
Hong Kong
Glenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.
- 1960-1961
- 1 season
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
Glenn Evans, a two-fisted journalist in Hong Kong, follows up stories involving smugglers, spies, murderers, and beautiful women in distress, with the help of his friend Chief Inspector Neil Campbell.
Season 1 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 0
Blind Justice
Tue, Mar 1, 1960
Episode 1
Clear for Action
Wed, Sep 28, 1960 60 mins
Glenn has his hands full in helping a sailor friend of his, who was taken prisoner by mistake, escape from Red China.
Episode 2
Murder Royal
Wed, Oct 5, 1960 60 mins
The King of a neighboring country arrives in Hong Kong for surgery. Glen is enlisted by the local authorities to try and identify anyone who may know about the situation.
Episode 3
Pearl Flower
Wed, Oct 12, 1960 60 mins
A woman arrives in Hong Kong to visit a child she has been sending aid packages too. Glen becomes involved when it appears the whole arrangement has been a scam, the child may not even exist
Episode 4
Freebooter
Wed, Oct 19, 1960 60 mins
A rebel leader is captured by the Chinese and Glen is asked to come up with some way to get the man back to Hong Kong. Where is also wanted for questioning over his activities.
Episode 5
The Jade Empress
Wed, Oct 26, 1960 60 mins
A small jade statue is stolen and Glen becomes involved when someone passes to him what is assumed to be a copy of the statue. Knowledge of the statue spreads quickly and every criminal in Hong Kong is after Glen for the location of the statue.
Episode 6
The Jumping Dragon
Wed, Nov 2, 1960 60 mins
A gold smuggling operation is uncovered after the death of a commercial pilot.
Episode 7
Blind Bargain
Wed, Nov 9, 1960 60 mins
Glenn learns that a friend, a beautiful reporter with whom he has a past relationship, has bribed some officials to help her slip across the border into Red China. The two correspondents are double-crossed and taken hostage. Glenn manages to engineer their escape and the pair desperately flee towards the border with their kidnappers in hot pursuit.
Episode 8
Colonel Cat
Wed, Nov 16, 1960 60 mins
Colonel Okumara, a Japanese war criminal, slips into Hong Kong at night to recover buried treasure he stole during the war. He forces Roger Dalman, a friend of Glenn's, to help him, but then kills him when complications arise. Okumara finds a cement store house has been built over the site of where he buried the treasure, and he now must take several days to dig it up. Meanwhile Glenn and his friend Tully, who was also a friend of Roger's, believe Okumara to be in Hong Kong and the killer of Roger Dalman, but the police do not. It is up to Glenn and Tully alone to find Okumara before he can get the treasure and vanish for good.
Episode 9
The Turncoat
Wed, Nov 23, 1960 60 mins
Complications arise for Glenn as he tries to negotiate a deal with Neil Campbell for a Communist defector.
Episode 10
To Catch a Star
Wed, Nov 30, 1960 60 mins
When the gorgeous film star Lisa Mario disappears in an apparent kidnapping, Glenn dismisses the incident as a publicity stunt engineered by the studio to generate interest in Mario's new picture. However, someone takes advantage of the situation to turn the stunt into a real murder plot, and Glenn is left to save the starlet.
Episode 11
Nine Lives
Wed, Dec 7, 1960 60 mins
John Baring, a well-respected newspaper editor in Hong Kong, becomes a victim of a plot that threatens to expose his past. During the second world war, Baring broadcast propaganda for the Japanese. Only four people had knowledge that he was traitor, and now three of them are dead. Glenn must choose between loyalty to an old friend and dedication to his country.
Episode 12
The Dragon Cup
Wed, Dec 14, 1960 60 mins
Glenn Evans' friend and rival, journalist Kate Martin, unwittingly takes a picture of a judge who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. She becomes a pawn in a deadly game, as his former partner in crime arrives in Hong Kong to silence the judge permanently.
Episode 13
When Strangers Meet
Wed, Dec 21, 1960 60 mins
Following the death of his son, American diplomat Edward Mantin secretly enters the country to met with private detective Ho Guy, who is subsequently murdered. Glenn becomes involved in the case which includes Manton's vanished daughter-in-law and an international gang of gold smugglers.
