The Roaring 20's
The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.
- 1960-1962
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.
Season 1 Episode Guide
31 Episodes 1960 - 1961
Episode 1
Burnett's Woman
Sat, Oct 15, 1960 60 mins
A mobster is murdered, and the main suspect is Julie Fiore, the girlfriend of Big Lou Burnett--the dead man's rival.
Episode 2
Champagne Lady
Sat, Oct 22, 1960 60 mins
Scott is worried that his old friend Mike Callahan may be the frontman for the illegal rackets of gangster Lucky Marlowe.
Episode 3
The Velvet Frame
Sat, Oct 29, 1960 60 mins
Pat finally exposes how Otto Bauer, a respected figure in the community, is tied in with racketeers, but Bauer adamantly insists that he is being framed.
Episode 4
Vendetta on Bleecker Street
Sat, Nov 5, 1960 60 mins
A man in jail for murder refuses to divorce his proxy wife. Not only that, he breaks out of prison and goes after both his wife and her lover, intending to kill them both.
Episode 5
The Prairie Flower
Sat, Nov 12, 1960 60 mins
A young girl arrives in New York from the Midwest determined to be a star on the stage, and she'll do whatever it takes to get there--including murder.
Episode 6
Brother's Keeper
Sat, Nov 19, 1960 60 mins
Pat investigates the disappearance of over a million dollars in securities from Lawrence and Co., a leading banking institution known for its conservative business practices.
Episode 7
Judge Seward's Secret
Sat, Nov 26, 1960 60 mins
A judge is determined to preside over the trial of members of the violent Rossi gang, in spite of the death threats made against him and his family.
Episode 8
White Carnation
Sat, Dec 3, 1960 60 mins
"Dandy" Dan Brady has been released from jail after being framed, and sets out to track down the man who was responsible--his former business partner, Ben Dorschel. Pinky, who's an old friend of Brady's, tries to stop him from getting in any more trouble and winds up getting caught in the middle of a dangerous situation.
Episode 9
Bold Edition
Sat, Dec 10, 1960 60 mins
Although Scott suspects that Eugene Jarech is the one who shot a newspaperman, he also believes that more people will be killed before Jarech can be put away.
Episode 10
Layoff Charley
Sat, Dec 17, 1960 60 mins
Scott looks into a story that a man named Charley has an unerring ability to pick winners at the race track. He finds out that Charley isn't just some racetrack tout, but a respected insurance agent.
Episode 11
The Maestro
Sat, Jan 7, 1961 60 mins
Initernational opera star Paolo Scarpi comes to New York City, but instead of adoring crowds, Pat has a tip that there's a hitman waiting to knock him off.
Episode 12
Dance Marathon
Sat, Jan 14, 1961 60 mins
Scott plans to use the help of marathon dancer Libby Norton to expose a crooked police captain who's the head of a blackmail ring.
Episode 13
Big Town Blues
Sat, Jan 21, 1961 60 mins
Pat and Pinky check out a roadhouse outside of town that has a trumpet player named Joe Peabody whom everyone is talking about. Pat notices that Peabody plays the trumpet in the same style as a musician named Buddy Benedict, who was supposed to have been killed by the Chicago mob.
Episode 14
Coney Red Hots
Sat, Jan 28, 1961 60 mins
Weber's, a famous Coney Island hot-dog restaurant, is being pressured by gangster Lou Brazil to buy mustard from him at $100 a gallon. Scott decides to help the owners stand up to Brazil.
Episode 15
Two a Day
Sat, Feb 4, 1961 60 mins
Pinky scores a major coup by getting booked into the Palace Theater. Pat goes backstage to watch her perform, and notices that escape artist Alonzo the Great is putting the moves on one of the chorus girls. Given the fact that Alonzo's wife is known to be insanely jealous and that she's also backstage someplace, Pat knows that some major trouble could be brewing.
Episode 16
Black Saturday
Sat, Feb 11, 1961 60 mins
Pat begins to suspect that Archie Stone, a notorious gambler, is somehow putting pressure on Harwood University football star Johnny Martin to deliberately throw the big game.
