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Not for Hire Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

39 Episodes 1959 - 1960

Episode 1

The Soldier's Story

Fri, Oct 23, 1959

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Episode 2

The Hunting License

Fri, Oct 30, 1959

An emotionally disturbed policewoman (Jan Harrison) kills a GI, then claims he tried to rape her.

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Episode 3

Personal Disappearance

Fri, Nov 6, 1959

When assigned to guard a rock 'n' roll GI, Steve Dekker tangles with a hard-to-handle movie starlet and kidnappers.

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Episode 4

The Fall Guy

Fri, Nov 13, 1959

A girl is found murdered and her boyfriend looks guilty. The case looks pretty open and shut, but a persistent female corporal urges Dekker to look into small discrepancies. Soon a larger story of a ruthless theft ring involving army personnel is revealed.

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Episode 5

Smuggled Wife

Fri, Nov 20, 1959

A sergeant's English wife is being held by authorities in Hong Kong under suspicion of espionage. She's nearly come to term in her pregnancy and he's desperate to have her have their child on American soil, and goes AWOL. Decker searches for him to save him from punishment.

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Episode 6

The Deserter

Fri, Nov 27, 1959

Steve Dekker goes to Manila to disperse a gang that has been rifling army supplies. He discovers that the leader has a wartime grudge against him.

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Episode 7

One Quart of Sorrow

Fri, Dec 4, 1959

While stationed in Tokyo, Steve Dekker sees a man knifed in a back-street bar brawl. Corporal Jenks is accused of the murder when witnesses refuse to say he fought in self defense.

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Episode 8

The Frame

Fri, Dec 11, 1959

Major Bradford is suspected of looting the PX and framing a GI for theft.

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Episode 9

The Fickle Fingers

Fri, Dec 18, 1959

A millionaire GI is found murdered in Honolulu. Steve discovers that the corpses' fingerprints don't match those in Army files.

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Episode 10

Death Loses Face

Fri, Dec 25, 1959

Sgt. Brad Hennessey, Steve Dekker's impulsive friend, is forbidden to marry the daughter of a Chinese businessman. When the businessman is found murdered, Steve tries to get to the sergeant before the Honolulu police.

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Episode 11

Shark Bait

Fri, Jan 1, 196030 mins

Investigating a sailor's murder in the Phillipines, Steve Dekker finds he has to do some underwater sleuthing. Once under, he finds some man-made dangers.

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Episode 12

Ten Round Kill

Fri, Jan 8, 1960

Mobsters try to fix an Army boxing championship and Steve Dekker is assigned to catch the fixers.

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Episode 13

Guns for the Revolution

Fri, Jan 15, 1960

Dekker investigates the theft of 500 machine guns from an Army post.

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Episode 14

A Matter of Courage

Fri, Jan 22, 1960

Dekker defends an alcoholic MP (Steve Brodie) accused of murdering a young woman.

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Episode 15

Carrier Pigeon

Fri, Jan 29, 196030 mins

An Air Force Lieutenant, who has contacted typhoid fever, disappears. Steve Dekker's job is to find him before he causes an epidemic.

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Episode 16

Big Man

Fri, Feb 5, 1960

An Army hero, scheduled to receive a decoration, disappears.

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Episode 17

Careless Love

Fri, Feb 12, 196030 mins

A blonde marries overseas-bound servicemen to collect their allotment checks.

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Episode 18

The Set Up

Fri, Feb 19, 1960

When a soldier gets heavily in debt to a shady poker playing acquaintance, he's told he can pay off his tab and a few hundred profit as well if he'll murder another soldier he works with in one of the base warehouses. He immediately goes to CID for help.

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Episode 19

The Basic Rumble

Fri, Feb 26, 1960

Steve Dekker joins the Army and goes through basic training to protect a soldier who has received a note threatening his life.

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Episode 20

One of Our Russians Is Missing

Fri, Mar 4, 1960

While working for an Army undercover unit a Russian born WAC is abducted.

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Episode 21

The Roll

Fri, Mar 11, 1960

A girl who made her living by robbing drunks is found murdered in her apartment.

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Episode 22

The Needle

Fri, Mar 18, 196030 mins

While investigating a narcotics theft, Steve Dekker plans a jailbreak, and tangles with an attractive Eurasian girl and a former wrestler.

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Episode 23

Murder in a Quiet Town

Fri, Mar 25, 196030 mins

A young private, fresh from a drunken binge, is told his wallet has been found at a murder scene.

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Episode 24

Battle Scar

Fri, Apr 1, 1960

A colonel's son is blackmailed into steering newly discharged soldiers to rigged poker games.

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Episode 25

The Survivor

Fri, Apr 8, 1960

A soldier, for many years presumed dead, returns home where the executor of his parents' estate is very anxious to kill him.

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Episode 26

Main Event

Fri, Apr 15, 1960

Two former GI's whom Dekker had jailed for peddling drugs are released.

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Episode 27

Line of Duty

Fri, Apr 22, 1960

A wealthy young girl murders a hitch-hiking soldier.

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Episode 28

The Long Dead Blonde

Fri, Apr 29, 196030 mins

Steve Dekker's furlough is halted when he's ordered to solve two murders.

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Episode 29

Sheep's Clothing

Fri, May 6, 1960

Steve Dekker suspects that an attractive female photographer is robbing her clients.

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Episode 30

The General's Daughter

Fri, May 13, 196030 mins

Dekker has trouble keeping a colonel's daughter away from an amorous islander.

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Episode 31

Lover's Leap

Fri, May 20, 1960

Steve Dekker tries to capture a bandit who preys on persons frequenting a lover's lane.

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Episode 32

Operation Salvage

Fri, May 27, 1960

The evidence points to Dekker's buddy as the man responsible for the sabotage of an essential electronic device.

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Episode 33

The Uniformed Mugger

Fri, Jun 3, 1960

Dekker investigates the mysterious muggings of wealthy tourists in Honolulu.

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Episode 34

The Joker

Fri, Jun 10, 1960

Dekker is called in on a case concerning a murdered major, his wife, and a corporal who is a practical joker.

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Episode 35

Ticket to a Gas Chamber

Fri, Jun 17, 1960

At a gambling establishment, Pfc. Dan Shackles, a poor loser, robs and beats up the owners.

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Episode 36

Diamond Head Decoy

Fri, Jun 24, 196030 mins

Steve Dekker stumbles onto a movie set in Honolulu, where the actors are more interested in diamonds than their performances.

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Episode 37

Adults Only

Fri, Jul 1, 1960

Dekker takes part in a movie queen's project to find homes for orphans. All goes well until one little boy takes them home to meet his murdered father.

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Episode 38

The System

Fri, Jul 8, 1960

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Episode 39

The Witness

Fri, Jul 15, 196030 mins

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