Episode 14
Suitable for Framing
Wed, Jan 4, 1961 60 mins
Glenn Evans is framed for killing Bradley Gardner. There was bad blood between Glenn and Gardner on account of a story written by Glenn, but when some mysterious third party has Glenn carefully set up to take the blame for the killing, Glenn, with the help of nightclub singer Penny Carroll, must stay two steps ahead of the police if he wants to find the real killer and clear himself.
Episode 15
Lesson in Fear
Wed, Jan 11, 1961 60 mins
Glenn becomes involved in a smuggling operation involving a ship's purser and a haberdashery owner.
Episode 16
The Survivor
Wed, Jan 18, 1961 60 mins
When his godson's parents are killed in a helicopter crash, Glenn makes arrangements to send the boy to live with his aunt in America. One of the boy's grandfathers lives in Red China and plots to spirit the boy behind the Bamboo Curtain by means of two fake aunts.
Episode 17
Night Cry
Tue, Jan 24, 1961 60 mins
A sadistic unscrupulous cop accidentally kills a murder suspect during a brutal questioning that goes horribly awry. Rather than admit his mistake, he decides to frame an innocent Army officer for the murder. Chief Inspector Campbell leads the investigation into the case.
Episode 18
Double Jeopardy
Wed, Feb 1, 1961 60 mins
Beautiful but dangerous identical twins Madge and Mary Johnson lure Glenn into a murder case when one of the two sisters visits him about the recent slaying of a man and an unsolved bank robbery case. Glenn pursues the story with tragic results for the twins.
Episode 19
Lady Godiva
Thu, Feb 9, 1961 60 mins
The murder of dubious newsman Howard Conrad draws the attention of his visiting publisher, Helen Rowan Randolph. Helen quickly falls for Glenn, covering the story, and leads him into a murderous web that includes an attempted poisoning and an assassin's bullet.
Episode 20
The Hunted
Thu, Feb 16, 1961 60 mins
An American physician declares his innocence when he's accused of the murder of an official standing beside him. Meanwhile, beautiful Vera Graham is the latest woman to intrigue Glenn, whose interest only grows when Chief Inspector Campbell admits that she could be tied to the doctor's murder case. Digging deeper, Glenn finds himself on the trail of a group of assassins.
Episode 21
With Deadly Sorrow
Wed, Feb 22, 1961 60 mins
Chief Inspector Campbell strikes up an unusual and unexpected friendship with visiting chanteuse Mary Moore, who is appearing at Ching Mei's Golden Dragon supper club. Campbell is later rattled by Mary's admission that she has become the target of anonymous threats warning her that she'll die unless she quickly leaves the country and returns to America.
Episode 22
Murder by Proxy
Wed, Mar 1, 1961 60 mins
The sudden appearance in Hong Kong of Glenn's old girlfriend Grace Richmond coincides with a series of potentially fatal mishaps, including a gas leak in his home, brakes failing on his car, and a near hit-and-run on the street. Could Grace's jealous husband be responsible for the "accidents" or is something even more sinister afoot?
Episode 23
The Woman in Grey
Wed, Mar 8, 1961 60 mins
Glenn's friend Suki, a Chinese girl, imprisoned for murder, is on a hunger strike until the real killer is caught- but she insists it was an American movie star who wasn't even in Hong Kong at the time.
Episode 24
Love Honor and Perish
Wed, Mar 15, 1961 60 mins
San Franciscan Laura Johnson receives a phone call from her estranged husband Cliff begging her to meet him in Hong Kong. When she arrives, he appears to have gone underground in Macao. She enlists Glenn's help in searching for Cliff despite a serious beating and warning to stay away from thugs also interested in finding him.
Episode 25
The Innocent Exile
Wed, Mar 22, 1961 60 mins
Certain that deposed South American dictator has gone into hiding in Hong Kong and wanting to break the story, Glenn pulls out all the stops to charm the lovely Elena, who he believes knows Perrera's location. Meanwhile, Hernandez, the leader of those opposing Perrera, are desperate to find him before Glenn and the authorities do.
Episode 26
The Runaway
Wed, Mar 29, 1961 60 mins
Maria Banda, the wireless operator aboard a docked cargo ship, rushes into the Golden Dragon and begs Glenn to help her hide. In possession of an intercepted wireless code, she fears her ship's captain Kobylin, as well as the police for whom she's wanted after shooting and killing an officer of the ship during her escape.