Johnny Staccato
Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
- 1959-1960
- 1 season
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
Season 1 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
The Naked Truth
Thu, Sep 10, 1959 30 mins
A young singer's promising career is threatened by a scandal magazine's blackmail scheme.
Episode 2
Murder for Credit
Thu, Sep 17, 1959 30 mins
Johnny Staccato tracks down the killer of a bandleader who is being poisoned.
Episode 3
The Parents
Thu, Sep 24, 1959 30 mins
A young couple who have sold their unborn baby to an unscrupulous baby broker ask Johnny to help them keep their baby.
Episode 4
The Shop of the Four Winds
Thu, Oct 1, 1959 30 mins
Johnny looks for his friend's killer in Little Tokyo and finds an unscrupulous acquaintance from his army days who is cheating the inhabitants with crooked immigration deals. He sends his goon Tikon to kill Johnny with Karate.
Episode 5
Nature of the Night
Thu, Oct 15, 1959 30 mins
The attacker in a local slasher spree against blonde women is Johnny's troubled friend Dave (Dean Stockwell). Johnny quickly suspects the truth.
Episode 6
Viva, Paco!
Thu, Oct 22, 1959 30 mins
When a racketeer calls Johnny's friend a cowardly, womanizing Puerto Rican, Johnny goes to Spanish Harlem to prove Paco hasn't bailed on his community and biggest boxing match of his life.
Episode 7
Evil
Thu, Oct 29, 1959 30 mins
Johnny investigates the popular new preacher at the mission who's taken the life savings of at least one elderly local woman.
Episode 8
Murder in Hi-Fi
Thu, Nov 5, 1959 30 mins
Waldo is forced to hire an attractive woman to sing at his club.
Episode 9
Fly Baby, Fly
Thu, Nov 12, 1959 30 mins
A millionaire hires Johnny as part of a plan to murder his wife (Gena Rowlands).
Episode 10
Tempted
Thu, Nov 19, 1959 30 mins
Fearing she is being followed, a beautiful blonde asks Johnny to accompany her as she delivers a valuable diamond necklace.
Episode 11
The Poet's Touch
Thu, Nov 26, 1959 30 mins
A young poet is jarred sober when his friends go too far and unintentionally kill a man. In the days that follow, Johnny investigates the poet's own disappearance.
Episode 12
The Wild Reed
Thu, Dec 3, 1959 30 mins
Johnny Staccato investigates an old college friend who is now playing a bad saxophone in a cheap joint.
Episode 13
A Piece of Paradise
Thu, Dec 10, 1959 30 mins
Johnny helps his ex jockey friend who has been accused of killing a dance hall hostess.
Episode 14
The Return
Thu, Dec 17, 1959 30 mins
Johnny narrowly misses a War vet pawning his Distinguished Service Cross for a handgun. The recently escaped mental patient has long intended to kill the wife he came to believe was betraying him while he was in Korea.
Episode 15
The Unwise Men
Thu, Dec 24, 1959 30 mins
Hardworking family man, Tom (Jack Weston) is stressed by his ex-con older brother, Vic (Marc Lawrence). Vic wants Tom to endanger his straight life and help out on his latest criminal sure thing days before Christmas.
Episode 16
Collector's Item
Thu, Dec 31, 1959 30 mins
Singer played by Ann Henry, is killed and two of her past lovers are the prime suspects.
Episode 17
The Man in the Pit
Thu, Jan 7, 1960 30 mins
Johnny investigates who is blackmailing a Broadway actress and the death of a once great jazz legend.
Episode 18
The Only Witness
Thu, Jan 14, 1960 30 mins
Johnny receives a telephone call from a wealthy playboy asking him to protect his sister, but before they meet the man is murdered.
Episode 19
Night of Jeopardy
Thu, Jan 21, 1960 30 mins
A big time counterfeiter believes Johnny has his engraving plates. When he and Waldo are threatened Johnny is given 2 hours to find them.
Episode 20
Double Feature
Thu, Jan 28, 1960 30 mins
Johnny is accused of a murder committed by a look-alike hit man.
Episode 21
The List of Death
Tue, Feb 2, 1960 30 mins
Johnny helps a dying gangster disguised as a priest settle some old scores.
Episode 22
Solomon
Thu, Feb 11, 1960 30 mins
High-profile attorney Solomon Bradshaw is desperate for a defense of his wealthy client Jessica Winthrop who is charged with murdering her husband. Bradshaw is utterly convinced of her innocence, yet Mrs. Winthrop refuses to answer any questions in her own defense, maintaining that it would violate her self-avowed pacifist ideals. Bradshaw intends to hire private detective Johnny Staccato to commit perjury in court and provide an alibi for Mrs. Winthrop. Johnny agrees on the condition that he is given the opportunity to meet Mrs. Winthrop first. In her holding cell, Johnny interrogates her and many shocking revelations are exposed.
Episode 23
An Act of Terror
Thu, Feb 18, 1960 30 mins
Johnny solves the murder of a ventriloquists wife through his dummy.
Episode 24
An Angry Young Man
Thu, Feb 25, 1960 30 mins
Johnny becomes concerned when an ambitious young man starts working at a bookstore which is just a cover for a criminal enterprise.
Episode 25
The Mask of Jason
Thu, Mar 3, 1960 30 mins
Johnny must protect an actress (Mary Tyler Moore) from a man with a scarred face.
Episode 26
A Nice Little Town
Thu, Mar 10, 1960 30 mins
A lady friend asks Johnny to find out who beat her brother to death. No one is investigating the crime in the small town because they think he was a traitor.
Episode 27
Swinging Long Hair
Thu, Mar 17, 1960 30 mins
A classical pianist and his wife defect to the USA after a concert. He gets a job playing jazz at Waldo's even though they are hiding from communist agents wanting to take them back.