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Richard Diamond, Private Detective Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 0
The Double Cross
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
In this pilot episode, Don Taylor plays Richard Diamond as he pursues a band of counterfeiters who double cross each other.
Episode 1
The Mickey Farmer Case
Mon, Jul 1, 195730 mins
Mickey Farmer has just pulled a payroll heist and killed two men. The police have him cornered as Mickey abducts an old lady at gunpoint. He escapes inside a building while holding the old lady hostage. Mickey calls out to police that he wants to talk to Richard Diamond. Against Lieutenant McGough's advice and leaving his gun behind, Diamond accepts to speak to Mickey alone. After promising "no cops", Mickey lets the old lady go. Mickey proceeds to tell Diamond about the heist, how the police were tipped off and how he was betrayed by his partner. Mickey wants Diamond to protect Sally, "a clean nice girl", who he went for in a big way. He wants Diamond to keep Sally from finding out about him and protecting her from his partner. As Mickey lay dying, Diamond promises to take his case. Later when Lieutenant McGough requests the details of their conversation, Diamond offers little information claiming that he was hired by Farmer to do a personal favor. When Diamond arrives at Sally's apartment, she claims she doesn't know a Mickey Farmer. She asks Diamond to come inside; Diamond is abruptly hit over the head and knocked out. Diamond returns to the Lieutenant's office and is reprimanded for withholding information about the case. Believing Sally has been kidnapped, the police and a frustrated, angry Diamond are back on the case.
Episode 2
Custody
Mon, Jul 8, 195726 mins
Diamond is hired to find a little girl whose father has abducted her from her legal guardian. Diamond suspects that this isn't a family squabble over child custody when he learns that her husband is a shady importer who dabbles in diamond smuggling.
Episode 3
Escape from Oak Lane
Mon, Jul 15, 195730 mins
Glenn is getting ready to depart to Miami on a business trip but doesn't want to leave his wife Elaine alone. Glenn hires Diamond to pose as a personal friend and escort his wife around New York. While out dancing, an obviously frightened Elaine runs out on Diamond and returns to her hotel room. Diamond arrives and tries to determine what frightened her, she lets slip that he wants to "put her away too". A knock on the door terrifies her, begging him not to answer, Diamond answers the door and Doctors Tesla and Forrest enter. They claim Elaine is a patient of theirs who has had a mental breakdown due to her parents being killed in a plane crash. For her own protection, they claim she should be returned to the Oak Lane Rest Home immediately. Diamond tells them they have to wait until her husband returns, that he should make that decision. While Diamond tries to contact the husband by phone in the hotel lobby, the doctors return to Elaine's hotel room, drug her and escort her out of the hotel. Diamond returns to the hotel room and finds Elaine missing. Diamond pursues them to Chicago and locates the Oak Lane Rest Home. Dr. Norton tells Diamond that Elaine Willard is a patient there but that she has not left her room and it would appear that he is the victim of a hoax. Diamond, being a suspicious guy by nature, suspects something is not right and investigates further. He learns that Dr. Norton is actually Mr. Willard, Elaine's uncle who is trying to gain control of her parent's estate.
Episode 4
The Homicide Habit
Mon, Jul 22, 195730 mins
Diamond attempts to outwit, a beautiful widow and her boyfriend who are cashing in on the deceased husband's double-indemnity insurance. The detective tries to make them believe he saw them murder the husband.
Episode 5
Picture of Fear
Mon, Jul 29, 195730 mins
While on a fishing vacation, Diamond has a date with a beautiful woman who is being pursued by two mysterious hunters who she photographed earlier. They will stop at nothing to get the film, sensing danger Diamond offers his assistance.
Episode 6
Hit and Run
Mon, Aug 5, 195730 mins
A young couple stop at the Good Eats Casino Grill. While inside their car is stolen and used to stage a hit and run. Believing them to be innocent, Diamond arranges a hit with himself as the target but all does not go according to D's plan.
Episode 7
The Big Score
Mon, Aug 12, 195730 mins
The stakes are high when Richard Diamond goes up against a gang of con men who use a fake bookie's office as a set-up to trick wealthy suckers and make thousands of dollars. But what the con men don't count on is the fact that they, too, can be played for suckers, and that Richard Diamond is a Private Eye with a few tricks up his sleeve...
Episode 8
The Chess Player
Mon, Aug 19, 195730 mins
Several attempts have been made to kill industrialist Julian Tyler. But the attempts have failed, and Tyler merely sees them as unfortunate accidents. His wife, however, hired Richard Diamond as bodyguard when Julian plans to attend an important board meeting. Diamond has to use every trick in the book to not only outwit Tyler, who is a passionate chess player, but to cross a devious murder plot...
Episode 9
The Torch Carriers
Mon, Aug 26, 195730 mins
Syndicate gangster Marty Skopka goes into hiding when he is wrongly accused of murder. Richard Diamond couldn't care less but an attractive young woman sends him on a search for the gangster. When Diamond finds out that he has been used to locate Marty, he has to run against time to stop a young woman from making a terrible - and deadly - mistake...
Episode 10
The Pete Rocco Case
Mon, Sep 9, 195730 mins
Pete Rocco escapes from prison to pay Richard Diamond back for putting him there. What he doesn't know is that his brother Dan has plans of his own. Soon, Richard Diamond finds himself at the wrong and of a .38 and gets to enjoy the sweet smell of death - in a candy store...
Episode 11
Venus of Park Avenue
Mon, Sep 16, 195730 mins
A quarter of a million dollars is at stake when an antique piece of art appears to be fake. Hired to find out what happened to the real art piece and who is behind the scheme, Richard Diamond soon finds out that he has been used and comes up with a plan of his own to take a hand in this foul play...
Episode 12
Merry-Go-Round Case
Mon, Sep 23, 195730 mins
When Richard Diamond learns that his former war buddy Jack Milhoan has turned bad, he finds himself torn between friendship and principle - Jack is a cold-blooded killer, but he also is a friend who needs help. Richard decides to do what he can, but soon finds himself staring into the deadly muzzle of a .38 - in the hands of an old friend...