Best of TV Detectives 150 Episodes
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Actor: Doug McClure, Jack Webb, Mike Connors, Ralph ByrdBrand: Digital1stop
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 2553 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: MV07030
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Product features:
- Available for the first time, 150 complete episodes from 33 exciting television series of the 1950's to the 1970's. You will not believe your eyes when you watch such thrilling programs as Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mannix, Burke's Law, Dick Tracy, Gang Busters, Mr. & Mrs. North, Racket Squad and Richard Diamond: Private Eye. See great television stars such as Mike Connors, Jack Webb,
Movie Reviews of Best of TV Detectives 150 Episodes
Movie Review: Outstanding sampling of early TV detective series
Summary: 5 Stars
Mill Creek has put out another great collection of television shows, this time focusing on detective series from the 1950s. Although some of these episodes can be found in other low-priced sets, there are many series sampled here that have never been released on DVD before. Here are the individual episodes you'll find on the disk:
The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956)
Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith (Lester Matthews) attempts to prevent the evil Dr. Fu Manchu (Glen Gordon) from achieving world domination. Episodes included in this package are: "Death Ships of Fu Manchu" and "Prisoner of Fu Manchu"
The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1950)
This ill-fated Dumont network series, featuring Richard Hart as the titular detective, is represented by a single episode: "The Hanging Acrobat"
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955):
A curious choice for inclusion in this set, this series' premise had little to do with detective work. The episodes included can be found in many other public domain offerings: "The Cheney Vase" (starring Darren McGavin and Carolyn Jones) and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (starring Brandon de Wilde and Diana Dors).
Burke's Law (1963)
Gene Barry starred as Amos Burke, an independently wealthy Chief of Detectives for the Los Angeles police force. The episode included in this set is "Who Killed Jason Shaw."
The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952)
Originally nine episodes of this series, which starred journeyman actor Dan Haggerty, were filmed for CBS, but were never aired. Dumont purchased the group, filmed four additional episodes and released the series to the unsuspecting public in 1952. The episode presented here, "Shoot the Works" shows why CBS choose to cut their losses.
Checkmate (1960)
Doug McClure, Anthony George and Sebastian Cabot starred in this series about a high-priced San Francisco detective agency. Episodes included in this package are "Human Touch" and "Nice Guys Finish Last".
Code 3 (1957)
Richard Travis starred as the Assistant Sheriff of Los Angeles who introduces the episodes in this police procedural series. Included in this set are "The Benson Case", "The Man with Many Faces", "The Rookie Sheriff" and "The Sniper".
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956)
Boris Karloff starred as the titular detective, based on the stories of John Dickson Carr. The series were originally released in England. The episode included with this set is "Error at Daybreak".
Court of Last Resort (1957)
Founded by Erle Stanley Gardner, the court investigated potentially innocent men and women accused of crimes of which they might be innocent. Lyle Bettger starred as one of the lead investigators. Episode included are: "The Clarence Redding Case", "The Jim Thompson Case", "The John Smith Case" and "The Mary Morales Case".
Decoy (1957)
Beverly Garland starred as an undercover New York City policewoman who faced all sorts of perilous situations. Episodes included are: "Fiesta at Midnight", "High Swing", "Night Light", "The Comeback", "The Sound of Tears" and "To Trap a Thief".
Dick Tracy (1950)
Ralph Byrd, a capable lead in many B-movie adventure films, could never escape being typecast as Dick Tracy. Despite his aversion to reprising the role, Byrd agreed to play Chester Gould's iconic square-jawed detective in this early TV series because of a paucity of other offers. These six episodes show just how good an actor Byrd really was: "Dick Tracy and Flat Top", "Dick Tracy Meets Heels Beals", "Hijack", "Mole - Part 1 and 2: and "Shaky's Secret Treasure".
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents (1953):
This anthology series included an unsold television pilot for a detective series based on the adventures of Bulldog Drummond. The character was originally created in 1920 for a series of novels about a former British officer who was bored after the excitement of World War I. By the time this 1957 episode, entitled "Bulldog Drummond and `The Ludlow Affair'", aired, Drummond was a British private detective with no connection to the Great War. This episode starred Robert Beatty as Drummond.
