upon looking at the crime scene and talking to neighbors they begin to wonder if it was murder.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbHerbert EllisAllene RobertsUpper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbHerbert EllisWilliam JohnstoneFriday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is serious is when blood is found. Further probing reveals the boy's parents had purchased him a .22-caliber rifle for Christmas -- and the weapon is missing, removed from its wrapped package.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderGwen DelanoFriday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks just three different months a year for nearly 10 years.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderVirginia GreggA lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderClarence CassellFriday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderGloria SaundersA gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderHarry BartellIt's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderHarry BartellFriday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderPeggy WebberThere's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday and his partner are on the case. The detectives question a salesgirl from a big department store downtown, but she denies any involvement. They talk to a witness who saw another woman leave a parcel containing an expensive fur coat at a local bus station. Friday then talks to a teenage girl who saw a woman discard boxes of new items in a vacant lot. The girl knows the woman's identity and soon the officers are interrogating the shoplifter, a doctor's wife with a lot of time on her hands.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderJames AndersonA truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul borrow the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderArt GilmoreThe detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims' reports.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderCarolyn JonesA man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderRobert CrossonJoe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a grocery store. While questioning the suspect, Friday begins to doubt the man's guilt, even though he's identified as the robber by the woman who manages the store, and sets out to discover why the gardener has confessed to a crime he apparently did not commit.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderRalph MoodyObscene literature and pictures are spread among youngster at a school in Los Angeles. The supplier of this illegal stuff turns out to be a former film producer from the days of silent movies.***Includes three Chesterfield cigarette commercials***
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 4 Side B - DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderJack KruschenWhen two four year old twin girls turn up missing, Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith are called in. The girls are found, but were molested. The officers continue to investigate until they locate the perpetrator.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderDan BartonSgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat burglar. With all their leads going nowhere and evidence scarce the case seems to be leading to a dead end. Then their luck changes.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsFay RoopeAmzie StricklandJack WebbThe detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderWalter ReedFriday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderDee CarrollJoe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington, who died three years ago. The search takes him to a former extra who has given up show business for crime.Dragnet: The Big Send-Off
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) - DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderJames StoneA man swindled out of $1,500 life savings from a familiar bunco scam, substitute jewelry for cash, jewelry is imitation.Dragnet: The Big Score
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) - DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderCliff ArquetteFriday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.Dragnet: The Big Ante
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) - DirectorPaul GuilfoyleStarsReed HadleyHarry Carey Jr.Sally FraserBart Matthews remembers a young, anxious police officer who made a mistake while still a rookie as they lay him to rest.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleySkip HomeierPatrick O'NealAn assistant public defender must defend the man who is accused of killing his best friend, a police officer, and leave behind a grieving widow and son.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyLisa MontellTol AveryThe police are in high dudgeon when Bart writes an article showing that 8 of 100 people prosecuted are found Not Guilty. So, when Bart tries to clear a girl falsely accused by her predatory host of robbery, they stymie his investigation.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyJoan CamdenKing DonovanThe public defender takes on a case to investigate the truth behind a young recovering alcoholic who is in jail for murdering her land lord. This episode is based on a real case won by an attorney named James Cosgrove.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorMurray GoldenStarsMike ConnorsJoseph CampanellaGloria DeHavenMannix reluctantly agrees to pursue a divorce case -- the woman involved is an old flame of his. The detective ends up being framed for murder.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJohn Meredyth LucasStarsMike ConnorsJoseph CampanellaMarlyn MasonA model spots a Latin man she met on a vacation but he flees. She hires a former boyfriend, Joe Mannix, to track down the man. But the case quickly becomes more complicated. It turns out the Latin man is an assassin. The lives of both Mannix and his client are now endangered.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsLee BowmanRocky GrazianoGene DamianAfter a late night disc jockey is murdered on-air by two thugs, the reason is obviously the victim refused payola to play a record from a gangster-owned label. Thompson pretends to be a New York producer to get an interview with the girl singing on the record. The killers are tricked into their boss betrayed them.