Bourbon Street Beat
A former New Orleans cop partners with an Ivy League lawyer to open up a private detective agency with offices on the city's famed Bourbon Street.
- 1959-1960
- 1 season
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
A former New Orleans cop partners with an Ivy League lawyer to open up a private detective agency with offices on the city's famed Bourbon Street.
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
The Taste of Ashes
Mon, Oct 5, 1959 60 mins
Rex Randolph discovers his partner has died, the police dismiss the case as a simple suicide, but Randolph is convinced far more is at stake. Working his way through the social elite of Pelican Bay he does uncover a truth no one expected and picks up a new partner for his business along the way.
Episode 2
The Mourning Cloak
Mon, Oct 12, 1959 60 mins
Rex gets a strange note care of his office assistance requesting he come out to an old run down plantation house. It becomes obvious very quickly something is very wrong at the house especially when former employees turn up dead.
Episode 3
Torch Song for Trumpet
Mon, Oct 19, 1959 60 mins
Cal is asked by a young lady, Cindy Roberts to investigate how her previous lover Kip Kiley had been released early from jail and refuses to have anything to do with her. What Cal discovers is far more complex and involves the whole existence of the club scene on Bourbon Street.
Episode 4
Woman in the River
Mon, Oct 26, 1959 48 mins
When police refuse to search for a young man's missing girlfriend, Rex and Cal agree to help him locate her.
Episode 5
Girl in Trouble
Mon, Nov 2, 1959 60 mins
Cal sets out to prove an old friend is innocent of murder and becomes convinced that the killing is somehow gangland related.
Episode 6
The Tiger Moth
Mon, Nov 9, 1959 60 mins
Harry Evans a local musician asks Rex for a loan of $1000.00 because he refuses to explain why, Rex refuses. Later Rex has a change of heart and visits Harry to find he has committed suicide.
Episode 7
Secret of Hyacinth Bayou
Mon, Nov 16, 1959 60 mins
Cal gets a note from a man living deep in the bayou. Just getting to meet the man creates challenges and a string of strange encounters with the inhabitants of the local town. Once he meets the man he is told a story that leads to possible fatal circumstances.
Episode 8
Invitation to a Murder
Mon, Nov 23, 1959 60 mins
Several people have received invitations to a politico's party, at which someone is supposed to be murdered. The politico hires Rex to get to the bottom of it.
Episode 9
Mrs. Viner Vanishes
Mon, Nov 30, 1959 60 mins
Cal begins to investigate a strange case when a man claims he checked into a hotel with his wife, and the woman appears to have disappeared with out a trace.
Episode 10
Light Touch of Terror
Mon, Dec 7, 1959 60 mins
Kenny becomes involved in a case when it appears one of New Orleans most famous criminals "The Axe Murder" has re-emerged.
Episode 11
The Golden Beetle
Mon, Dec 14, 1959 60 mins
Rex and Cal are called in to investigate the possible theft of a beetle shaped piece of jewelry. The only lead they have is the possible motive of the ex husband of one of the owners.
Episode 12
The Black Magnolia
Mon, Dec 21, 1959 60 mins
Laura Montgomery hires Cal to help her find the $75,000 in cash that her grandfather had hidden somewhere on the riverboat Mississippi Queen over forty years ago.
Episode 13
Portrait of Lenore
Mon, Dec 28, 1959 60 mins
Rex is called in when a famous painting "The Lenore" is stolen from a local art gallery. His expertise and cunning are required when a mysterious woman approaches the gallery with an offer to return the painting.
Episode 14
Kill with Kindness
Mon, Jan 4, 1960 60 mins
A rich old woman has collected a group of misfits around her, dreaming that her act of kindness will change their lives. Cal discovers someone is trying to poison her, but who, and more importantly, how?
Episode 15
Inside Man
Mon, Jan 11, 1960 60 mins
After a close personal friend of Rex is found murdered. He agrees to go undercover into jail to try and crack the alibi of the man he thinks responsible.
Episode 16
Find My Face!
Mon, Jan 18, 1960 60 mins
A man injured in a hit and run accident staggers into Rex and Cal's office. He appears to be suffering from amnesia, but even after people come forward to identify him, some still have doubts.
Episode 17
Knock on Any Tombstone
Mon, Jan 25, 1960 60 mins
A family approaches Rex and Cal when they become concerned about a series of voodoo symbols that have been delivered to their home. The family think it is just mischief, but Cal's knowledge of Voodoo suggests far more sinister motives are in play.
Episode 18
Key to the City
Mon, Feb 1, 1960 60 mins
Cal and Kenny are on a riverboat bound for New Orleans to protect a government informant, while others onboard want him dead. But neither faction seems to know what the man looks like.
Episode 19
The 10% Blues
Mon, Feb 8, 1960 60 mins
Musicians and performers in New Orleans are being strong-armed by a shady "talent agency" that wants 10% of every performer's income, or else. When the Baron is attacked, Rex and Cal step in.
Episode 20
Melody in Diamonds
Mon, Feb 15, 1960 60 mins
Melody is accused of stealing diamonds that were lent to her by a local socialite, but nothing, not even the diamonds, is what it seems to be.
Episode 21
The House of Ledezan
Mon, Feb 22, 1960 60 mins
A dead man with two spoiled rotten heirs has put a codicil in his will asking Rex to certify that his death was not caused by his children.
