List of 77 Sunset Strip episodes
77 Sunset Strip is a 1958-1964 American television private detective drama series[1][2] created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). The character of detective Stuart Bailey, portrayed in the series by Zimbalist, was first used by writer Huggins in his 1946 novel The Double Take, later adapted into the 1948 film I Love Trouble which was also written by Huggins.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Stuart Bailey
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Premiered: | Ended: | |
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| 1 | 34 | October 10, 1958 | May 29, 1959 | |
| 2 | 36 | October 2, 1959 | June 10, 1960 | |
| 3 | 39 | September 16, 1960 | June 30, 1961 | |
| 4 | 41 | September 22, 1961 | June 29, 1962 | |
| 5 | 36 | October 12, 1962 | June 14, 1963 | |
| 6 | 20 | September 20, 1963 | February 7, 1964 | |
Episodes
Season 1: 1958–59
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Girl on the Run" | Richard L. Bare | Screenplay by: Marion Hargrove Story by: Roy Huggins | October 10, 1958 | |
| Pilot (initially briefly shown as a "feature film" in one Caribbean theatre in order for the studio to cheat Roy Huggins of television series creator rights, according to Huggins' Archive of American Television interview) and premiere episode of the series. Stuart is hired to find a singer who witnessed a murder. Of the show's eventual regular characters, only Stuart (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.) and Suzanne (Jacqueline Beer) are seen. Edd Byrnes plays a contract killer in this episode, but beginning in the very next episode he became a series regular in the role of Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III, parking valet at Dino's Club, the nightclub next door to the agency. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Lovely Lady, Pity Me" | Douglas Heyes | Teleplay by : James O'Hanlon & Douglas Heyes Based on the novel by: Roy Huggins | October 17, 1958 | |
| Stuart becomes enamored of a mysterious potential client (Kathleen Crowley), who refuses to divulge her name or why she wants to hire a private detective. Debut of Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer, Stuart's partner. Jeff is said to be in San Francisco at the beginning of the episode, and plays only a minor role here. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "A Nice Social Evening" | Stuart Heisler | Story by : Howie Horwitz Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | October 24, 1958 | |
| Stuart is hired to keep his eye out for trouble when a wealthy Latin American playboy (Ray Danton) is warned that he is in danger of being killed. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Casualty" | Richard L. Bare | Story by : Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen Teleplay by : Gene Levitt From a screenplay by: Winston Miller | October 31, 1958 | |
| Jeff is hired by a widow who insists she has recently seen her husband, although he died several years ago. With Dolores Donlon, Sam Buffington and Nancy Kulp. Louis Quinn debuts as Roscoe. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Bouncing Chip" | Leslie H. Martinson | Leonard Lee | November 7, 1958 | |
| A Las Vegas casino hires Stuart to find out who is manufacturing counterfeit chips, causing tens of thousands of dollars in losses. With Ruta Lee. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Two and Two Make Six" | James V. Kern | Frank Gruber | November 14, 1958 | |
| A man (Adam West) who Jeff had once sent to prison seems to be targeted for death, so his wife hires Jeff to track down the would-be murderer. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "All Our Yesterdays" | Richard L. Bare | Frederic Brady | November 21, 1958 | |
| Stuart is approached by a former silent film star (Doris Kenyon) who wants him to track down her old film co-stars and crew. With Francis X. Bushman and John Carradine. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Well-Selected Frame" | Boris Sagal | Story by : Gerald Drayson Adams Teleplay by : Charles Hoffman | November 28, 1958 | |
| Jeff is hired by a woman who believes her husband is trying to kill her. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Iron Curtain Caper" | Richard L. Bare | Fenton Earnshaw | December 5, 1958 | |
| When a journalist is kidnapped in East Berlin, his newspaper bosses hire Stuart to find him and free him. With Jacqueline Scott. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Vicious Circle" | Leslie H. Martinson | Story by : Jack Emanuel and Jim Barnett Teleplay by : Richard Brady Macaulay and Frederic Brady | December 12, 1958 | |
| Kookie witnesses a kidnapping, but the police won't investigate as no missing persons report has been filed. With Harold J. Stone and Bert Convy; Byron Keith debuts as Lt. Gilmore. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "One False Step" | James V. Kern | Teleplay by : George & Gertrude Fass and Howard Browne From a screenplay by: Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde Adaptation by: Whitfield Cook Novel by: Patricia Highsmith | December 19, 1958 | |
| Jeff and Stuart are hired by a politician who was approached to 'exchange' murders in this adaptation of Strangers on a Train. With Richard Long as Mark Harrington, and Connie Stevens as Pat Forsythe. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo" | Lee Sholem | William L. Stuart | December 26, 1958 | |
| Jeff is hired by a wealthy family to investigate the theft of funds from a military academy, after the family's son Johnny (Peter Miles) is court-martialed for the theft and expelled. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Hit and Run" | Leslie H. Martinson | Story by : John and Ward Hawkins Teleplay by : John Hawkins and James Gunn | January 2, 1959 | |
