Dante
Willie Dante carries his shady history, and old-time buddies Biff and Stewart, into the operation of his legit San Francisco nightclub. Neither the cops nor the bad guys really believe he's done with the underworld however.
- 1960-1961
- 1 season
- NBC
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
Willie Dante carries his shady history, and old-time buddies Biff and Stewart, into the operation of his legit San Francisco nightclub. Neither the cops nor the bad guys really believe he's done with the underworld however.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
One for the Birds
Mon, Oct 3, 1960 30 mins
Stewart Styles the Maitre-D of Willie Dente's club is being blackmailed. Willie lends him the money to set a trap for the blackmailer. A package containing a pigeon and a note arrives. The pigeon is to take the money to the blackmailer. Willie intends to contact the delivery company but an attempted hit and run reveals Veronica Mizell. Rather than the mastermind behind the blackmail she is a fellow victim. Dente discovers a common link in a dentist, interviewing the man Dente becomes suspicious of his dental assistant, Nurse Barrow. Dante sets a trap for the assistant which she falls for and is over powered and arrested.
Episode 2
Opening Night
Mon, Oct 10, 1960 30 mins
Cops are swarming at opening night of Dante's Inferno because the D.A. refuses to believe Willie's really gone straight. An out-of-town mobster also figures the nightclub's a front for gambling and orders Willie to become his partner, or there will be a shooting in the club that night.
Episode 3
The Feline Traveler
Mon, Oct 17, 1960 30 mins
Things get perilous for Dante when he finds a gunshot victim in his office.
Episode 4
Dante's Dilemma
Mon, Oct 31, 1960 30 mins
Dante is given an offer he cannot refuse when some documents are left in his club.
Episode 5
The Misfortune Cookie
Mon, Nov 7, 1960 30 mins
A key hidden in a cake leads Dante to a smuggling ring.
Episode 6
San Quentin Quill
Mon, Nov 14, 1960 30 mins
Penelope Dare, a teenaged girl with an active imagination, writes the best-selling novel Wickedly Yours. The book appears to be a thinly-veiled Roman à clef about Dante's life of crime. Meanwhile, Vic and Manny, thieves who've just robbed a furrier, believe the book is true and set about to have Dante fence their stolen items, which the Inferno staff mistakenly accept on delivery.
Episode 7
The Unclean Green
Mon, Nov 21, 1960 30 mins
When the money in the club's safe is found to have been from a robbery, Dante needs to find out who has set him up.
Episode 8
The Bavarian Barbarians
Mon, Nov 28, 1960 30 mins
After he buys a seemingly average, nondescript painting, Dante finds that it has generated an unusual interest from strangers, including Princess Stephanie, who offers him a suspicious amount of money to buy it. Dante has the painting examined, which reveals that it's not what it seems to be. Meanwhile, the people who want to take possession of the painting are prepared to pull out all the stops to get it.
Episode 9
My Pal, the Bullseye
Mon, Dec 5, 1960 30 mins
Dante finds it hard to believe that Biff accidentally being locked in the refrigerator might actually be an attempt on Biff's life.
Episode 10
The Jolly Roger Cocktail
Mon, Dec 19, 1960 30 mins
A bookkeeper blackmails a crooked businessman who has strangled his partner.
Episode 11
A Punch from Judy
Mon, Dec 26, 1960 30 mins
When a girl who has been beaten turns up in the club, little does Dante know that he is being set up.
Episode 12
Don't Come On'a My House
Mon, Jan 2, 1961 30 mins
Dante inherits a large house in payment for an old gambling debt.
Episode 13
Wine, Women and Willie
Mon, Jan 9, 1961 30 mins
Dante is kidnapped by an old friend.
Episode 14
Dial D for Dante
Mon, Jan 16, 1961 30 mins
A wealthy man sets up a trust fund for Dante, but the catch is that a professional killer will inherit the money if the nightclub owner dies.
Episode 15
The Devil to Pay
Mon, Jan 23, 1961 30 mins
Dante learns an old friend, once a promising boxer, is managed poorly by a sleazy operator and decides to find out why.
Episode 16
Dante Rides Again
Mon, Jan 30, 1961 30 mins
Antony Carbone as "Chick Loomis" robs a bank and kills a cop then calls Nita Talbot as "Lily" to get Dante to help him.Lily tips the cops and Chick gets picked up.After Dante visits with Chick, the thugs think Dante knows where the money (100 large)is and that he ratted on Chick. Myron Healy "Johnny Poco",the fence shows and wants his share of the swag. Dante finds an old menu with clues to old ghost town and heads for it. When he gets there Lily is already there. Johnny Poco followed Dante and pulls a gun and Dante pulls on a rope that holds a chandelier and it knocks the gun from Johnny and the fight begins and ends with Dante the victor and the swag falls out of the chandelier with Lily gripping onto some of it, she goes for the gun and Dante shoes it and wins the day.Natch he turns the money in. Lily is sprung by a lawyer and meets with Dante for some fun. The End
Episode 17
Dante's Fickle Fate
Mon, Feb 6, 1961 30 mins
A man sneers at a fortune teller's predictions until the man informs him he will be killed by his wife's former boyfriend - Willie Dante.
Episode 18
Aces and Eights
Mon, Feb 13, 1961 30 mins
Dante plays for high stakes when he discovers that someone is using his name to con a gambler.
Episode 19
Light Lady, Dark Room
Mon, Feb 20, 1961 30 mins
Dante has to find out how an employee is photographing wealthy, married male customers with other women and then using the photos to try and blackmail them.
Episode 20
Not as a Canary
Mon, Feb 27, 1961 30 mins
Dante's former girlfriend, chanteuse Julie Miller, holds him to a previous promise to help her when her husband Monte disappears. On the run with unpaid gambling debts after scarring the face of Phil Diamond, the man he owes, Monte hides in San Francisco, where Dante agrees to locate him, placing his own life in danger.
Episode 21
Pick a Peck of Diamonds
Mon, Mar 6, 1961 30 mins
A young woman plans to marry an elderly man, obtain possession of a valuable necklace and then immediately divorce him to marry her sweetheart.
Episode 22
Dante in the Dark
Mon, Mar 13, 1961 30 mins
A young man and his fiancée visit The Inferno to give Dante the news that they've decided to wed. The engagement is short-lived because the young man is murdered leaving the nightclub.
Episode 23
Hunter with a Badge
Mon, Mar 20, 1961 30 mins
Dante feels the pressure when he employs the younger brother of a police officer.
Episode 24
Friendly Assassin
Mon, Mar 27, 1961 30 mins
After he becomes an eyewitness to an assassination, Dante is told by a young girl named Nina that he was actually the target of the assassin's bullet. She offers to explain the situation to him, but for a price which he refuses to pay. Shortly thereafter, another attempt is made on Dante's life.
Episode 25
Sesame Key
Mon, Apr 3, 1961 30 mins
A sudden rash of robberies in the area stymies the cops. The only thing each robbery appears to have in common is a connection to Dante's club. When the police infer he's culpable in the robberies, Dante is forced to try to solve the case himself.
Episode 26
Around a Dark Corner
Mon, Apr 10, 1961 30 mins
In the last episode of the series, Dante' friend Ramsey Collins seeks his assistance when his boozy step-daughter Marcy runs off to go on a binge. Dante agrees to help find the wayward girl, but he later regrets his decision when his involvement with Marcy's problems lands him in the middle of a murder investigation.