Tag: old man

EP3468: Mystery is My Hobby: Death Buys Flowers

An elderly elevator operator’s plan to get “honest” money by helping a rich man foil a blackmail scheme goes wrong when the rich man is murdered by poison.

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EP3432: Mystery is My Hobby: Ghost Didn’t Walk

Barton Drake and Noah Danton are called in by a small-town constable to investigate a murder of an old man involving a ghost.

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Video Theater 193: Racket Squad: The Christmas Caper

A lovable old man is roped into working for a fraudulent charity Santa ring.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1952

Season 3, Episode 15

EP2936: Dragnet: The Big Dog

Jack Webb

An elderly man sits on a porch brandishing a shotgun and promising to kill the man who poisoned his fourteen year-old dog.

Original Air Date: November 16, 1954
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Video Theater 0145: Racket Squad: The Christmas Caper

A lovable old man is roped into working for a fraudulent charity Santa ring.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1952

Season 3, Episode 15

EP2218: Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John

Jack Webb

An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John.

Original Air Date: October 13, 1946
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EP2121: Night Beat: I Wish You Were Dead

Frank Lovejoy

Randy meets an old man who states he can kill anyone by wishing him dead.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1950

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EP1883: The Defense Rests: Client Joseph Moriano

Mercedes McCambridge
At the request of an old man, Martha Ellis Bryant undertakes the case of the man’s son who’s serving life in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit.

Audition Date: April 17, 1951

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EP1875: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Blood-Stained Pearls

Jeff Chandler
An old man comes to Shayne afraid that his old friends were trying to kill him.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1781: Philip Marlowe: The Soft Spot

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe is hired to search skid row for an old man who his client said stole some silver.

Original Air Date: September 1, 1950

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