| Kookie, having borrowed Stu's car, drives by a hit and run accident that killed two people – then a mysterious blonde repeatedly tries to run him off Sunset Boulevard. When the police finger Kookie as the hit and run driver, Stu tries to untangle the web that's ensnared him too. With Sue Randall. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Not an Enemy in the World" | Alan Crosland Jr. | Story by : Barry Trivers Teleplay by : Leonard Lee | January 9, 1959 | |
| Suzanne's brother Marcel is missing, and with business slow at the agency, Jeff agrees to take on the case for free. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Secret of Adam Cain" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman | January 16, 1959 | |
| Stu is hired by an eccentric British brother and sister to retrieve an inexpensive vase with apparent great sentimental value – and finds himself immediately up to his neck in dangerous characters. With Don Gordon. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Girl Who Couldn't Remember" | George Waggner | Story by : Howard J. Green and Al Martin Teleplay by : Leonard Lee | January 23, 1959 | |
| Sandra Carter (Nancy Gates) has amnesia and hires Jeff to help her discover who she is, and why her purse contains $10,000. Mitch Abercrombie (John Vivyan) is determined to steal the money from her. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Dark Vengeance" | Richard L. Bare | Frederic Brady | January 30, 1959 | |
| A journalist friend of Stu's is attacked and blinded, after trying to expose the illegal narcotics trade. Stu takes up the case and is soon marked for murder. With Adele Mara and Jonathan Haze. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Conspiracy of Silence" | Charles F. Haas | Story by : Frederic Brady and Anna Perrelli Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | February 6, 1959 | |
| Jeff goes undercover as a college student to protect a young woman who is the target of a death threat, and to try to solve a months-old campus murder. With Gerald Mohr and Pat Crowley. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Eyewitness" | David Lowell Rich | Story by : Jack Emanuel Teleplay by : Peter R. Brooke | February 13, 1959 | |
| A young boy (Jay North) is rescued by Stu after he falls off a roof – but the boy had witnessed a murder just before he fell. With Patricia Barry. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Lovely Alibi" | George Waggner | William L. Stuart | February 20, 1959 | |
| An old OSS buddy of Stu's is now a police officer with a drinking problem, who also happens to have a girlfriend mixed up in a mobster murder case. While suspended from the force, he asks for Stu's help in uncovering the truth about what happened. With Claude Akins. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "In Memoriam" | Richard L. Bare | Irwin Winehouse and A. Sanford Wolf | February 27, 1959 | |
| A book publisher reads his own obituary in the newspaper. Interpreting it as a death threat from someone who wants to stop him from publishing, he hires Stu to investigate. With Dolores Donlon and Ellen Corby. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "The Fifth Stair" | Vincent Sherman | Teleplay by : Lowell Barrington From the play by: Frederick Knott | March 6, 1959 | |
| A man is convinced his wife is having an affair with Jeff, and so hires a hit man to kill him. This is a direct (credited) adaptation of Dial M for Murder, even going so far as to retain some of the same character names. Featuring Richard Long as Tony Wendice, and Julie Adams as Margot Wendice. Note that when Kookie does a brief Bugs Bunny impression, the voice is provided by an uncredited Mel Blanc. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "The Pasadena Caper" | Montgomery Pittman | N.B. Stone, Jr. | May 13, 1959 | |
| Stu, investigating a long-missing person, finds him drowned – and also finds the circumstances might point to the guilt of his doddering, elderly female clients. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Hong Kong Caper" | George Waggner | Story by : George Waggner Teleplay by : Steve Fisher | March 20, 1959 | |
| The son of an old OSS friend of Stu's is killed in Hong Kong. With Stu tied up with other work, Jeff heads there to investigate. With Karen Steele, Neil Hamilton and Kathleen Freeman. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "A Check Will Do Nicely" | Ida Lupino | Story by : Alan Caillou Teleplay by : Dwight Taylor | March 27, 1959 | |
| Stu travels to Europe to track down and rescue the victim of a kidnapping. With Edward Platt. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "The Grandma Caper" | David Butler | Story by : Maurita Pittman Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | April 3, 1959 | |
| Jeff is hired to keep an eye on a wealthy eccentric (Frances Bavier) who routinely shoplifts from her own stores. With Jerome Cowan. | ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "Honey from the Bee" | George Waggner | Story by : Michael Forrestier Teleplay by : Charles Hoffman | April 10, 1959 | |
| Stu and Kookie try to sort things out when a series of murders seems to be connected to a seemingly worthless Russian tapestry. With Ruta Lee, Connie Stevens, Jay Novello, Celia Lovsky and (in an uncredited cameo) Dimitri Tiomkin. | ||||||
| 28 | 28 | "Abra-Cadaver" | Mark Sandrich Jr. | Story by : Christopher Monig Teleplay by : Talbot Jennings | April 17, 1959 | |
| Jeff works undercover to break up a ring of con artists who use are using false identities and dead bodies to run an insurance scam. With Fay Spain and Pernell Roberts. | ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "A Bargain in Tombs" | Reginald Le Borg | Teleplay by : Charles Hoffman From the novel by: Aaron Marc Stein | April 24, 1959 | |