Dragnet (1951)
Jack Webb starred as Los Angeles police sergeant Joe Friday in this classic 50s detective series. Twenty-five episode from the series are included in this package - "The Big Ante", "The Big Betty", "The Big Boys", "The Big Break", "The Big Casing", "The Big Cast", "The Big Crime", "The Big False Make", "The Big Frame", "The Big Girl", "The Big Grandpa", "The Big Hit and Run Killer", "The Big Lift", "The Big Little Jesus", "The Big Look", "The Big Oskar", "The Big Phone Call", "The Big Producer", "The Big Score", "The Big Send-Off", "The Big September Man", "The Big Seventeen", "The Big Shoplift", "The Big Show", "The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas".
Federal Men (1950) aka Treasury Men in Action
The Chief (Walter Greaza) leads his team of agents against counterfeiters and other criminals whose misdeeds fall under the Department's purview. Episodes in this set include: "The Case of the Chartered Chiseler", "The Case of the Fatal Error", "The Case of the Iron Curtain", "The Case of the Man Outside" and "The Case of the Ready Guns".
Follow That Man (1949) aka Man Against Crime
Ralph Bellamy played Mike Barnett, a two-fisted private detective operating in New York City. Originally broadcast live, the episodes in this set were filmed for the series fourth and fifth season. The shows included are "Ferry Boat", "Fraternity of Five", "Paradise Lost", "The Cube Root of Evil", "The Iceman" and "The Silken Touch".
Front Page Detective (1951)
Edmund Lowe played a hard-bitten newspaper reporter who investigated crime stories for a major eastern newspaper. Episodes included are "Little Black Book", "Murder Rides the Night Train", "Seven Seas to Danger".
Gang Busters (1951)
An anthology series based on the Phillip H. Lord's long-running radio program, this series alternated with Dragnet throughout 1951 because Jack Webb was unable to produce enough episodes of his iconic show to air every week. Although both series received extremely high ratings, Gang Busters was canceled after only 13 episodes. Episodes included are "The Bayless Case", "The Phantom", "The Scissors Case" and "The Unholy Three".
I'm the Law (1953)
George Raft played a gritty New York police detective in this series which ran only 26 episodes. This set features episodes "O Sole Mio", "The Cowboy and the Blind Man Story" and "The Trucking Story".
The Lawless Years (1959)
Sixteen years before James Gregory portrayed Police Inspector Frank Luger on Barney Miller, he fought organized crime in 1920s New York as detective Barney Ruditsky. The series lasted two years. Episodes in this set are "Framed", "The Cutie Jaffe Story", "The Dutch Schultz Story", "The Morrison Story", "The Poison Ivy Story" and "The Story of Lucky Silva".
Lock-Up (1959)
Defense attorney Herbert Maris (Macdonald Carey) protects his unjustly accused clients each week. The eight episodes included in this set are "Flying High", "His Father's Footsteps", "Murder Is a Gamble", "Society Doctor", "The Beau and Arrow Case", "The Case of Joe Slade", "The Case of Nan Havens" and "Top Secret".
Lone Wolf (1955)
Louis Hayward was one of the few A-list Hollywood stars who embraced television almost from its inception. He plays Michael Lanyard, a swaggering P.I. who leaves a coin with a wolf on it as a calling card. Episodes in this set are "The Beverly Hills Story", "The Karachi Story", "The Las Vegas Story, "The Oil Story" and "The Stamp Story".
The Man Behind the Badge (1953)
Police anthology series featuring a stellar cast of character actors. Six episodes from the series are included in this set, "The Case of the Hunted Hobo", "The Case of Operation Sabotage", "The Case of the Capital Crime", "The Case of the Dying Past", "The Case of the Hot Stock" and "The Case of the Priceless Passport".
Man with a Camera (1958)
Charles Bronson starred as Mike Kovac, a globe-trotting photographer in search of interesting assignments. Episodes from the two-year run include, "Missing" and "Two Strings of Pearls".
Mannix (1967)
Mike Connors starred in this violent, long-running series as Joe Mannix, a private detective who seemed to get shot in the shoulder every other week. The series ran for eight years. Episodes from the show are "Nothing Ever Works Twice" and "The Cost of a Vacation".
Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949)
This NBC detective series survived numerous cast changes to run for five years. Kane was played by William Gargan, Lloyd Nolan and Lee Tracy and episodes from each actor's tenure are included in this package. About the only constant during the series' run was Happy's tobacco shop, which allowed the tobacco company that was series' sponsor to have its advertisements built into the fabric of the show. Episodes included are "A Crooner Is Murdered", "A Jockey Is Murdered", "Altered Will", "The Black Pearl", "The Comic Strip Killer", and "The District Attorney Killer".
