Category: OTR Detective

EP2445:Night Beat: Larry, the Understudy

Frank Lovejoy

A young dancer’s understudy puts on an impressive dancing performance that has the show’s owner ready to make him a star. However, he quits and disappears from the theater.

Original Air Date: September 11, 1952

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EP2444s: Hercule Poirot: Rendezvous with Death

Harold Huber

A young woman is jilted when her fiancé instead marries her best friend. The jilted bride follows the newly married couple around on their honeymoon.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1945

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EP2444: Dragnet: The Big Laugh

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a man who is taking advantage of lonely single women.

Original Air Date: March 8, 1953

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EP2443: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yaak Mystery Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is sent to Montana to investigate the status of a man insured for half a million dollars.

Original Air Date: May 28, 1961

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EP2442: Boston Blackie: The Fight-Fixing Ring

Richard Kollmar

A boxer is threatened if he doesn’t fix a fight and turns to Blackie for help.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1946

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EP2441: Richard Diamond: The Enigma of Big Ed

Dick Powell

A factory owner hires Diamond to find out who is sabotaging his factory.

Original Air Date: April 4, 1953

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EP2440: Rocky Fortune: The Catskills Cover-Up

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as a social director at a Catskills bed and breakfast but finds the owner needs help with her fugitive son.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1954

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EP2439: Night Beat: The Bomb On Flight 63

Frank Lovejoy

Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver.

Original Air Date: September 4, 1952

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EP2438s: Suspense: Frightened City

Frank Lovejoy

A soldier returns from Korea to find his brother-in-law’s been murdered and no one in town will talk about it.

Original Air Date: November 10, 1952

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EP2438: Dragnet: The Big Want

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a fugitive from another city.

Original Air Date: March 1, 1953

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EP2437: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lone Wolf Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is called in to help a respected businessman being blackmailed by his ex-partner.

Original Air Date: May 21, 1961
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EP2436: Boston Blackie: The Joe Barton Murder

Richard Kollmar

A couple in rural New York ask Blackie to look for their missing son.

Original Air Date: February 25, 1947

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EP2435: Richard Diamond: Mr. Walker’s Problem

Dick Powell
Mr. Walker wants Diamond to tail a man but doesn’t want to tell Diamond what he suspects.

Original Air Date: March 28, 1952

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EP2434: Rocky Fortune: The Football Fix

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as a bodyguard to a football quarterback who wants to turn down a request to throw the big game.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1954

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EP2433: Night Beat: The Man with the Red Hair

Frank Lovejoy

On his night off, Randy meets a woman at a bar. She turns to ice when she sees a man with red hair.

Original Air Date: August 21, 1952

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