| While in Paris, Stu is hired to track down a young woman who is missing and was last seen in Rome. Arriving in Rome, he runs into an old OSS pal and an art smuggling ring. With Louise Fletcher, Ray Danton and Bart Braverman. | ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Widow Wouldn't Weep" | Arthur Lubin | Story by : Howard Browne Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | May 1, 1959 | |
| Jeff, assisted by Kookie, works to prove a client's philandering husband was killed, rather than committed suicide. | ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Downbeat" | Montgomery Pittman | Story by : Maurita Pittman Teleplay by : Montgomery Pittman | May 8, 1959 | |
| Stuart is tried for sedition when he allows important government documents to be photographed. Though he's acquitted, he loses his P.I. licence, quits the firm, and spirals into alcoholism. Then some of his old espionage contacts resurface, urging him to return to his old life – but working for which side? With John Van Dreelen, Dorothy Provine, and (in a brief cameo as himself) James Garner. A sequel to this episode (called "Upbeat") aired towards the end of season 4. | ||||||
| 32 | 32 | "Canine Caper" | George Waggner | Fenton Earnshaw | May 15, 1959 | |
| Kookie falls for a French actress, and tries to clear her name when she's accused of being part of a diamond smuggling ring that Jeff is investigating. With Roxane Berard and Julie Adams. | ||||||
| 33 | 33 | "Mr. Paradise" | Arthur Lubin | Story by : Frederic Brady and Richard Kebbon Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | May 22, 1959 | |
| Stu is hired to investigate a religious cult run by the charismatic but sinister Mr. Paradise (Andrew Duggan). | ||||||
| 34 | 34 | "Strange Girl in Town" | George Waggner | Story by : Howard Browne Teleplay by : Frederic Brady | May 29, 1959 | |
| A friend of Suzanne's witnesses a murder at a club Jeff had recommended to her. Guilt-stricken, Jeff and Roscoe work to keep her safe while trying to solve the crime. With Sue Randall, Alan Baxter and Carol Ohmart. | ||||||
Season 2: 1959–60
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 35 | 1 | "Only Zeroes Count" | George Waggner | William L. Stuart & Howard Browne | October 2, 1959 | |
| Sturt Bailey witnesses a crime while vacationing in Hawaii. There he encounters taxi driver Kim Quisado (Poncie Ponce) and Hawaiian Eye detective Tom Lopaka (Robert Conrad) | ||||||
| 36 | 2 | "The Kookie Caper" | Montgomery Pittman | Maurita Pittman | October 9, 1959 | |
| Guest star: Sherry Jackson (who is the daughter of writer Maurita Pittman, and the stepdaughter of director Montgomery Pittman) | ||||||
| 37 | 3 | "Six Superior Skirts" | André De Toth | William L. Stuart & Richard Wormser | October 16, 1959 | |
| 38 | 4 | "Clay Pigeon" | Arthur Lubin | Jim Barnett & Leonard Lee | October 23, 1959 | |
| Stu is hired by talent agent Mildred De Witt (Paula Raymond), allegedly on behalf of antagonistic talk show host Sam Gurney (Dan Tobin). When Gurney tells Stu he did not hire him, both wonder what Mildred is really up to. Mildred, in turn, claims she is as baffled as they are. | ||||||
| 39 | 5 | "Thanks for Tomorrow" | Mark Sandrich Jr. | W.R. Burnett | October 30, 1959 | |
| Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore | ||||||
| 40 | 6 | "Sing Something Simple" | George Waggner | Fenton Earnshaw | November 6, 1959 | |
| 41 | 7 | "The Treehouse Caper" | George Waggner | Joel Kane & Jack Lloyd | November 13, 1959 | |
| 42 | 8 | "Out of the Past" | Charles F. Haas | Stephen Kandel | November 20, 1959 | |
| 43 | 9 | "The Widow and the Web" | George Waggner | Leonard Lee | November 27, 1959 | |
| 44 | 10 | "Secret Island" | George Waggner | Leonard Lee | December 4, 1959 | |
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When flying from the Philippines, Stu, his prisoner, and four other survivors of a plane crash reach an isolated island, only to discover that it’s the target of an h-bomb test. Guest stars: Pierre D'Albert (Jacques Bergerac), Carol Miller (Kathleen Crowley), Barrie Connell (Tuesday Weld), Amanda Connell (Catherine McLeod), Dave Connell (Grant Sullivan) | ||||||
| 45 | 11 | "The Texas Doll" | André De Toth | Jerry Davis & Jo Pagano | December 11, 1959 | |
| Guest star: Sherry Jackson | ||||||
| 46 | 12 | "Vacation with Pay" | James V. Kern | Herman Epstein | December 18, 1959 | |
| 47 | 13 | "The Jukebox Caper" | Ida Lupino | Fenton Earnshaw | December 25, 1959 | |
| 48 | 14 | "Created He Them" | George Waggner | Howie Horwitz & George Waggner | January 1, 1960 | |
| 49 | 15 | "Collector's Item" | William J. Hole Jr. | Leo Townsend | January 8, 1960 | |
| 50 | 16 | "Switchburg" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman | January 15, 1960 | |
| 51 | 17 | "The One That Got Away" | Everett Sloane | Jerry Davis, Leonard Lee & Don Tait | January 22, 1960 | |
| Though he would still receive billing in the opening credits, this is Edward Byrne's last episode until May. He would miss 16 consecutive episodes, as he held out for a more substantial on-screen role, and better pay. | ||||||
| 52 | 18 | "Ten Cents a Death" | George Waggner | Peter R. Brooke, Leonard Lee & Don Tait | January 29, 1960 | |
| 53 | 19 | "Who Killed Cock Robin" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman, Arthur Porges, Irwin Porges & N.B. Stone Jr. | February 5, 1960 | |
| Guest stars John Holland as Robin Wells. Fay Wray, Don "Red" Barry, Neil Hamilton, Myrna Fahey | ||||||
| 54 | 20 | "Condor's Lair" | George Waggner | Gloria Elmore | February 12, 1960 | |
| Guest stars Troy Donahue, Tuesday Weld | ||||||
| 55 | 21 | "The Starlet" | André De Toth | Sig Herzig & Ed Jurist | February 26, 1960 | |
| Guest stars Diane McBain, Joanie Sommers, Linda Watkins, Paul Lukather | ||||||
