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Detectives Season 3 Episodes

Season 3 Episode Guide

30 Episodes 1961 - 1962

Episode 1

Tobey's Place

Fri, Sep 29, 1961 30 mins

A murder is committed at a beatnik coffeehouse where detective Nelson (Adam West) spends his off-duty hours. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Tobey: Peter Whitney. Iris: Anita Sands. Lazarus: Marty Ingels. Kochinskey: Leonid Kinskey. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Benjy: Jay Adler. Sutter: William Windom.

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Episode 2

The Legend of Jim Riva

Fri, Oct 6, 1961 30 mins

Edward G. Robinson stars as an ex-gang leader determined to go straight---until he is attacked by a vicious gunman. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Nathan: Rudy Solari. Bobby: Butch Patrick. June: Donna Drew. Martha: Naomi Stevens. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West.

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Episode 3

Shadow of His Brother

Fri, Oct 13, 1961 30 mins

Holbrook (Robert Taylor) and a young waitress are kidnapped at gunpoint by a psychopathic hoodlum (Martin Landau). Carter: Lew Gallo. Anita: Sandra White. Mallory: Mel Carter. Drenek: William Sargent. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Truck Driver: Joe Higgins.

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Episode 4

A Barrell Full of Monkeys

Fri, Oct 27, 1961 30 mins

Holbrook (Robert Taylor) sends his men to investigate an oddball's claim that he has buried his wife in a basement. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Morton: Arthur Malet. Dr. Corbett: Nancy Gates. Emma: D.J. Thompson. Fifi: Sue Ane Langdon.

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Episode 5

One Lucky Break

Fri, Nov 3, 1961 30 mins

After he is accused of shooting an unarmed robbery victim, Nelson (Adam West) begins an investigation to clear himself. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Hyssop: Roger DeKoven.

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Episode 6

A Piece of Tomorrow

Fri, Nov 10, 1961 30 mins

When a junk dealer returns $40,000 dropped by fleeing bank robbers, he is suspected of keeping a missing $100,000. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Martin: Howard Caine. Tropolis: Michael Constantine. Ross: Charles Aidman. Gordon: Jonathan Bolt. Nelson: Adam West. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Harper: Jack Betts.

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Episode 7

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Fri, Nov 17, 1961 30 mins

Holbrook (Robert Taylor) and his men investigate the murder of a cafe entertainer in a small town. Blaine: Michael Parks. Darien: Denver Pyle. Nelson: Adam West. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Temple: David Winters. Carp: Roy Engel.

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Episode 8

Hit and Miss

Fri, Dec 1, 1961 30 mins

A racketeer frames an alcoholic salesman for the hit-and-run murder of a grand jury witness. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Adamson: Joe Mantell. Koster: Tony Carbone. Russo: Tige Andrews. Susie: Grace Lee Whitney. Nelson: Adam West. Ballard: Mark Goddard.

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Episode 9

Song of the Guilty Heart

Fri, Dec 8, 1961 30 mins

Cleared of suspicion in her husband's murder, a woman (Inger Stevens) is driven to attempt suicide. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Nelson: Adam West. Joe: Leo Penn. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ella: Rita Lynn. Mae: Eileen Ryan. Ballard: Mark Goddard.

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Episode 10

Escort

Fri, Dec 15, 1961 30 mins

A detective (Telly Savalas) falls in love with the prisoner he is escorting by train to a women's state penitentiary. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Norma: Pat Crowley. Kramer: Ed Nelson. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ditmar: Russell Collins.

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Episode 11

The Queen of Craven Point

Fri, Dec 22, 1961 30 mins

At a beach resort, a woman (Lola Albright) plans to murder her husband---and leave an artist to take the rap. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Taber: Russell Johnson. Wiley: Michael Forest. Nancy: Laura Shelton. Mala: Amanda Ames. Frieda: Sandra Warner. Seymour: Kip King.

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Episode 12

Act of God

Fri, Dec 29, 1961 30 mins

James Whitmore plays the architect of an elaborate scheme to steal a million-dollar gem on exhibit. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Nelson: Adam West. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ozzie: Milton Selzer. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Jud: Bruce Dern. Rafe: Harry Swoger. Dora: Joan Connors. Bellboy: Ken Roberts.

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Episode 13

Point of No Return

Fri, Jan 12, 1962 30 mins

Newlyweds pick up a hitchhiker who forces them to take him to his gang. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Hearn: Jerry Paris. Everett: Josh Peine. Louise: Leslie Wales. Tully: Robert Gist. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West.

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Episode 14

Crossed Wires

Fri, Jan 19, 1962 30 mins

A woman reports to Holbrook (Robert Taylor) that she overheard two men plotting a murder on the telephone. Eleanor: Diane Foster. Livonia: Jean Byron. Weidel: Robert Karnes. Nelson: Adam West. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard.

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Episode 15

Night on the Town

Fri, Jan 26, 1962 30 mins

Arthur Malet is cast as a meek salesman who becomes the unwitting pawn in a murder plot. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Violet: Mari Blanchard. Ganzer: John Abbott. Alma: Alice Backes. Russo: Tige Andrews.

