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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".
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Chuck Connors appeared as Sam in the 1955 episode "Trouble in Toyland".
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Walter Coy appeared as Hilton in "Christmas Pardon" on January 1, 1953.
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Fess Parker appeared as Tony in the 1955 episode "Hearts and Flowers".
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DeForest Kelley appeared twice on City Detective, as Benjamin in "An Old Man's Gold" Kelley and in "Crazy Like a Fox".
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Carolyn Jones appeared twice in the episodes "A Girl's Best Friend" and "On the Record".
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Tom Greenway appeared twice in episodes "Drop Coin Here" (1954), and "Police, Watch My House" (1955).
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Vivi Janiss was cast as Sheila, with
Pierre Watkin as Davis, in "The Hypnotic Wife"
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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
- ^
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.
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^ Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987'. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 22–23.
ISBN
0-7864-1198-8.
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^ 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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