| 56 | 22 | "Safari" | George Waggner | Bernard C. Schoenfeld | March 4, 1960 | |
| Guest stars: Simon Galbraith (Arch Johnson), Miriam Galbraith (Julie Adams), Kurt Heller (Kurt Kreuger) | ||||||
| 57 | 23 | "Blackout" | Herbert L. Strock | Leonard Lee, Lawrence Menkin & Don Tait | March 11, 1960 | |
| 58 | 24 | "Return to San Dede (The Desert Story) Part One" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman | March 18, 1960 | |
| Rúben De Leon (George J. Lewis) hires Bailey as a bodyguard for Roxanna Ferrales (Andra Martin) on a train to her home country, the fictional San Dede in Latin America. (Lewis played Zorro's father Don Alejandro in the 1950s Disney television series Zorro) | ||||||
| 59 | 25 | "Return to San Dede (Capital City) Part Two" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman | March 25, 1960 | |
| After Bailey is shot, Jeff Spencer investigates. | ||||||
| 60 | 26 | "Publicity Brat" | Leslie H. Martinson | Jerry Davis & Richard De Roy | April 1, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Billie Burke as Mavis Matthews Conway, Evelyn Rudie as her publicity-seeking actress grandchild Angel Conway. Pamela Britton as Angel's mother Paula Conway. Beau Gentry as the murder victim Nick Devlin. | ||||||
| 61 | 27 | "The Fix" | Robert B. Sinclair | Steven Ritch | April 8, 1960 | |
| Guest star: Mary Tyler Moore | ||||||
| 62 | 28 | "Legend of Crystal Dart" | Montgomery Pittman | Gloria Elmore | April 15, 1960 | |
| Marilyn Maxwell, as former Parisian Folies Bergère star Crystal Dart, sings "As Time Goes By" for Stu. Kurt Kreuger appears as her estranged Swiss national ski instructor husband Kurt Weibel. Crystal alludes to Kurt having a shady past. | ||||||
| 63 | 29 | "Stranger Than Fiction" | George Waggner | Ed Jurist & Herman Epstein | April 22, 1960 | |
| 64 | 30 | "Genesis of Treason" | George Waggner | Charles Sinclair | April 29, 1960 | |
| Dianne Foster as Marta Wentworth | ||||||
| 65 | 31 | "Fraternity of Fear" | Robert B. Sinclair | W. Hermanos & Richard Paul Stenger | May 6, 1960 | |
| Note: "W. Hermanos" does not exist. During a Writers Guild strike, Warner Brothers Television continued to shoot new episodes of their various series by slightly rewriting the scripts of old TV episodes. The nom de plume put on these "new" scripts was "W. Hermanos" ("Hermanos" being Spanish for "Brothers"). | ||||||
| 66 | 32 | "Spark of Freedom" | Charles F. Haas | Richard Grey & W. Hermanos | May 13, 1960 | |
| 67 | 33 | "Perfect Setup" | Montgomery Pittman | W. Hermanos & Roy Huggins | May 20, 1960 | |
| Guest stars: Mel Dixon (Warren Stevens), Victor King (Skip Ward), Jessica King (Joyce Meadows), Carol Irwin (Myrna Hansen), Ed Sudano (Paul Bryar), Philip Van Zandt (Tyler McVey) | ||||||
| 68 | 34 | "Sierra" | George Waggner | Steve Frazee & W. Hermanos | May 27, 1960 | |
| Guest stars: Sherry Jackson, Anthony George. Edd Brynes returns as 'Kookie' as of this episode. | ||||||
| 69 | 35 | "The Silent Caper" | George Waggner | Roger Smith | June 3, 1960 | |
| Written by series regular Roger Smith. There is no spoken dialogue of any kind in the episode. | ||||||
| 70 | 36 | "Family Skeleton" | Reginald Le Borg | James Gunn & Jonathan Haze | June 10, 1960 | |
Season 3: 1960–61
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 71 | 1 | "Attic" | Montgomery Pittman | Joseph Manson | September 16, 1960 | |
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Jeff Spencer is trapped in a farmhouse attic. Guest cast: John Dehner, Kathleen Crowley, Robert Colbert, Lee Van Cleef, Gary Vinson, Manning Ross, Jack Mather, Rickey Kelman, Rusty Stevens, Robert Pittman, Mickey Simpson, Cynthia Pepper | ||||||
| 72 | 2 | "The Fanatics" | William J. Hole Jr. | Allan Chase & Seeleg Lester | September 23, 1960 | |
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Stu Bailey is protecting a diplomat attempting to negotiate a Middle Eastern peace treaty. Guest cast: Bert Convy, Joe DeSantis, Marcel Dalio, Margaret Thomas, Tris Coffin, Oliver McGowan, Paul Dubov, Jan Arvan, Victor Buono, V. J. Ardwin, Joseph Abdullah, Jeff DeBenning | ||||||
| 73 | 3 | "The President's Daughter" | James V. Kern | Lee Stanley | September 30, 1960 | |
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Jeff Spencer and Rex Randolph go undercover as peasants in a Latin American island nation to protect the daughter of the country's president. Richard Long (seen previously as different characters in two episodes in season 1) debuts as Rex Randolph. Guest cast: George Tobias, Rodolfo Hoyos, Lisa Montell, Jacqueline Ravell, Leonard Strong, Miguel Landa, John Verros, Albert Carrier, Carolyn Comant | ||||||
| 74 | 4 | "The Office Caper" | William J. Hole Jr. | Montgomery Pittman | October 7, 1960 | |
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A mobster plot to kill Stu Bailey entraps Jeff Spencer. Guest cast: Sherry Jackson, Richard Jaeckel, Bruce Gordon, Robert McQueeney, J. Edward McKinley | ||||||
| 75 | 5 | "The Widescreen Caper" | George Waggner | Monica Morrow & Daniel Ward | October 14, 1960 | |
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Following predictions of misfortune, a Hollywood film festival hires all four of the firm's detectives (Stu Bailey, Jeff Spencer, Rex Randolph and Gerald Lloyd "Kookie" Kookson III) to oversee safety.[3] Guest cast: Sharon Hugueny, Paula Raymond, Ruta Lee, Judy Dan, Beatrice Kay, Walter Reed, Lili Kardell, Jim Millhollin, David Cross, Buddy Lester, Frankie Ortega Trio | ||||||
| 76 | 6 | "The Negotiable Blonde" | Mark Sandrich Jr. | Gene Levitt & Alice B. Thomas | October 21, 1960 | |
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Jeff Spencer goes to Acapulco in search of funds missing from a company's treasury. Guest cast: Karen Steele, Rhodes Reason, Jay Novello, Henry Corden, Marianna Hill, Saundra Edwards, Barbara Baxter | ||||||
