Surfside 6
Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami, Florida. A yacht, belonging to socialite Daphne, is anchored next to their houseboat. While not pursuing criminals, they spend time at the Fontainebleau Hotel chasing Cha Cha who works as an entertainer in the Boom Boom Room.
- 1960-1962
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Drama
Ken, Dave, and Sandy are three hip private detectives living on, and working out of, a houseboat in Miami, Florida. A yacht, belonging to socialite Daphne, is anchored next to their houseboat. While not pursuing criminals, they spend time at the Fontainebleau Hotel chasing Cha Cha who works as an entertainer in the Boom Boom Room.
Season 2 Episode Guide
40 Episodes 1961 - 1962
Episode 1
Count Seven!
Mon, Sep 18, 1961 60 mins
While working a case at a carnival, Kenny is befriended by a little girl whose father had just given her a stuffed poodle for her birthday. Before long, others begin showing an interest in the poodle as well.
Episode 2
The Wedding Guest
Mon, Sep 25, 1961 60 mins
Daphne is kidnapped while en route to the wedding of a friend in Nassau.
Episode 3
One for the Road
Mon, Oct 2, 1961 60 mins
The guys become concerned when Daphne falls in love with a drifter who is visiting Miami under an assumed name.
Episode 4
Daphne, Girl Detective
Mon, Oct 9, 1961 60 mins
Daphne isn't quite sure about the marriage of her friend Sally with a sketchy Johnny. Another woman is seen kissing Johnny then Sally is found dead, an apparent suicide. Daphne believes otherwise and tries to prove it was murder.
Episode 5
The Empty House
Mon, Oct 16, 1961 60 mins
Wealthy Walter Battersea hires Ken to break up the the romance between daughter Shirley and Vince. In doing his job Ken falls for Shirley himself. Vince is killed after trying to blackmail Shirley and Ken must prove her innocence.
Episode 6
Witness for the Defense
Mon, Oct 23, 1961 60 mins
Sandy is framed for the murder of his girlfriend's ex-fiance.
Episode 7
Laugh for the Lady
Mon, Oct 30, 1961 60 mins
A big name, brassy lady comic comes to Miami, and among her entourage is Julie, a friend of Dave's. The comic is generally petty and tyrannical, but Julie stays with her because she and the star's weak willed husband. After she gets wise, Julie's life is in danger.
Episode 8
The Affairs at Hotel Delight
Mon, Nov 6, 1961 60 mins
In this comedy episode, Kenny's stay in a rural hotel has him unexpectedly dealing with a crotchety hotel manager, a fainting blonde, and a trio of inept kidnappers.
Episode 9
Jonathan Wembley Is Missing
Mon, Nov 13, 1961 60 mins
Sandy Winfield II (Troy Donahue) solves the kidnapping of a ventriloquist's dummy.
Episode 10
The Old School Tie
Mon, Nov 20, 1961 60 mins
Dave Thorne's ten year college class reunion is filled with awkwardness and drama, and culminates with murder.
Episode 11
A Matter of Seconds
Mon, Nov 27, 1961 60 mins
Dave Thorne (Lee Patterson) and his crime-solving buddies race against time to prove an ex-fighter's innocence.
Episode 12
Prescription for Panic
Mon, Dec 4, 1961 60 mins
When the patient of a female psychiatrist is gunned down for no apparent reason, Sandy Winfield decides to investigate.
Episode 13
A Slight Case of Chivalry
Mon, Dec 18, 1961 60 mins
A former associate of Dave Thorne from New York is wanted for murder, and arrives in Miami one step ahead of a bounty hunter and the wife of the man he is accused of killing.
Episode 14
Pattern for a Frame
Mon, Dec 25, 1961 60 mins
Former bookie Jason Street is out of prison and has a plan for taking back control of his old rackets. The scheme involves targeting Ken Madison for an elaborate frame-up.
Episode 15
The Roust
Mon, Jan 1, 1962 60 mins
Dave Thorne puts his ethics aside to carry out a personal vendetta against a big time criminal.
Episode 16
The Quarterback
Mon, Jan 8, 1962 60 mins
A gambler has convinced a young quarterback, who is set to star in the Orange Bowl, that his brother, Lieutenant Plehn, is taking bribes, and if he doesn't throw the game his brother will be exposed. The detectives set out to thwart the gambler's plans.
Episode 17
Separate Checks
Mon, Jan 15, 1962 60 mins
Kenny Madison and gangster Joe Vodka are each on the trail of a well-meaning conman.
Episode 18
The Artful Deceit
Mon, Jan 22, 1962 60 mins
When an art dealer is murdered, the prime suspect turns out to be a man who had supposedly committed suicide some years before.
Episode 19
Anniversary Special
Mon, Jan 29, 1962 60 mins
Dave Thorne tries to help a woman who is trapped in an abusive marriage to an egotistical TV star with delusions of grandeur.