Episode 17
Lucky Charm
Sat, Feb 18, 1961 60 mins
When Pinky is swept off her feet by the handsome and suave King Cole, a professional gambler who claims she brings him good luck, Pat thinks something is fishy, and starts digging around to find out more about Cole and confirm his suspicions.
Episode 18
Pie in the Sky
Sat, Feb 25, 1961 60 mins
A young man is desperate to get his girl to marry him--and decides to try to talk her into it from atop a flagpole.
Episode 19
The Vamp
Sat, Mar 4, 1961 60 mins
Studio press agent Harry Shayne is skewered by studio boss Max Felix because of some bad publicity that the studio's star, Zelda Valmy, has been getting lately. Furious and angry at Zelda for causing him to lose his job, Harry comes up with a scheme that will permanently ruin her career.
Episode 20
War with the Nighthawkers
Sat, Mar 11, 1961 60 mins
Mobsters begin trying to take control of the taxicab business, and any drivers who resist find themselves out of business, injured or worse. Copy boy Chris Higbee decides to try to cover the story from the inside by getting a job as a cab driver.
Episode 21
The Twelfth Hour
Sat, Mar 18, 1961 60 mins
Young Gerald North III set out to party hard one night and accomplished his goal, with wild women and too much to drink. A hangover isn't the only consequence of his night on the town, though. He finds himself being accused of blackmail and murder.
Episode 22
The Salvation of Killer McFadden
Sat, Apr 1, 1961 60 mins
Hard-nosed gangster Killer McFadden falls in love with a beautiful mission worker and vows to turn over a new leaf and get out of the rackets. Pat decides to give him a hand.
Episode 23
The Fifth Pin
Sat, Apr 8, 1961 60 mins
A dead cop is found in the car of gangster Frankie Delain, but someone else takes the fall for the murder. Afterward, voodoo devil dolls--with pins sticking out of them--start turning up wherever Frankie goes.
Episode 24
The Red Carpet
Sat, Apr 15, 1961 60 mins
Anthony Dormer, a passionate young poet, has threatened to assassinate the Queen of Romania, who is in the US on a state visit. Scott wants to find out what's behind Dormer's zeal to kill the woman, and sets up an interview.
Episode 25
Scandal Sheet
Sat, Apr 22, 1961 60 mins
Pinky discovers the body of rich playboy Jay Jameson in his apartment. It turns out that the prime suspect in his murder is the daughter of Pinky's wardrobe mistress.
Episode 26
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Sat, Apr 29, 1961 60 mins
Scott's old war buddy, Alvin Jones, claims to be the real-life version of a popular character in a hit song. Scott, trying to help his buddy, winds up getting involved in Alvin's many "misadventures".
Episode 27
Among the Missing
Sat, May 6, 1961 60 mins
Jim Everly, a young cadet at West Point, has just been jilted by his girlfriend Nancy. He breaks curfew in order to go to the Charleston Club to see Nancy and find out why she dumped him. Things go from bad to worse for Jim when he becomes the witness to a mob murder.
Episode 28
Right Off the Boat: Part 1
Sat, May 13, 1961 60 mins
Pinky falls for a roguish adventurer and bootlegger called "14 Carat John". Scott and Pat don't approve of this situation at all, and set out to break it up.
Episode 29
Right Off the Boat: Part 2
Sat, May 20, 1961 60 mins
Hoping to expose Pinky's new love, "14 Karat" Jones, for the cad he suspects him to be, Scott ships out as a seaman on a rum-runner.
Episode 30
Million Dollar Suit
Sat, May 27, 1961 60 mins
When a worker on a tunnel project tells Pat that shoddy materials are being used because of graft and corruption, Pat investigates. When the paper runs the story, it winds up getting sued for libel.
Episode 31
Royal Tour
Sat, Jun 3, 1961 60 mins
Pat runs into a visiting European prince who wants to find out how Americans really live, but he can't get away from all his hangers-on. Pat helps him escape them, and takes him on a tour of Brooklyn. Trouble starts when he falls for a Brooklyn girl named Susie Morris, who already has a boyfriend--who is one of Brooklyn's most notorious gangsters.