Man with a Camera
Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton.
- 1958-1960
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-PG
Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton.
Season 2 Episode Guide
14 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
The Killer
Mon, Oct 19, 1959 30 mins
While Mike is at an airport in a small town, a man tries to kill him. However, when he reports the incident to the local police, they dismiss it as a publicity stunt.
Episode 2
Eye Witness
Mon, Oct 26, 1959 30 mins
A man is photographed right in the act of robbing a restaurant and killing a waitress. All the witnesses believe they recognize the killer as an older man with no previous record. But Mike begins to suspect that the case is too pat.
Episode 3
The Man Below
Mon, Nov 2, 1959 30 mins
Mike suspects the body recently pushed into a well belongs to the man he was hired to prove is still alive. Before he can prove the two men are the same, Mike must convince miners he is still alive, since no one will risk their own lives to bring up a corpse.
Episode 4
Black Light
Mon, Nov 9, 1959 30 mins
A police detective asks Mike's help in documenting payoffs he believes are being made to police officers in a particular precinct.
Episode 5
The Positive Negative
Mon, Nov 16, 1959 30 mins
A friend of Mike's who's a nightclub photographer asks his help when she is threatened by gangsters who are looking to get the negative of a picture she took of a wealthy Texan.
Episode 6
Missing
Mon, Nov 23, 1959 26 mins
When a police officer's wife goes missing, Mike believes the woman was abducted when she accidentally became involved with smugglers at the Mexican border.
Episode 7
Live Target
Mon, Dec 7, 1959 30 mins
Mike is hired by the District Attorney to help protect the life of an important witness against a gang of racketeers.
Episode 8
Girl in the Dark
Mon, Dec 14, 1959 30 mins
Mike investigates a blackmailing operation that preys on adopted children.
Episode 9
The Bride
Mon, Dec 21, 1959 30 mins
Mike sets out to break up a marriage racket that preys on recent immigrants.
Episode 10
The Picture War
Mon, Jan 4, 1960 30 mins
Several witnesses to a murder meet with strange "accidents". Mike doesn't believe they're accidents at all, and sets out to use his camera to catch the killer.
Episode 11
Touch-Off
Mon, Jan 11, 1960 30 mins
To gather evidence against a ring of arsonists, Mike poses as a firebug himself to try to get in their gang.
Episode 12
Hot Ice Cream
Mon, Jan 25, 1960 30 mins
A young amateur photographer helps Kovac investigate a murder that occurred at an amusement park owned by her father.
Episode 13
Fragment of a Murder
Mon, Feb 1, 1960 30 mins
Mike is talked into helping a con man prove a man shot in a burglary was actually innocent. The only clue that might help is a small, burnt piece of a photograph the victim himself tried to destroy.
Episode 14
Kangaroo Court
Mon, Feb 8, 1960
Mike winds up being the bodyguard to an egotistical, arrogant movie star at the annual Cannes Film Festival.