Johnny Midnight

Episode 1

X Equals Murder

Sun, Jan 3, 1960 30 mins

Johnny Midnight is hired by a woman fearing for her husband's life. But Johnny's investigation uncovers more than the concerned wife ever anticipated, putting Johnny's life in danger..

Episode 2

Voice of the Dummy

Sun, Jan 10, 1960 30 mins

Julius Sneezer, the dummy of long-dead ventriloquist Dave Rankin, is fished out of Long Island Sound, sparking a taut psychological whodunit.

Episode 3

The Villain of the Piece

Sun, Jan 17, 1960 30 mins

A sleazy showbiz promoter is murdered, but all those with motive also have alibis. Aki's proverb provides Johnny the epiphany he needs to dispel the smoke and reveal the villain of the piece,

Episode 4

Leading Lady

Sun, Jan 24, 1960 30 mins

Brassy actress Delta Manning's husband Dan has been abducted. Johnny scours the city from piano bars and juke joints to a gymnasium in Astoria to find him. Along the way, Johnny and Delta uncover inconvenient truths about Dan.

Episode 5

Once Again

Sun, Jan 31, 1960 30 mins

Backstage, Johnny witnesses a play's star accuse her understudy of poisoning her before collapsing dead. The actress, Laura McKay, serves three years in prison before being released. Johnny is there to welcome her back to New York with an acting offer from the same man who produced her ill-fated earlier show. At the reading, the producer's partner makes a scene about not wanting that murderer Laura in his play. Laura flees the theater in tears. During the time she's away, the angry producer is found murdered in his apartment.

Episode 6

A Taste of Curry

Sun, Feb 7, 1960 30 mins

A promising young architect and friend of Johnny's is accused of murder and takes it on the lam. Johnny and sidekick Joe Marshall travel far and wide to find him, dogged each step by the determined Lt. Harmon.

Episode 7

Mother's Boy

Sun, Feb 14, 1960 30 mins

Johnny is on the case when the leading lady of his play is murdered and the rap is pinned on his pal Joe Marshall. Suspects include a mollycoddled mama's boy, a mild-mannered sculptor, and a mercenary understudy. Whodunit?

Episode 8

Award for Murder

Sun, Feb 21, 1960 30 mins

A young man is arrested for murder when his fingerprints are found on the murder weapon -- his father's Goldie Award. Since the father was an idol of Johnny's and was sworn to look after his son, Johnny is out to find the real killer.

Episode 9

Magic at Midnight

Sun, Feb 28, 1960 30 mins

Episode 10

The Inner Eye

Fri, Mar 4, 1960 30 mins

Episode 11

The Impresario

Fri, Mar 11, 1960 30 mins

Murder on the stage of the Midnight Theater, prefaced by a cryptic warning about imperious show producer Michael Damon. Donning a disguise and summoning his showmanship, Midnight plots to catch the conscience of a killer.

Episode 12

Beyond Infamy

Fri, Mar 18, 1960 30 mins

Pity Quinn Rawlins: his daughter is engaged to a playboy actor twice her age and his wife is being blackmailed over nude photographs snapped a decade ago. Then add murder to the mix. Johnny sifts the suspects and outs the killer.

Episode 13

An Old-Fashioned Frame

Fri, Mar 25, 1960 30 mins

A beautiful young woman romantically linked to several show business personalities is found dead in a gas-filled apartment with a handwritten suicide note. Lt. Harmon says the case is closed, but Johnny Midnight just isn't buying it.

Episode 14

Slight Delay at Dimity

Fri, Apr 1, 1960 30 mins

Episode 15

The 9th Doll

Fri, Apr 8, 1960 30 mins

Johnny helps a friend in need: a faded stage star whose prized doll collection is stabbed and defaced as the first salvo in a psychological war to drive her insane. Who is waging this war and why?

Episode 16

Death Over My Shoulder

Fri, Apr 15, 1960 30 mins

Episode 17

Phantom Bribe

Fri, Apr 22, 1960 30 mins

In a shootout Lupo and Sanchez kill the wayward son of Johnny's friend, a distinguished actor but a derelict father. He vows revenge on the police officers, putting Johnny between a rock and a hard place.

Episode 18

The Tokyo Doll

Fri, Apr 29, 1960 30 mins

Aki is charged with murdering a Japanese nightclub singer, and Johnny's only clues for clearing his friend are a couple enigmatic photographs and the word 'Daimyos" uttered by the dying girl.

