21 Beacon Street
| 21 Beacon Street | |
|---|---|
 Dennis Morgan and Joanna Barnes | |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan, Joanna Barnes, Brian Kelly and James Maloney |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | Filmways |
| Distributor | NBC Universal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
21 Beacon Street is an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from July 2 to September 10, 1959.
Produced by Filmways, the first television series by the company,[citation needed] the summer replacement series for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show[1]: 146 consisted of 11 black-and-white 30-minute episodes starring Dennis Morgan as private investigator Dennis Chase. Other cast members included Joanna Barnes as Lola, his aide; Brian Kelly as Brian, a law school graduate; and James Maloney as Jim, a scientific and dialect specialist.
The pilot for the program was broadcast as an episode of Panic!.[1]: 146 The title was the Boston address of Chase, who would pass each case to the police after solving the crime.
The show aired on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and was then carried by ABC-TV in reruns on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from December 27, 1959, to March 20, 1960, as a replacement for Dick Clark's World of Talent. The producer was Al Simon.
Leonard Heideman was the show's creator.[1]
The program's first episode was "The Rub-Out".[2]
The producers of Mission: Impossible were sued for plagiarism by the creators of 21 Beacon Street. The suit was settled out of court. Bruce Geller claimed never to have seen the earlier show; Beacon Street's story editor and pilot scripter, Laurence Heath, would later write several episodes of Mission: Impossible.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Irvin, Richard (2014). George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981. McFarland. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-4766-1621-6. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ Cain, Ira (July 2, 1959). "New Cop-Crook Series to Premiere". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Texas, Fort Worth. p. 28. Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ White, Patrick J (1991), The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, New York: Avon Books, p. 8-9, ISBN 978-0380758777, OCLC 24914321
- Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1992), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-37792-3.
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