Episode 22
Target of Hate
Mon, Mar 7, 1960 60 mins
Rex and Cal unwittingly become embroiled in the plot to assassinate an up and coming politician.
Episode 23
The Missing Queen
Mon, Mar 14, 1960 60 mins
A beauty pageant contestant goes missing the same night that her would-be blackmailer is found murdered.
Episode 24
Neon Nightmare
Mon, Mar 21, 1960 60 mins
Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, Midas City, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.
Episode 25
Wall of Silence
Mon, Mar 28, 1960 60 mins
Rex travels to the bayou settlement of Luzon Village to investigate a mystery which holds the locals in the grip of fear.
Episode 26
Twice Betrayed
Mon, Apr 4, 1960 60 mins
Sgt. Al Bogart does a favor for Cal Calhoun and in return wants Calhoun to return the gesture. It's a shadow job on a crook named Sid Lucas. Bogart wants no questions asked and no other cops involved. Cal is puzzled but because of Bogart's sterling reputation as a steady, reliable desk cop he accepts the job. Bogart wants to be in on one great headline grabbing arrest before his retirement and he is convinced Lucas can lead him to Taylor Ferguson...a bar owner who's cheating the IRS. At least that's the story he tells Calhoun.
Episode 27
Swamp Fire
Mon, Apr 11, 1960 60 mins
Rex is hired to find out why the legend of a supernatural swamp phantom is being used to scare Cajun workers away from a bayou oil drilling camp.
Episode 28
If a Body
Mon, Apr 18, 1960 60 mins
When another singer at her nightclub is murdered, Lusti Weather becomes the prime suspect.
Episode 29
Six Hours to Midnight
Mon, Apr 25, 1960 60 mins
Cal Calhoun, when he was a police detective, arrested a man for murder. Six hours before the man is to be executed, Calhoun is convinced the man is innocent. Calhoun makes progress and is on the verge of cracking the case when he realizes he's also the victim of deceit. The clock is ticking and Calhoun may lose his own life before he can save the prisoner's life.
Episode 30
Last Exit
Mon, May 2, 1960 60 mins
Rex Randolph is hired by a jeweler named Raoul Roulas, to fly to the South American country of San Marco and bring back the murderer of his son. Mr. Roulas believes a swindler named Duke Powell killed his son, stole some jewelry, and fled to San Marco where he bought a gambling nightclub. Mr. Roulas' daughter, Amanda, followed Duke to San Marco to get revenge for killing her brother, and takes a job incognito singing in Duke's nightclub until she can get her revenge. Mr. Roulas also wants Rex to bring Amanda home safe and sound . Upon his arrival in San Marco, Rex discovers the facts of the case are quite different.
Episode 31
Deadly Persuasion
Mon, May 9, 1960 60 mins
While conducting a review of the Braxton Reformatory for Boys, Cal becomes focused upon the case of one particular boy.
Episode 32
Suitable for Framing
Mon, May 16, 1960 60 mins
Rex goes undercover to investigate the owner of the Cypress Gun Club, and in the process gets framed for the man's murder.
Episode 33
False Identity
Mon, May 23, 1960 60 mins
Shrewish Alice Nichols seeks to employ Cal to help find her husband more than two weeks after the man went missing. A short time later the husband is found murdered.
Episode 34
Green Hell
Mon, May 30, 1960 60 mins
Posing as a journalist, Rex accompanies an expedition into the jungles of San Marco in search of the wreckage of a plane that crashed carrying a South American dictator and a mysterious cargo.
Episode 35
Ferry to Algiers
Mon, Jun 6, 1960 60 mins
A shady real estate developer is trying to strong-arm property owners into selling their land, and Kenny is hired to intercede - by a young woman who has been dead for twenty years.
Episode 36
Wagon Show
Mon, Jun 13, 1960 60 mins
The murder of a circus performer is linked to the disappearance of a chimpanzee.
Episode 37
Interrupted Wedding
Mon, Jun 20, 1960 60 mins
Rex is best man at a friend's wedding interrupted by a bomb threat meant for the bride's father. Rex and fellow PI, BJ, investigate twin brothers tied to the father's past.
Episode 38
Reunion
Mon, Jun 27, 1960 60 mins
A girl runs away from a girls' school to see her estranged father. The father turns out to be Big Tom Lanza, a prominent mobster. Lanza's enemies try to turn the situation to their advantage. Cal Calhoun has been hired to track down the girl but finds himself in the middle of more than he bargained for. Calhouns soon fins not only the girl but her principal are in peril -- and he may not survive the case, either.
Episode 39
Teresa
Mon, Jul 4, 1960 60 mins
Rex is asked by Jan Dennison to help find her brother Brad. Brad has been involved with Mara, owner of a casino and who has shady connections. The father of Jan and Brad is one of the wealthiest men in Louisiana, and is certain to disown Brad if he learns of Brad's relationship with Mara. It turns out Brad went to see Mara on her privately owned island -- where she has been hosting (for a $50,000 fee) two hoods who've pulled off a $250,000 bank robbery. Rex and Jan need to find Brad as Hurricane Teresa is bearing down on Louisiana -- and moving up the Mississippi River and heading toward Mara's island.