Tom is hired by Ginger Martin to find her missing husband John, who's been gone for two years. Tom's investigation results in his finding John as the captain of rich Verna Collins' yacht--and her unwilling lover. When Verna is murdered, John is charged with her killing and jailed. Tom doesn't believe he did it and sets out to find the real killer.
Monday, September 30, 2024
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Saturday, September 28 - Mandrake, the Magician: Episodes 7 - 9
Episode 7 - Gamble for Life
Episode 8 - Across the Deadline
Episode 9 - Terror Rides the Rails
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Friday, September 27 - Hammett
The novel writer Dashiell Hammett is involved in the investigation of the mysterious disappearance of a beautiful Chinese cabaret actress in San Francisco.
Friday, September 27, 2024
Thursday, September 26 - The Untouchables: The Big Squeeze
Larry 'Ace' Banner is considered to be the creme de la creme of bank robbers. He plans his robberies meticulously, never uses a gun himself and the result is usually a large haul and little for the police to go on. With a huge increase in bank robberies throughout the Midwest, the Federal District Attorney, Beecher Ashbury, is just itching to do something about it. Unfortunately, he can't since bank robbery isn't a Federal offense. That doesn't stop him from asking Eliot Ness to see what he can find on Banner. The master thief has just completed a $450,000 haul - in part because he managed to blackmail the manager into giving him security information - and has now decided to retire to the good life of a wealthy bachelor. When the government finally makes bank robberies a federal offense, Ness waits patiently knowing that it is only a matter of time before Ace will strike again.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25 - The Time Tunnel: Revenge of the Gods
Doug and Tony are transported to 1200 BC in the middle of the war between Greeks and Trojans. They are captured by Ulysses' men and their knowledge of history makes Ulysses believe that they are gods from the Olympus. When Doug is captured by the traitor Sardis and brought to Troy, he meets Helen of Troy and proves to Paris that he might be a god. Meanwhile Tony witnesses the construction of the Trojan Horse and joins the team that will break in Troy inside the horse to rescue Helen and Doug.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Tuesday, September 24 - Naked City: Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming
John Larch stars as Officer Clinton--a cop who's feeling overwhelmed and at the end of this ropes. When the show begins, his wife is talking to him about all their expenses and it's obvious Clinton is at a loss what to do. When he gets to work, Clinton finds out that there's been a complaint made about him. And, as the show progresses, Clinton behaves sicker and sicker in the mind. It's obvious he's having some sort of nervous breakdown or schizophrenic break but why the time others realize it, it's too late--Clinton loses his mind and is now a danger to himself and others.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23 - Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Whoever Heard of a Ghost Dying?
A villain called Hellingworth uses medium Cecil Purley to prove that Marty is indeed a ghost and, posing as an insurance salesman, approaches Jeff for alleged help with robberies in the knowledge that Marty will eavesdrop on the gang and report back to Jeff. This happens but Marty is being used purely as a decoy whilst the gang rob other venues. Eventually Hellingworth decides to get rid of Marty and calls Purley in to exorcise him. For once it is Jeff rushing against time to save Marty rather than the reverse.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Sunday, September 22 - The Champions: A Case of Lemmings
In Paris three Interpol agents each separately and inexplicably commit suicide in public by different means and Nemesis is brought in to investigate. Sharron recalls a newspaper cutting with reference to a Mafia Don, whose enemies all committed suicide. His name is Del Marco and the Champions fly to Rome to visit his casino. Sharron gains his confidence when she tells him she is being followed by a man, who is Craig. Craig confronts Del Marco, claiming he is out for revenge against him following the murder of his brother. Craig is seen off the premises and one of Del Marco's henchmen shakes his hand. He is wearing a glove soaked in a poison which will induce a desire to commit suicide by the recipient of the handshake and Craig climbs to the top of a high building to throw himself off. Richard and Sharron have to communicate with him to avert disaster.
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Saturday, September 21 - Hawaiian Eye: Cut of Ice
A very expensive diamond that was in the care of Tracy and Tom is stolen. Their investigation leads them to believe that there is a security leak in their office - Kim!