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Episode 16

Pandora's Box

Fri, Feb 2, 1962 30 mins

Russo (Tige Andrews) is torn by the thought that his youngest child may be someone else's child---information also shared by a blackmailer. Mike: Ronnie Dapo. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Lester: Ford Rainey. Mrs. Williams: Alice Backes. Betty: Kathleen Freeman.

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Episode 17

Jagged Edge

Fri, Feb 9, 1962 30 mins

After stating publicly that he is smart enough to get away with murder, a man (Chris Robinson) with an airtight alibi is involved in a killing. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Buddy: Paul Mazursky. Marsha: Joan Harding. Russo: Tige Andrews.

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Episode 18

The Outsider

Fri, Feb 16, 1962 30 mins

Holbrook (Robert Taylor) sets out to trap a sniper who preys on the city's mailmen. Anita: Diane Mountford. Foster: Dabbs Greer. Russo: Tige Andrews. Mrs. Foster: Patricia Huston. Nelson: Adam West.

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Episode 19

Walk a Crooked Line

Fri, Feb 23, 1962 30 mins

Holbrook deals with Nelson's guilt feelings when Nelson (Adam West) blames himself for a police officer's death in a gunfight. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Varchek: John Wengraf. Adrian: James Drury. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard.

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Episode 20

The Night Boat

Fri, Mar 2, 1962 30 mins

Russo and Ballard search for a psychopathic killer aboard an evening excursion boat. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Worden: Scott Marlowe. Frances: Jena Engstrom. Kane: Stanley Adams. Phyllis: Joyce Van Patten.

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Episode 21

One Lousy Wednesday

Fri, Mar 9, 1962 30 mins

Russo (Tige Andrews) receives a note threatening the lives of his wife and children. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Ella: Rita Lynn. Swami: Sean McClory. Mike: Gregory Irvin. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West.

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Episode 22

The Con Man

Fri, Mar 16, 1962 30 mins

When a con artist's scheme fails to work, he assaults his intended victim in a deserted park. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Arizona: Herschel Bernardi. Vee: Lillian Bronson. Russo: Tige Andrews. Nelson: Adam West. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Bond: William Tannen. Marie: Natalie Norwick.

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Episode 23

Never the Twain

Fri, Mar 23, 1962 30 mins

Three criminals seek refuge at the home of a Japanese-American truck farmer and his daughter. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Ito: Bob Okazaki. Yooko: Enid Jaynes. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Russo: Tige Andrews. George: Ed Nelson.

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Episode 24

Three Blind Mice, Part 1

Fri, Mar 30, 1962 30 mins

A runner for the numbers racket is marked for murder by the mob. Part 1 of two. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Lucy: Vera Miles. Forrest: Harold J. Stone. Maroon: Marc Lawrence. Binder: Gary Walberg. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Serokin: Philip Bourneuf.

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Episode 25

Three Blind Mice

Fri, Apr 6, 1962 30 mins

Conclusion. Fred Forrest (Harold J. Stone) has been acquitted of murder---but Holbrook (Robert Taylor) refuses to close the books on the case. Lucy: Vera Miles. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Russo: Tige Andrews. Nelson: Adam West. Serokin: Philip Bourneuf. Maroon: Marc Lawrence. Walsh: Hugh Sanders. Metapuff: Bernard Fein.

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Episode 26

Finders Keepers

Fri, Apr 13, 1962 30 mins

Ballard (Mark Goddard) escorts a little girl to a Mexican town to identify a man suspected of previously kidnapping her. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Stacy: Marion Ross. Hogan: Richard Devon. Candy: Diane Mountford. Russo: Tige Andrews. Nelson: Adam West. Mrs. Corbett: Melora Conway.

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Episode 27

The Fourth Commandment

Fri, Apr 20, 1962 30 mins

When the newspapers revive an old scandal, it deeply affects an ex-con and his son. Robert Taylor, James Douglas, Ben Wright, Aneta Corsaut, Tige Andrews.

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Episode 28

The Walls Have Eyes

Fri, Apr 27, 1962 30 mins

Nora Carver's father is dead, but his work lives on---in the form of counterfeiting plates used by a gang circulating bogus bills. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Nora: Ellen MacRae. Jackson: John Larkin. Nelson: Adam West. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Bailey: Johnny Seven. Russo: Tige Andrews.

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Episode 29

Strangers in the House

Fri, May 4, 1962 30 mins

After swiping a convertible from a garage, four prep-school students run down a watchman. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West. Grant: Chris Robinson. Gary: Brian Davies. Frankie: John Karlen. Peter: Claude Johnson. Harvey: David Sheiner.

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Episode 30

The Saturday Edition

Fri, May 18, 1962 30 mins

A building contractor warns an aggressive reporter to cut short his series on trade corruption---or else. Holbrook: Robert Taylor. Martell: John Larkin. Anthony: Joseph Ruskin. Russo: Tige Andrews. Ballard: Mark Goddard. Nelson: Adam West.

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