| 77 | 7 | "The Laurel Canyon Caper" | George Waggner | Dean Riesner | October 28, 1960 | |
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A singing film star (Jock Mahoney) is suspected of murder and Rex Randolph is hired to find the actual killer. Guest cast: Jock Mahoney, Kaye Elhardt, Fredd Wayne, Peter Leeds, Roxanne Arlen, John Hubbard, Gary Conway, Gayla Graves, Lewis Charles, Paul Lukather | ||||||
| 78 | 8 | "Double Trouble" | George Waggner | Leonard Lee | November 4, 1960 | |
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Stu Bailey pretends to be a hitman in order to gather evidence against mob boss Silk Cipriano (Bruce Cabot). Guest cast: Bruce Cabot, Dolores Donlon, John Dennis, Frank Nechero, William Forrest, Max Baer, Bert Freed (unbilled) | ||||||
| 79 | 9 | "Trouble in the Middle East" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman | November 11, 1960 | |
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Vacationing in a Middle Eastern country, Jeff Spencer rescues the president's beautiful daughter (Sherry Jackson) from rebels. Guest cast: Sherry Jackson, George Lewis, Mario Alcalde, Henry Brandon, Paul Dubov, Ted Wedderspoon, Katherine Henryk, Jay Adler, Ken Tilles, Paul Marco, Vic Tayback | ||||||
| 80 | 10 | "The Duncan Shrine" | Irving J. Moore | Gloria Elmore | November 18, 1960 | |
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Rex Randolph devotes time to solving the mystery of Rose Durkee (Meg Wyllie), a veiled woman who continues visiting a long-gone iconic cowboy movie star's tomb. Guest cast: Donald Woods, , Richard Deacon, Barbara Gates, Judith Rawlins, Marjorie Bennett, Sally Todd, Fern Barry, Frankie Ortega (unbilled) | ||||||
| 81 | 11 | "The Double Death of Benny Markham" | Robert B. Sinclair | Leonard Lee | November 25, 1960 | |
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Jeff Spencer helps on old ally, retired safecracker Benny Markham. Guest cast: Walter Burke, Gale Garnett, Tudor Owen, Lester Matthews, Jennifer Raine, Fredrick Ledebur, Jacqueline Squire, Kendrick Huxham, Diana Crawford, Peter Forster Note: Peter Forster and Jennifer Raine were married from 1959 to 1966. | ||||||
| 82 | 12 | "The Antwerp Caper" | George Waggner | Story by : George Waggner Teleplay by : Catherine Kuttner and George Waggner | December 2, 1960 | |
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Stu Bailey is hired by a wealthy couple to investigate whether a young woman in Belgium is really their daughter who was lost during World War II. Guest cast: Karen Steele, John van Dreelen, John Banner, Penny Santon, Roger Til, Dale Van Sickel | ||||||
| 83 | 13 | "The Affairs of Adam Gallante" | Irving J. Moore | Gloria Elmore | December 9, 1960 | |
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Jeff Spencer, Kookie, and Roscoe trace the whereabouts of missing bridegroom Adam Gallante who had been intimately connected with numerous attractive women. Guest cast: Alvy Moore, Sue Randall, Carol Ohmart, Carmen Phillips, Marianne Gaba, Norma Varden, Robert Quarry, Alana Ladd, Frankie Ortega Trio | ||||||
| 84 | 14 | "The Valley Caper" | Robert Douglas | Douglas Morrow | December 16, 1960 | |
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Rex Randolph is hired to protect an up and coming actress Abigail Allen (Kathleen Crowley) pretending to be a fellow performer. He gets emotionally involved as he learns an ex-con is a suspect but it's the woman's secrets that put her in the most danger. Guest cast: Tristram Coffin , Ken Mayer, Dennis Holmes, Reedy Talton, David Alpert, William A. Forester | ||||||
| 85 | 15 | "The Dresden Doll" | William J. Hole Jr. | Emily Bronson & Howard Lee | December 13, 1960 | |
| Roscoe recognizes Dolly Stewart (Myrna Fahey) when she hires Spencer as her bodyguard, whose much older husband (Raymond Bailey) is in the hospital. Dolly flirts with Roscoe, who tells Spencer the only reason she would do that, is to seduce someone into murdering her husband. Her ex-boyfriend Jerry Brent (H. M. Wynant) is suspiciously lurking around. | ||||||
| 86 | 16 | "The Rice Estate" | Robert Douglas | Montgomery Pittman | December 30, 1960 | |
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Stu Bailey is hired on credit to represent widowed heiress Eunice Rice (Peggy McCay). She is receiving anonymous telephone calls attempting to blackmail her, but has no cash on hand to pay anyone. She showed the blackmail letters to the police, who are in doubt as to whether or not the blackmail is credible. A virtual recluse since her widowhood, Stu is one person she feels she can trust. He invites all the partners and employees of the detective agency, and a few other friends, for a costume party in the Rice house. Guest cast: Colton Rice Jr. (Gary Conway), Russian (Montgomery Pittman), Girl (Cecile Rogers,) Bobby (Charles Hicks), Will (Jean Paul King) | ||||||
| 87 | 17 | "The Hamlet Caper" | Irving J. Moore | Ed Jurist & Everett Sloane | January 6, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Andrew Duggan, Nina Shipman, Faith Domergue, Neil Hamilton, Richard Garland, John Wengraf, Michael Harris | ||||||
| 88 | 18 | "The Man in the Mirror" | Paton Price | Henry Slesar | January 13, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Karl Swenson, Robert Colbert, Tris Coffin, Connie Davis, Gayla Graves, Vana Leslie, George Werier, Charles Seel | ||||||
| 89 | 19 | "The College Caper" | Robert Douglas | Douglas Morrow | January 20, 1961 | |
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Stu Bailey and Gerald "Kookie" Kookson are hired to protect a mobster's son who is a college football star. Bailey goes undercover as a professor and Kookie pretends to be a student. Guest cast: Chad Everett, Alan Baxter, Marian McKnight, Claudia Barrett, Steve Mitchell, Karl Lukas, William Forrest, Karen Parker, Julie Van Zandt | ||||||