Miami Undercover (1961)
Lee Bowman starred as an undercover detective operating in southeastern Florida during the early 60s. The show was shot in around Miami. The single episode included is "The Thrush".
Michael Shayne (1960)
Brett Halliday's two-fisted, red-haired Irish detective trod the mean streets of Miami, willing to take on thugs and low-lifes on behalf of his clients. Richard Denning played the title character. Episodes included in this package are "Murder and the Wanton Bride", "Murder in Wonderland" and Shoot the Works".
Mr. and Mrs. North (1952)
Richard Denning plays a mystery magazine editor with Barbara Britton as his wife. The two live in Greenwich Village and like to play amateur detectives, more often than not getting in way over their heads. This boxed set includes 16 episodes from the series' two-year run, "Homicide Limited", "Hot Mink", "House Behind the Wall", "Model for Murder", "Quick and Deadly", "Salt in His Blood", "Shrinking Violet", "Target", "The Man Who Came to Murder", "The Placid Affair", "The Silent Butler", "The Ungrateful Killer", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Two Faced", "Weekend Murder" and "Where There's a Will".
The Public Defender (1954)
Reed Hadley plays Bart Matthews, a defense attorney working for the state of California defending men and women without sufficient money to hire their own attorney. The series ran for two years. Episodes in this set are "Badge of Honor", "Behind Bars" and "Eight Out of One Hundred".
Racket Squad (1951)
Before "The Public Defender", Hadley played John Braddock, a police captain in charge of investigating confidence games. Episode from this series include, "Let Justice Be Done", "Desperate Money", "His Brother's Keeper", "Kite High", "Take a Little Leave a Little", "The Bill of Sale Racket" and "The System".
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
David Janssen plays a private detective who works the mean streets of New York and later Los Angeles performing investigations for his clients and annoying the local constabulary while he's at it. Episodes from the series are "Picture of Fear" and "The Merry-Go-Round Case".
The Shadow (1954)
Tom Helmore played Lamont Cranston, the wealthy young man about town who has mastered the oriental art of clouding men's minds so as to be invisible to them. The 30 minute pilot episode for a proposed TV series, "The Case of the Cotton Kimono" which featured Paula Raymond as Lamont's girlfriend, Margot Lane, is included in this package.
The Sheriff of Cochise (1957) / U.S. Marshal (1959)
This contemporary police drama set in 1950s Arizona starred John Bromfield as Sheriff Frank Morgan. After two years, Morgan changed jobs and became a U.S. Marshal with a wider scope of responsibilities. Episodes included in this set are "Bank Robbery" and "The Red-Headed Visitor" from `Sheriff of Cochise' with "Diner" and "Rest in Peace" representing the `U.S. Marshal' series.
Summary of Best of TV Detectives 150 Episodes
Available for the first time, 150 complete episodes from 33 exciting television series of the 1950's to the 1970's.You will not believe your eyes when you watch such thrilling programs as Dragnet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Burke's Law, Dick Tracy, Gang Busters, Mr. & Mrs. North, Racket Squad and Richard Diamond: Private Eye.
See great television stars such as:
- Jack Webb
- Doug McClure
- Ralph Byrd
- Richard Crane
- David Janssen
- Richard Denning
- Charles Bronson
These stars came into your homes each week bringing you exciting tales of lawlessness and the men who fought it. You will have hours of enjoyment watching these classic crime fighters in action!
Contents:
- Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu, The
- Adventures of Ellery Queen, The
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- Bulldog Drummond
- Burke's Law
- Cases of Eddie Drake, The
- Checkmate
- Code 3
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard
- Court of Last Resort, The
- Decoy
- Dick Tracy
- Dragnet
- Federal Men
- Follow That Man
- Front Page Detective
- Gang Busters
- I'm the Law
- Lawless Years, The
- Lock Up
- Lone Wolf, The
- Man Behind the Badge, The
- Man with a Camera
- Martin Kane, Private Eye
- Miami Undercover
- Michael Shayne
- Mr. and Mrs. North
- Public Defender, The
- Racket Squad
- Richard Diamond: Private Detective
- Shadow, The
- Sheriff of Cochise
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