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Friday, September 20 - The Untouchables: Little Egypt
The Governor asks Eliot Ness if he can help wipe out the mob in a crime ridden area of southern Illinois known as Little Egypt. There, the local syndicate headed by Major Charlie Byron has killed the just-elected reform mayor and are clearly gunning to get rid of the honest Sheriff. Ness is a little pressed with most of his men working on a case in New York so he agrees to send in a new agent, Cam Allison, undercover to infiltrate Byron's gang. Allison is supplied with carrier pigeons to supply Ness with regular reports but his situation becomes dangerous when he's uncovered.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Thursday, September 19 - Colonel March of Scotland Yard: The Deadly Gift & The Case of the Lively Ghost
John Blake, an international jewel thief who died in a plane crash, leaves in his will a mysterious package to a barmaid to be given to her ten years after his death. In his instructions to his attorney, Harwood, he asks that not only the barmaid, Rosie Holland (known as 'The Duchess')' be present but also Colonel March. Blake and March knew each other and Blake thus knew of March's fondness for puzzles. As a frequenter of the pub where she worked, Blake only casually knew the Duchess but left her a gift as a token of his appreciation for her kindness. The gift turns out to be a worthless music box that plays the tune 'The Twelve days of Christmas.' The attorney is attacked and just before dying tells March and Ames that the attacker was after the supposed contents of the box - but there was nothing in the box . . .
Madame Richter, a con artist spiritualist come to see March with an odd story. He greets her with saying "My old fortune telling friend. People go to fortune tellers for one of two reasons - hope or fear." Madame Richter then tells him that one of her clients, Mrs. Fortesque, wanted to communicate with her dead son. But then during a séance the fake apparition didn't appear but a real one did! At the home of Mrs. Fortesque, Madame Richter shows March how her fake séance worked but he already knew many of the tricks of how phony spiritualism worked. Colonel March later participates in a séance and again strange happenings occur - including a murder . . .
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Wednesday, September 18 - The Streets of San Francisco: Crossfire
A philandering professor is killed and his mistress shot by a sniper who has been terrorizing a college campus.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17 - The Human Jungle: Dual Control
Jane is a young woman who is accident prone and steps out in front of a taxi on the main road.
This is not the first time Jane has ended up in hospital. Dr Corder discovers that her much older sister Stella is controlling of Jane.
She runs an employment agency and gets Jane jobs that she is unsuited to. When Jane gets a job she likes, Stella undermines her.
Jane's father is diffident. His wife ran off with his best friend. Jane thinks her mum died.
Dr Corder is faced with an older sister and a father who do not believe in psychiatry. He thinks that Jane has more sanity than the rest of her family.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Monday, September 16 - Honey West: A Nice Little Till to Tap & How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy
A gang of thieves are robbing banks and knowing their way around the alarm systems.
Honey West is undercover as a bank teller. She is being schmoozed by a charmer who sees her as an inside woman.
Sam looks on in jealousy but Honey West's cover is blown.
Honey West is undercover as a bank teller. She is being schmoozed by a charmer who sees her as an inside woman.
Sam looks on in jealousy but Honey West's cover is blown.
Sam needs to rescue her in time.
Honey is faced with a dilemma when she's being paid to deliver a package with a half million dollars, but crooks kidnap Sam in order to trade his life for the money.
Monday, September 16, 2024
Sunday, September 15 - Winner Take All
Shirley Jones plays a Los Angeles-area housewife, recently remarried to a widower with a small child, who has gambled away her new husband's savings; she's an addict who needs $30,000 to save her marriage.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Saturday, September 14 - Bourbon Street Beat: Target of Hate
Richard Chamberlain is a naive young man bent on avenging his father's suicide. He believes his father was wrongly accused of being a criminal, and he hires thugs to help him kill the writer turned politician he blames. James Coburn is the main thug and helps Chamberlain take over Rex's office (to kill the politician as he leaves the Absinthe House). Rex, his date, Cal and Kenny end up being caught in the trap, but they reveal the truth about his father to Chamberlain.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Friday, September 13 - The Untouchables: One-Armed Bandits
Mobster Augie Viale is out to start a new and lucrative business in the Chicago area: slot machines. They're not illegal so Eliot Ness and the Untouchables can't do a great deal about them but they know they provide the Syndicate with income that can be used to finance other illegal ventures so they take every opportunity to put Viale out of business. Ness visits Frank Odine who has just been released from prison. Odine wants nothing to do with the rackets but Viale forces him into the business by threatening to tell his daughter, who thinks her father was a hero who died in World War I, about his life. When Viale orders Odine to kill Ness, he can think of only one way out of his predicament.