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsDavid JanssenJudith BraunJames NolanWhile on a fishing vacation, Diamond has a date with a beautiful woman who is being pursued by two mysterious hunters who she photographed earlier. They will stop at nothing to get the film, sensing danger Diamond offers his assistance.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- 1956–196030m6.9 (38)TV EpisodeDirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDavid JanssenRegis ToomeyJames BestWhen Richard Diamond learns that his former war buddy Jack Milhoan has turned bad, he finds himself torn between friendship and principle - Jack is a cold-blooded killer, but he also is a friend who needs help. Richard decides to do what he can, but soon finds himself staring into the deadly muzzle of a .38 - in the hands of an old friend...Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 5 Side B
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsReed HadleyWarren DouglasCarol BrewsterA husband flees from home to escape his mother-in-law. While in Vegas, he falls for a check kiting scheme.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsReed HadleyRobert RockwellHelen ParrishThere are odd and surprising loopholes in many trusted transactions and the unscrupulous can learn to profitably exploit this simple fact.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsReed HadleyFred EsslerAline TowneIn immigrant tailor is severely beaten by a brutal loan shark. His terrified family turns to Capt. Braddock for help.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyLola AlbrightWilliam ChingCapt. Braddock investigates reports of a con artist selling a system "guaranteed" to pick winners at the race track.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsReed HadleyJames GleasonDon GarnerWhen Longshot, a likable panhandler and compulsive gambler, stumbles onto a bunco game and informs Captain Braddock, the racketeers take their revenge.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorErle C. KentonJames TinlingStarsReed HadleyJackson HallidayJune WursterA pleasant man moves to a small town. He gives himself out as being a famous geologist, an expert in locating oil-deposits by signs in the surface of the landscape. Soon he is introduced into the community of the local businessmen. He reveals to them that he has found signs of an oil-deposit just outside the town. He offers them shares in the oil-field on very good conditions, but as soon as the money is paid and the contracts are signed, he prepares to leave the town immediately.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsRichard DenningJerry ParisPatricia DonahueLucy asks Mike to investigate the murder of her friend's husband. An apparently loving spouse, he been discovered with his bags packed, two airplane tickets for Paris in his pocket and a love letter lying by his body. Mike learns that $100,000 in negotiable bonds are missing from the office safe and the dead man's partners have a motive for murder.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorGerald MayerStarsRichard DenningJerry ParisPatricia DonahueA man is found murdered in an alley. The only clue to his identity is a note scrawled inside a matchbook cover regarding an appointment with Mike at 9:00 a.m. on the following day. Since Mike had no such appointment, and never makes them so early in the morning, he's intensely interested in the discovering who killed his would-be client and why the dead man thought he had arranged for a meeting. When the misaddressed letter - complete with substantial retainer - arrives requesting the aforementioned appointment appointment, Mike decides to take the dead man on as a client.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorPaul StewartStarsRichard DenningJerry ParisPatricia DonahueAn accountant working for a notorious racketeer is murdered while talking to Mike Shayne on the phone. Police believe that the man was carrying a list of all of the racketeers business contacts, but the only thing the man had in his locked briefcase was a copy of "Alice in Wonderland". Although Captain Gentry finds no evidence that the list was hidden between the books pages, a thug kidnaps Shayne's secretary and orders Mike to steal the novel from the police or else the pretty blonde will be killed.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorHarve FosterStarsJohn BromfieldStan JonesMyron HealeyA fugitive wanted for murder dyes his hair and plans to hide out at a desert resort until the heat dies down. He kills an automobile mechanic to keep his identity a secret and Sheriff Morgan arrests the mechanic's spiteful brother-in-law by mistake.The Red-Headed Visitor
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 7 Side A - DirectorHarve FosterStarsJohn BromfieldStan JonesHerbert PattersonSheriff Morgan is convinced that a clever pair of bank robbers will hit the Bisbee National Bank twice in the same week when they learn a large army payroll is being kept in the vault for safekeeping.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- StarsJohn BromfieldRest in Peace
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 7 Side A - StarsJohn BromfieldThe Diner