Episode 19

Trouble on the Road

Thu, May 5, 1960 30 mins

Johnny takes his talents to Beantown when a show producer in trouble taps Johnny for help squaring an actress pinned with a bogus narcotics rap.

Episode 20

Registered Mail

Thu, May 12, 1960 30 mins

Johnny and friends are blindsided by a plagiarism suit that threatens to scuttle their new hit play. A registered letter containing the script is offered as proof. When the murder happens, the suspects are many and the clues few.

Episode 21

Somebody Loves You

Thu, May 19, 1960 30 mins

A beautiful and talented Swedish actress is the talk of the town, so why did she attempt suicide? And what hold does her tyrannical manager have over her? Johnny isn't afraid to pull back the rug and expose ugly secrets.

Episode 22

The Emerald Star

Thu, May 26, 1960 30 mins

Johnny Midnight steps in when the celebrated star of his new play is threatened with blackmail by her small-time hood brother-in-law.

Episode 23

Return to Murder

Thu, Jun 2, 1960 30 mins

Episode 24

One Over Par

Thu, Jun 9, 1960 30 mins

Episode 25

Tender Loving Care

Thu, Jun 16, 1960 30 mins

Episode 26

A Token of Love

Thu, Jun 23, 1960 30 mins

Johnny's love for a beautiful young widow with a secret life plunges the private eye headlong into international intrigue and danger.

Episode 27

Schatzi

Thu, Jun 30, 1960 30 mins

Johnny goes south of the border to help an imprisoned friend and is fast embroiled in danger and enchanted by saloon singer Schatzi.

Episode 28

The Sweet-Tooth Murder

Wed, Jul 6, 1960 30 mins

Johnny's get-away-from-it-all fishing trip to Maine turns into a working holiday when a summer stock actress is murdered and Johnny's old friend Bess is charged with the crime.

Episode 29

Ring of Truth

Wed, Jul 13, 1960 30 mins

A distinguished dramatist discovers his wife and his young protégé in an amorous embrace. Drunk, he hires a killer. Sober, he returns to his senses and seeks Johnny's help. He's going to need it.

Episode 30

Her Sister's Keeper

Wed, Jul 20, 1960 30 mins

A young woman engaged to be married overdoses on sleeping pills. Suicide - or murder? Lt. Geller rules it a suicide, but the grieving fiancé hires Johnny, who visits the gloomy mansion of Gina's reclusive sister and Jamaican housekeeper.

Episode 31

The Single

Wed, Jul 27, 1960 30 mins

Breaking up is hard to do, especially for Benny Slade, one half of a comedy team unwilling to let his straight man enjoy a solo career. A murder mystery with many highly motivated suspects.

Episode 32

Dark Trophy

Wed, Aug 3, 1960 30 mins

Aki's best friend Pete Yamato is gunning for revenge against the two crooked beauty contest promoters he blames for his sister's death. Johnny brings a cool head to the seething situation.

Episode 33

Inside Man

Wed, Aug 10, 1960 30 mins

A quite comely but unwelcome guest at the Gordon mansion threatens to upend Danny and Kate's nuptials. Murder ensues, and only Johnny's acting acumen can save an innocent man from a murder rap.

Episode 34

Ding-a-Ling

Wed, Aug 17, 1960 30 mins

An investigative reporter on the cusp of cracking a communist cabal in New York City is murdered. Johnny is joined by a couple intrepid newspapermen in cracking this Cold War-era case.

Episode 35

The Switchback Murder

Wed, Aug 24, 1960 30 mins

Johnny goes undercover in Spanish Harlem to find his friend Lupo, who vanished while busting an immigrant extortion scam. Johnny must work fast, because the police are also searching for Lupo--to charge him with murder.

Episode 36

Pay-Off to Death

Wed, Aug 31, 1960 30 mins

A deathbed confession sets Johnny Midnight racing against the clock to clear a cop convicted of murder.

Episode 37

Romeo and Julie

Wed, Sep 7, 1960 30 mins

A union organizer is murdered by a mobster. Midnight must nab the killer before the victim's hot-headed brother takes justice into his own hands and delivers a double-tragedy to their aged father.

Episode 38

How Tight a Web

Wed, Sep 14, 1960 30 mins

An adulterous affair, an outraged husband, and a murder. It seems so simple - until Johnny Midnight begins tugging at the loose threads and unravels the whole sordid affair.

Episode 39

The Whammy

Wed, Sep 21, 1960 30 mins

Broadway's actor turned private eye travels to Hollywood and lands amidst a murder plot of epic proportions.