| 90 | 20 | "Mr. Goldilocks[4]" | Andrew McCullough | Montgomery Pittman & Roger Smith | January 27, 1961 | |
| Spencer is stalked through the desert by husband and wife jewel thieves who want to kill him. Guest cast: Sue Ane Langdon, Mike Road, Will Wright, Adam Williams | ||||||
| 91 | 21 | "The Corsican Caper" | Leslie H. Martinson | Gloria Elmore | February 3, 1961 | |
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Everyone at the detective agency helps to protect Suzanne when the swindler who took her money is murdered. Supporting cast: Vana Leslie, Douglas Dick, Max Baer, Marjorie Stapp, Dawn Wells, Joseph Holland | ||||||
| 92 | 22 | "Once Upon a Caper" | George Waggner | Roger Smith | February 10, 1961 | |
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A comic variation on Rashomon: Jeff and Stu each tell Rex the story of how their partnership started, with both investigators working different ends of a car-theft ring investigation which ensnares a pal of Kookie's. However, the details of the story -- especially with regard to who the hero of the tale is -- vary significantly with each teller. And Kookie's version of the story is even more unlikely! Guest cast: John Hubbard, Carolyn Komant, Brad Weston, Lennie Bremen, Mike London, Joan Staley, Jack Daly | ||||||
| 93 | 23 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Paton Price | Sonya Roberts | February 17, 1961 | |
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Guest cast: Kathleen Crowley, Lee Patrick, Oscar Beregi, John Gabriel, Fay Baker, Richard Rust, Paul Dubov, Herb Vigran, Ty Hardin. Note: Ty Hardin was the star of Warners' Western series Bronco, which ran on ABC from 1958 to 1962. This episode was seen three days before the Bronco episode "The Buckbrier Trail." Crowley's character of German actress Maritza Vector is an impersonation of Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. | ||||||
| 94 | 24 | "Face in the Window" | Robert Douglas | Charles B. Smith | February 24, 1961 | |
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Rex Randolph has to solve the suspicious killing of a young actress' stalker. Guest cast: Merry Anders, Paula Raymond, Joe DeSantis, Dee Carroll, Peter Breck (who would later co-star with Richard Long on The Big Valley) | ||||||
| 95 | 25 | "Tiger by the Tail" | Sutton Roley | Fenton Earnshaw | March 3, 1961 | |
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Stu Bailey and Gerald "Kookie" Kookson see to it that a Middle Eastern potentate is safe from harm and, during the assignment, Kookie falls in love with the ruler's daughter. Guest cast: John van Dreelen, Sharon Hugueny, Merry Anders, Theodore Marcuse, Peter Humphreys, Lucienne Auclair, John Baer, Herman Rudin, Keith Richards and Roger Moore. Note: Roger Moore was the fourth season co-star of Warners' Western series Maverick, which ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. This episode was seen two days before the Maverick episode "Red Dog," the final episode starring Moore as cousin Beau Maverick. (Maverick would continue without Moore.) | ||||||
| 96 | 26 | "The Space Caper" | George Waggner | Fenton Earnshaw | March 10, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Arthur Franz, Coleen Gray, Kasey Rogers, Tod Andrews, Jean Porter, Otto Waldis, Jack Livesey, Harry Holcombe, Bill Halop | ||||||
| 97 | 27 | "Open and Close in One" | Jeffrey Hayden | Gloria Elmore | March 17, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Julie Adams, Buddy Ebsen, Joel Grey, Carol Ohmart, Dawn Wells, Wallace Rooney, Gayla Graves, Keith Richards | ||||||
| 98 | 28 | "The Legend of Leckonby" | Robert Douglas | Robert C. Dennis | March 24, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Rochelle Hudson, Richard Carlyle, Jean Allison, Robert Foulk, Victor Buono, Ed Prentiss | ||||||
| 99 | 29 | "Old Card Sharps Never Die" | Robert Sparr | Leonard Brown & William Bruckner | March 31, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Lisa Gaye, Robert Lowery, Robert Colbert, William Fawcett, Richard Garland, Walter Reed, George Wallace, Maurice Manson, Jack Halliday | ||||||
| 100 | 30 | "Vamp 'til Ready" | George Waggner | Gloria Elmore | April 7, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Janet Lake, Bert Convy, Kaye Elhardt, Brad Weston, Art Tenen, John van Dreelen | ||||||
| 101 | 31 | "The Common Denominator" | Paton Price | Montgomery Pittman & Roger Smith | April 14, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Phillip Terry, Connie Davis, Paul Birch, Frank Gerstle, Gil Stuart, Michele Montau, John Damler | ||||||
| 102 | 32 | "The 6 Out of 8 Caper" | Andrew McCullough | Robert Vincent Wright | April 21, 1961 | |
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Wealthy horse racing enthusiast Barbara Wentworth hires Stu Bailey to find out how bookkeeper Wilmer Zaleski keeps picking winners at the track. Guest cast: Patrice Wymore, Jay Novello, Gordon Jones, Robert Hutton, William Kendis, Nelson Olmsted | ||||||
| 103 | 33 | "The Celluloid Cowboy" | Jeffrey Hayden | Gloria Elmore | April 28, 1961 | |
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Guest cast: Donna Douglas, Kent Taylor, Hal Baylor, Christine Nelson, Andrew Duggan, Peggy McCay. Note: Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay, who were not married to each other, have a brief scene in this episode as Mr. and Mrs. Dakota. Nine months later (January 27, 1962) was the premiere of their Warners' domestic sitcom Room for One More. Between 1957 and 1984, they appeared together in episodes of at least 20 other TV series, most of which cast them as a married couple. | ||||||