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 7 Side A - DirectorBernard GirardStarsLouis HaywardNancy GatesPaul LangtonLanyard travels to Las Vegas in search of Nick Kohler. As soon as he arrives he discovers multiple police departments are interested in both Lanyard and Kohler's movements.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorRod AmateauStarsLouis HaywardRosemarie StackRoy RobertsLanyard flies into Beverly Hills from Reno and checks into the Beverly Hills Hotel. The clerk informs him he's already checked in...by his wife. Mrs. Michael Lanyard is waiting in his room with a story that they married in Reno and a license to prove it. Lanyard plays along for awhile as he tries to figure out who is playing the joke on him. The game stops being amusing when one of his friends is furious with him and Lanyard has no idea why.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsLouis HaywardJohn DoucetteJean WillesLanyard travels to Oklahoma City after receiving a desperate message from a woman seeking his help. It turns out she is in fear of her estranged husband and she fears he has kidnapped their son.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsLouis HaywardKristine MillerLowell GilmoreMike flies to Karachi at the request of El Radman. He wants Mike to protect his son Eli, the future High Priest, whose life is in danger.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorSeymour FriedmanStarsLouis HaywardJohn HoytJune VincentLanyard is asked to investigate the theft of a very valuable stamp. He is not interested in the case until two thugs attack him and try to warn him off.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack HerzbergStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteJoan O'BrienThe investigation of a murdered stewardess implicates one of her two roommates, Jean Davis. Maris uncovers romantic jealousies between two of the women who had dated the same pilot, and a secret marriage as potential motives for the killing.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack HerzbergStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteJohn ArcherMark Clayton is charged with murdering his shrewish wife after one of their frequent arguments. On the surface, Eleanor Clayton appeared to be a "plain Jane" type. Maris discovers she was secretly a high-stakes gambler who'd run up a debt of $9,000 at a local gaming house and was feeling pressure to pay.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack HerzbergStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteLon Chaney Jr.Maris and Lt. Weston visit a fishing lodge where their regular guide, Joe Slate, has just been arrested for murdering his wife Esther. They interview Sheriff Jeremy Davies, his nephew Frank Davies (the lodge clerk), saloon owner Noah Hawkins and his wife Mary, and gas station attendant Al Shankley to find out who really killed Esther.The Case of Joe Slade
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 7 Side B - DirectorEddie DavisStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteJames BestTom Chambers, the co-owner of an archery range, is charged with killing his psychologist. After a quarrel, the doctor is found at his desk with an arrow sticking out of his back. Chambers, who claims his innocence, admits to being on edge lately, but says it's all because of his business.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteAndrea KingPhysicist Alan Decker is held for the murder of a fellow scientist with whom he worked. Maris is in the awkward position of clearing him without revealing to Lt. Weston that his client is also a secret agent of the government. Someone at the lab is clearly keeping a secret because Herb gets nothing but conflicting answers to his questions.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorJack HerzbergStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteWanda HendrixDr. William Stanhope, Maris' physician, is charged with murdering his wealthy wife. The couple had feuded over his self-centered behavior, her refusal to fund his research center, and his personal assistant, a delusional young woman who claimed he was in love with her.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorDane ClarkStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucetteRobert F. SimonBusinessman Martin Reeves knows his teenage son Paul is somehow involved in an attempted robbery and shooting. With a big merger pending, Martin is more concerned with his own reputation. He makes up a phony alibi for Paul and begins bribing witnesses to tell his version of what happened.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorMonroe P. AskinsStarsMacdonald CareyJohn DoucettePenny EdwardsA young woman is charged with espionage when microfilm of government missile tests is found in her car. Nan Havens seems far too naive to be a spy, so Herb quizzes her on her contacts. Believing her secretive boyfriend has been stashing film in her auto without her knowledge, Maris and Lt. Weston conduct a stakeout to capture the man and his cohorts in the spy ring.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorFrank BurnsA. Edward SutherlandStarsWalter KinsellaWalter GreazaFrank M. ThomasWhen a district attorney is murdered right in the courtroom, Martin Kane takes over the investigation. Kane and his associates focus on both prisoners and fellow staff members of the court.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorFrank BurnsA. Edward SutherlandStarsWalter KinsellaFrank M. ThomasNicholas SaundersJohn Bixby, famed inventor, is found murdered and Martin Kane has few clues to go on. Kane hopes the reading of the Bixby will helps in revealing the killer.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorFrank BurnsStarsLloyd NolanWalter KinsellaFrank M. ThomasA jockey favored to win throws the race and is fatally stabbed. Kane must figure out who is behind the double cross.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorFrank BurnsStarsWalter KinsellaKing CalderRita LynnEveryone in a nightclub has a grudge against a singer who has just been shot to death.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)
- DirectorFrank BurnsStarsWalter KinsellaKing CalderMary Alice MooreMartin Kane receives an unsigned letter asking him to pose as a reporter. Martin goes to the yacht of Angus Redfield, a wealthy pearl collector, as instructed but finds Angus killed and himself as the chief suspect.The Black Pearls
Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek) on Disc 8 Side A - DirectorEdgar C. KahnStarsWalter KinsellaKing CalderMichael GarrettThe artist of a comic strip bases his latest story on an unsolved murder mystery where he claims he will provide the identity of the killer in the last cartoon. Before he inks the denouement, the cartoonist is murdered and Kane, who had urged him to abandon the project and provide his evidence to the police, feels obliged to solve both crimes.Included on Best of TV Detectives 150 Television Classics (Mill Creek)