Manhunt (1959 TV series)
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| Manhunt | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Starring | Victor Jory Patrick McVey |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company | Screen Gems |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Audio format | Mono |
Manhunt is an American syndicated half-hour television crime drama starring Victor Jory as a San Diego police detective and Patrick McVey as a police reporter. Seventy-eight episodes were broadcast between April 15, 1959, and 1961.
Filmed on location in San Diego, the series regularly showcased local sites such as the Pacific Highway district, Police Headquarters, the San Diego Zoo, the Star of India (ship), San Diego Bay, the Bali Hai Resort and the Hotel Del Coronado. A panorama of the cityscape was featured during the closing credits.
Cast[]
- Victor Jory as Det. Lieutenant Howard Finucane
- Patrick McVey as Ben Andrews
- Charles Bateman as Det. George Peters (episodes 1-13)
- as Det. Bruce Hanna (episodes 14-23)
- as Det. Dan Kramer (episodes 24-39)
- as Det. Paul Kirk (episodes 40-52)
- , as Det. Phil Burns (episodes 53-65)[1]
- Todd Armstrong as Det. Carl Spencer (episodes 66-78)
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1959–60)[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Killer in Blue" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 2 | 2 | "Fishing Expedition" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 3 | 3 | "Three Boys and a Girl" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Rug Man" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 5 | 5 | "A Decent Burial" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Visitor" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Gun Smugglers" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 8 | 8 | "Hold Up" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 9 | 9 | "Man in the Panama Hat" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 10 | 10 | "Pacification of Ghent" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Yellow Dog" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Lost" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 13 | 13 | "Hair Trigger" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 14 | 14 | "Traffic Ticket" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Fire Bombers" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 16 | 16 | "Just a Few Thousand" | TBA | TBA | 1959 |
| 17 | 17 | "Killer Car" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Quarrel" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 19 | 19 | "Bird of Death" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 20 | 20 | "Misguided Mother" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 21 | 21 | "The Reward" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Hearing Aid" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 23 | 23 | "Run, Thief, Run" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 24 | 24 | "Target Practice" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 25 | 25 | "The Man with the Pouch" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 26 | 26 | "The Luau" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 27 | 27 | "Passport to Death" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 28 | 28 | "The Ice Caper" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 29 | 29 | "The Seeing Eye Dog Caper" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 30 | 30 | "The Payoff Man" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 31 | 31 | "Double Identity" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 32 | 32 | "The Man with the Matchbook Cover" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 33 | 33 | "Matinee Mobster" | Fred Jackman Jr. | Teleplay by: Bernard C. Schoenfeld & Steve McNeil Story by: Bernard C. Schoenfeld | April 25, 1960 |
| 34 | 34 | "A Rose for Willie" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 35 | 35 | "Charter Flight" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 36 | 36 | "A Medal for Mrs. Carrington" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 37 | 37 | "The Day the Roof Fell In" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 38 | 38 | "Dum Dum Mother" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 39 | 39 | "Delayed Action" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
Season 2 (1960–61)[]
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Ben's Vacation" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 41 | 2 | "The Gopher" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 42 | 3 | "One for the Show" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 43 | 4 | "Queen's Ransom" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 44 | 5 | "Finucane's Killer" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 45 | 6 | "The Model" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 46 | 7 | "The Knife" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 47 | 8 | "Death of a Quiet Man" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 48 | 9 | "1364 Gately Road" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 49 | 10 | "Number Five Iron" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 50 | 11 | "The 27th Year" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 51 | 12 | "Tenpins" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 52 | 13 | "Honey Baby" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 53 | 14 | "The Set-Up" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 54 | 15 | "The Check Passer" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 55 | 16 | "The Executioner" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 56 | 17 | "The Long Shot" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 57 | 18 | "The Firebug" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 58 | 19 | "The Rabies Story" | TBA | TBA | 1960 |
| 59 | 20 | "Witness in Danger" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 60 | 21 | "The Walking Engines" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 61 | 22 | "The Masterpiece" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 62 | 23 | "A Homer for Thanksgiving" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 63 | 24 | "Kidnapped" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 64 | 25 | "The Accidental Truth" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 65 | 26 | "The Dead Antelope/Gazelle" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 66 | 27 | "A Call from Phoenix" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 67 | 28 | "Act of Duty" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 68 | 29 | "The Black Widow" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 69 | 30 | "War Against San Diego" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 70 | 31 | "Wooden Witness" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 71 | 32 | "Buried Novel" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 72 | 33 | "Case Without Clues" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 73 | 34 | "Woman on the Highway" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 74 | 35 | "Eency Weency Spider" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 75 | 36 | "The Guest of Honor" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 76 | 37 | "The Death Trap" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 77 | 38 | "The Professor" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
| 78 | 39 | "The Long Shadow" | TBA | TBA | 1961 |
References[]
- ^ Crawford was the father of actors Robert L. Crawford, Jr., and Johnny Crawford.
External links[]
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- American crime television series
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- 1961 American television series endings
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