Friday, September 13, 2024
Thursday, September 12 - Checkmate: Tight as a Drum
Sebastian Cabot took center stage as Checkmate's resident criminologist gets lured away from a lecture and hired by some military school kids who think they're gym teacher has been murdered. Turns out they're right and the school itself is hiding some criminal activities.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11 - The Time Tunnel: Crack of Doom
Doug and Tony land in Krakatoa, 1883, shortly before the island is about to explode. They try to convince British scientist Dr. Everett Hollan (Torin Thatcher) and his daughter Eve (Ellen Burstyn) to leave the island before the disaster happens.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Tuesday, September 10 - Naked City: To Walk Like a Lion
An embezzler who stole money for his mother's medical care runs into trouble while trying to return the leftover cash.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Monday, September 9 - The Champions: Shadow of the Panther
In Haiti, Sharron begins an investigation of a Nemesis scientist who, according to the local coroner, died of fright. Sharron soon finds herself knee-deep in voodoo and calls Tremayne for help. When Richard and Craig arrive, they discover Sharron in a zombie-like state and at the mercy of a voodoo cult.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Sunday, September 8 - The Streets of San Francisco: Blockade
Stone and Buddy Boy pursue two men who raped and then murdered a waitress.
A woman who has dedicated her life to a prominent family fails to see her neglected son has fallen in with a psycho - and may have helped him kill a woman.
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Saturday, September 7 - Paul Temple's Triumph
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Friday, September 6 - Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): Murder Ain't What It Used to Be!
Ageing mobster Paul Kirstner hires Jeff to act as bodyguard to his daughter. He is followed into town by the vengeful ghost of Bugsy Spanio, another gangster, whom he killed years earlier and now wants revenge. Bugsy leans on Marty, threatening to harm Jeannie if he does not help him.
Friday, September 6, 2024
Thursday, September 5 - Hawaiian Eye: Hong Kong Passage
Tracy is flying back to Hawaii from Hong Kong when his plane is hijacked.
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4 - The Human Jungle: The Quick and the Dead
Formula one racing driver Jimbo Harris is obsessed with breaking the lap record to the extent that whilst he has a clear lead in his race he accelerates and crashes, injuring himself. Dr. Corder has to discover the reason for this obsession, hopefully in time for Jimbo to drive in the Monaco Grand Prix and draws a connection with Jimbo's time serving in the Korean war. However, against the doctor's advice Jimbo breaks off treatment to claim that all-time record at Monaco.
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Tuesday, September 3 - Burke's Law: Who Killed Madison Cooper?
A high profile, but shady lawyer dies in a phone booth after phoning Amos Burke. It turns out the suspects are all the people who this man defended and either got harsh sentences or no legal satisfaction.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Monday, September 2 - Hail, Mafia (1965)
Carl Studer is facing a congressional investigation and the rest of his life in prison. He takes the Fifth before Congress, but if they can find someone who will testify where the bodies are buried, it works out the same as if he had confessed everything himself. Eddie Constantine knows where all the bodies are buried, because he buried them for Studer before he retired and disappeared to Europe. So Studer gets a couple of organization hit men to make sure he's in no condition to testify. One of them is Jack Klugman (sans toupee), who was a great friend of Constantine before Constantine raped his sister. The other is Henry Silva. So off they go to Europe, a couple of professionals. . .
Monday, September 2, 2024
Sunday, September 1 - Bourbon Street Beat: The House of Ledezan
A very rich dead man who once tried unsuccessfully to bribe Rex Randolph gets back at him from the grave, while nailing his two ne'er do well children at the same time. His will provides that his adult children can't get their inheritance until Rex verifies under oath that they did not kill him, but big caveat - if Rex is prevented from verifying it within 6 months, the children get the money. A fifty-thousand dollar fee has cash-strapped Rex in a bind - take the job and risk somebody killing him fast to get the money, or turn it down and lose money he himself needs? Add in a very enticing adult daughter and Rex is really facing a dangerous temptation.
Sunday, September 1, 2024
Saturday, August 31 - Decoy: Bullet of Hate
16 year old Stella, Sandra Whiteside, comes home late from a party and her Aunt Mary, Joanna Roos, lets her have it about how rotten she is and just like her mother-who was killed in a drunken car accident- she'll end up dead before her time if she keeps this up. With Stella just about having it with her Aunt Mary her live-in Uncle Lester, Arthur Ryder, starts to hatch a plan to do in Aunt Mary and have Stella get blamed for it!
Policewoman Casey Jones, Beverly Garland, takes on the case to straighten Stella out and at the same time saves her from doing hard time for the murder of Aunt Mary whom Uncle Lester, her real murderer, later framed her for.
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