| 104 | 34 | "The Eyes of Love" | Robert Douglas | Gloria Elmore | May 5, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Dorothy Green, Donald Buka, Richard Crane, Judy Lewis, Jess Kirkpatrick, Judith Rawlins | ||||||
| 105 | 35 | "Designing Eye" | Michael O'Herlihy | Leonard Lee | May 12, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Rebecca Welles, Robert H. Harris, Carol Ohmart, Tony Travis, Richard Webb, Marianne Gaba | ||||||
| 106 | 36 | "Caper in E Flat" | Jeffrey Hayden | Robert J. Shaw | May 19, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Cloris Leachman, Carolyn Komant, Robert Logan, Harry Harvey, Sr., Barbara Luddy, Murray Alper, John Dehner, Evan McCord | ||||||
| 107 | 37 | "Hot Tamale Caper: Part I" | George Waggner | Fenton Earnshaw | May 26, 1961 | |
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Rex Randolph takes an assignment in South America, but news comes that his plane has exploded. Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer suspect that he is still alive and has been taken prisoner. Guest cast: Donna Martell, Joseph De Santis, Carlos Romero, George J. Lewis, Sharon Landa, Harlan Warde, John Damler, John Verros, Jorge Moreno. Troy Donahue and Van Williams appear in their Surfside 6 roles as Sandy Winfield II and Ken Madison. | ||||||
| 108 | 38 | "Hot Tamale Caper: Part II" | George Waggner | Fenton Earnshaw | June 2, 1961 | |
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Rex Randolph has been drugged and kidnapped by corrupt South American government factions. Guest cast: Donna Martell, Joseph De Santis, Lisa Montell, Carlos Romero, George J. Lewis, Sharon Landa, Ric Roman, Jorge Moreno | ||||||
| 109 | 39 | "The Positive Negative[5]" | Irving J. Moore | Bill Finger & Charles Sinclair | June 9, 1961 | |
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Rex Randolph's assignment to safeguard a very valuable tiara goes awry when the artifact is stolen. Final episode of Richard Long as Rex Randolph; Long would return as a guest in other roles in seasons 5 and 6. Guest cast: John Conte, Leslie Parrish, Mari Blanchard, Kurt Kreuger, Robin Hughes, Joseph Ruskin, Karen Parker, David Cross, Murray Kamelhar, David Janti, Frankie Ortega Trio | ||||||
Season 4: 1961–62
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 110 | 1 | "The Rival Eye Caper" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : William Pugsley & Sonya Roberts Teleplay by : Sonya Roberts | September 22, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Chad Everett, Dawn Wells | ||||||
| 111 | 2 | "The Desert Spa Caper" | Robert Douglas | Charles Sinclair & William Finger | September 29, 1961 | |
| 112 | 3 | "The Man in the Crowd" | George Waggner | Montgomery Pittman & Roger Smith | October 6, 1961 | |
| A mysterious party calling himself "R.E. Venge" is out to kill Jeff, for reasons unknown. With Robert Colbert. Robert Logan debuts as J.R. Hale, though he's not yet the parking lot attendant -- he works at a gas station. (Though the character is listed in the credits as "Bob" he is very clearly and distinctly addressed only as "J.R." on multiple occasions.) Richard Long as Rex Randolph is seen in the opening credits, but does not appear in the episode. | ||||||
| 113 | 4 | "The Inverness Cape Caper" | Richard Bartlett | Howard Browne | October 13, 1961 | |
| Guest cast: Jay Novello, Dawn Wells, Elisha Cook. As of this episode, Kookie is a full partner in the firm, taking over Rex's office in 104. Rex's absence is unexplained, although he is mentioned one further time later in the season (during the episode "Upbeat"). J.R., seen in the previous episode, is now the parking lot attendant at Dino's, taking over Kookie's old job. | ||||||
| 114 | 5 | "The Lady Has the Answers" | Richard Bartlett | Story by : Louis M. Heyward Teleplay by : Whitman Chambers | October 20, 1961 | |
| 115 | 6 | "The Unremembered" | George Waggner | Frederick Brady | October 27, 1961 | |
| 116 | 7 | "Big Boy Blue" | Jeffrey Hayden | Dean Riesner | November 3, 1961 | |
| 117 | 8 | "The Cold Cash Caper" | Leslie Goodwins | Berne Giler | November 10, 1961 | |
| 118 | 9 | "The Missing Daddy Caper" | Michael O'Herlihy | Story by : Don Richman Teleplay by : László Görög | November 17, 1961 | |
| 119 | 10 | "The Turning Point" | Jeffrey Hayden | Leonard Lee | November 24, 1961 | |
| 120 | 11 | "The Deadly Solo" | Leslie Goodwins | Robert C. Dennis | December 1, 1961 | |
| 121 | 12 | "Reserved for Mr. Bailey" | Montgomery Pittman | Story by : Charles Sinclair & Bill Finger Teleplay by : Montgomery Pittman | December 8, 1961 | |
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Stuart Bailey is alone in a ghost town where he is plagued by a ghostly voice that promises him a terrible death. He is the only person on-screen for the entire episode. Note: Bill Finger, one of the three co-writers of the episode, was a joint creator, with Bob Kane, of Batman, whose adventures were the subject of the lampoon action-comedy which premiered almost four years later. | ||||||
| 122 | 13 | "The Navy Caper" | Robert Sparr | Richard Newhafer | December 15, 1961 | |
| 123 | 14 | "Bullets for Santa" | George Waggner | James O'Hanlon | December 22, 1961 | |
| Guest star: Yvonne Craig | ||||||
| 124 | 15 | "The Chrome Coffin" | Robert Douglas | Frederick Brady | December 29, 1961 | |
| Max Baer Jr. guest stars as Billy Blackston; Charles Robinson as Drake Evans | ||||||
| 125 | 16 | "The Down Under Caper" | Michael O'Herlihy | Roger Smith | January 5, 1962 | |
| Jeff travels to Sydney, Australia to file papers on a case, and finds himself caught up in a range war over land claims. Shot in Burbank, but with Australians Michael Pate and Victoria Shaw in the cast. Shaw was at the time the wife of episode writer and 77SS leading man Roger Smith. | ||||||
| 126 | 17 | "Mr. Bailey's Honeymoon" | Jeffrey Hayden | Roger Smith & Montgomery Pittman | January 12, 1962 | |