Episode 20
The Surfside Swindle
Mon, Feb 5, 1962 60 mins
Not realizing that he is being taken by a conman, Garibaldi Dinato pays a year's rent up front to lease the Surfside 6 houseboat as a new location for his Italian restaurant.
Episode 21
Who Is Sylvia?
Mon, Feb 12, 1962 60 mins
Thorne is hired to find swimsuit designer Sylvia Morton who disappeared shortly after threatening to kill her business partner husband. When the man is later murdered, people question whether or not Sylvia was truly capable of the crime.
Episode 22
Find Leroy Burdette
Mon, Feb 19, 1962 60 mins
Ken Madison is hired by a young woman to find her missing fiance. While searching, Kenny learns that the man's disappearance is somehow tied in with the recent murder of a gangster.
Episode 23
Many a Slip
Mon, Feb 26, 1962 60 mins
Womanizer Griff Hunter is in town to direct a lingerie fashion show populated with a number of women from his past and present. When he disappears unexpectedly, there is no shortage of suspects or motives.
Episode 24
The Green Beret
Mon, Mar 5, 1962 60 mins
Dave Thorne, a guerrilla warfare expert, is asked by the army to help train a Special Forces team--and to discover the enemy agent the army believes is on the team.
Episode 25
Vendetta Arms
Mon, Mar 12, 1962 60 mins
Daphne Dutton befriends five old men who own a house together, not realizing that the quintet are retired gangsters.
Episode 26
A Piece of Tommy Minor
Mon, Mar 19, 1962 60 mins
Gambler Vic Tatum uses every dirty trick in the book in an attempt to gain controlling interest in the career of an up and coming singer.
Episode 27
Portrait of Nicole
Mon, Mar 26, 1962 60 mins
The SurfSiders become three men on a hunt for a girl named Nicole and discover what's in a name.
Episode 28
Elegy for a Bookkeeper
Mon, Apr 2, 1962 60 mins
On his last day in prison, a bookkeeper suddenly dies--suspiciously, just before he was to give Ken evidence about the mob boss responsible for his being imprisoned. The dead man's daughter agrees to help Ken find the evidence he needs to bring the gangster to justice.
Episode 29
The Money Game
Mon, Apr 9, 1962 60 mins
A middle eastern prince is in Miami Beach to negotiate the sale of the rights to his country's Black Sand oil fields; and somebody wants to see the prince dead.
Episode 30
Irish Pride
Mon, Apr 16, 1962 60 mins
Cha Cha's Irish cousin is in town for a visit; and to search for the friend came two weeks earlier with his life's savings.
Episode 31
Green Bay Riddle
Mon, Apr 23, 1962 60 mins
In the exclusive community of Green Bay a murder trial is in session. Charles Allen, a man who married into the community, is accused of murdering his father-in-law even though a body was never found. He is found not guilty but many still believe him to be...including his brother-in-law Richard Linden. Allen's wife travels to Miami and hires Ken Madison to prove once and for all her husband's innocence and find out who killed her father or what else may have happened to him.
Episode 32
Love Song for a Deadly Redhead
Mon, Apr 30, 1962 60 mins
Jeff Spencer - from 77 Sunset Strip - comes to Miami Beach on a case, and within a few hours becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a ex-girlfriend's husband.
Episode 33
Dead Heat
Mon, May 7, 1962 60 mins
Barney Bogart, a book keeper for the mob, is in prison where Dave Thorne put him three years ago. Now someone on the outside is threatening Bogart's wife and he wants to hire Thorne to protect her.
Episode 34
Squeeze Play
Mon, May 14, 1962 60 mins
Pretty Lydia Wilder hires Kenny to help prevent her mother from being taken in by a conman, but Kenny's investigation soon reveals that there is much more going on than meets the eye.
Episode 35
A Private Eye for Beauty
Mon, May 21, 1962 60 mins
Sandy and Ken provide security for the Miss Universe Pageant, in which one of the contestants is an unwitting pawn in a plot to overthrow her home country.
Episode 36
Masquerade
Mon, May 28, 1962 60 mins
Dave goes undercover at a circus to discover why an accident during a performance has resulted in tensions rising among the circus' European members.
Episode 37
Pawn's Gambit
Mon, Jun 4, 1962 60 mins
Sandy, Dave and Lt. Plehn are simultaneously investigating the murder of a shop owner and the mugging of a young woman on the other side of town. What they don't realize is that both cases are related.
Episode 38
The Neutral Corner
Mon, Jun 11, 1962 60 mins
Retired boxing champion Bongo Macklin is planning a comeback, but somebody wants to see him dead before he gets the chance.
Episode 39
House on Boca Key
Mon, Jun 18, 1962 60 mins
Tommy Martin is gunned down while leaving Surfside 6 to go to his senior prom, but Sandy was the intended target.
Episode 40
Midnight for Prince Charming
Mon, Jun 25, 1962 60 mins
Ken Madison is faced with the thankless task of convincing a lonely old widower that the woman he has fallen in love with is really a grifter.