| 127 | 18 | "Penthouse on Skid Row" | George Waggner | Warren Douglas | January 19, 1962 | |
| 128 | 19 | "The Diplomatic Caper" | Sidney Salkow | Catherine Kuttner | January 26, 1962 | |
| 129 | 20 | "The Bridal Trail Caper" | Gene Reynolds | John K. Butler & Budd Lesser | February 2, 1962 | |
| 130 | 21 | "Brass Ring Caper" | Paton Price | Robert C. Dennis | February 9, 1962 | |
| 131 | 22 | "The Bel Air Hermit" | George Waggner | Mae Malotte | February 16, 1962 | |
| 132 | 23 | "The Parallel Caper" | Leslie H. Martinson | Richard Newhafer | February 23, 1962 | |
| 133 | 24 | "Twice Dead" | Richard Bartlett | Lee Loeb | March 2, 1962 | |
| 134 | 25 | "Jennifer" | Marc Lawrence | Robert C. Dennis | March 9, 1962 | |
| 135 | 26 | "The Baker Street Caper" | Robert Douglas | Brevarde & Leonard Lee | March 16, 1962 | |
| 136 | 27 | "The Long Shot Caper" | Charles R. Rondeau | Whitman Chambers | March 23, 1962 | |
| James Best and Hope Summers guest star. Christine Nelson, real-life wife of Louis Quinn (Roscoe), appears as his girlfriend in this episode. | ||||||
| 137 | 28 | "Violence for Your Furs" | Alan Rafkin | Story by : Gloria Elmore Teleplay by : A. I. Bezzerides & Gloria Elmore | March 30, 1962 | |
| 138 | 29 | "The Pet Shop Caper" | George Waggner | George Waggner | April 6, 1962 | |
| 139 | 30 | "The Steerer" | Francis Lederer | Robert C. Dennis | April 13, 1962 | |
| 140 | 31 | "Ghost of a Memory" | Charles R. Rondeau | Paul Schneider | April 20, 1962 | |
| Kathie Browne as Barbara Main, who keeps getting telephone calls from someone claiming to be her deceased movie star husband Johnny. Jeff Spencer and colleagues are brought in to investigate. Chick Chandler as talent manager Eddie Carlisle. Peter Leeds appears as Phil Kneighler. | ||||||
| 141 | 32 | "The Disappearance" | Sidney Salkow | Story by : Frederick Brady Teleplay by : Lawrence Kimble | April 27, 1962 | |
| 142 | 33 | "The Lovely American" | Michael O'Herlihy | William P. D'Angelo, Richard De Roy | May 4, 1962 | |
| 143 | 34 | "The Gemmologist Caper" | Robert Sparr | Story by : Lawrence Kimble & Fred Schiller Teleplay by : Lawrence Kimble | May 11, 1962 | |
| 144 | 35 | "Flight from Escondido" | Robert Douglas | Paul Savage | May 18, 1962 | |
| Guest star: Rico Alaniz | ||||||
| 145 | 36 | "Dress Rehearsal" | Jeffrey Hayden | Brevarde & Leonard Lee | May 25, 1962 | |
| Guest stars: Diane Jergens, Natalie Schafer, John Astin | ||||||
| 146 | 37 | "Framework for a Badge" | George Waggner | Ken Pettus | June 1, 1962 | |
| 147 | 38 | "Pattern for a Bomb" | Sidney Salkow | Lawrence Kimble | June 8, 1962 | |
| Jeff Spencer and Kookie investigate a series of bombings carried out to extort money from merchants. Joan Marshall, Larry Ward appear as Vicky and Paul Landers. Frank de Kova as Jack Bent the mastermind behind the crimes. | ||||||
| 148 | 39 | "Upbeat" | Montgomery Pittman | Montgomery Pittman & Maurita Pittman | June 15, 1962 | |
| J.R. is lured into a trap, designed by an old nemesis to eventually bring down Stu. A sequel to season 1's "Downbeat", with John Van Dreelen and Dorothy Provine reprising their roles from that episode. Also on hand is the character of Cal Calhoun (played by Andrew Duggan) from the two-years cancelled Bourbon Street Beat; Cal has given up P.I. work and returned to the New Orleans police force. | ||||||
| 149 | 40 | "Nightmare" | Robert Douglas | Robert C. Dennis | June 22, 1962 | |
| 150 | 41 | "The Gang's All Here" | James Komack | James Komack | June 29, 1962 | |
| Timmy Ellison (Peter Brown), the son of a police officer Lt. Ellison (Dick Foran), has fallen in with a criminal gang of pool sharks headed by Kid Pepper (Sammy Davis Jr.). Kookie is sent undercover to infiltrate the gang and rescue Timmy, who would much rather be a part of the gang. Roy Glenn appears as Kid Pepper's father Big John Pepper. | ||||||
Season 5: 1962–63
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 151 | 1 | "The Reluctant Spy" | Paul Landres | Robert C. Dennis | October 12, 1962 | |
| Stuart Bailey (Efrerm Zimbalist) travels to France with Lucy Norton (Randy Stuart) to investigate the hit and run death of her husband Scott, who was also Bailey's best friend. Jay Novello appears as Rudolf Weisner who offers to help. Stu is given a key found in the deceased's pocket, which is the key to the apartment of Fereka Andrassy (Chana Eden), believed to be Norton's mistress. It is revealed that Norton was helping Sasha Baranov (Christopher Dark) and Andrassy defect to America. | ||||||
| 152 | 2 | "Leap, My Lovely" | Irving J. Moore | Lawrence Kimble | October 19, 1962 | |
| 153 | 3 | "Terror in a Small Town" | Richard C. Sarafian | Paul Savage | October 26, 1962 | |
| 154 | 4 | "The Raiders" | Robert Sparr | Lawrence Kimble & Fred Schiller | November 2, 1962 | |
| 155 | 5 | "The Floating Man" | Irving J. Moore | Robert C. Dennis | November 9, 1962 | |
| Gideon Harte (Henry Daniell) demonstrates self-levitation, which Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith) is certain is nothing but a platform magic trick. After Judge Mellon (Edmon Ryan) is murdered, a witness says she saw a man float through the air from one building to another, and Harte confesses to the murder. Police Lt. Roy Gilmore (Byron Keith) is skeptical of the confession. When Spencer discovers Judge Mellon's stash of bribery, housekeeper Mrs. Elster (Penny Santon) attempts to kill Spencer to get the money. | ||||||
| 156 | 6 | "The Catspaw Caper" | Paul Landres | John K. Butler & Lou Huston | November 16, 1962 | |
| After Anna Kalmar (Valerie Varda) escapes Communist Hungary, she hires Stuart Bailey to help her find her mother Maria Kalmer (Iphigenie Castiglioni) who already fled Hungary and is hiding under an assumed identity. Bailey discovers that both he and Anna are being followed by Communists who want to hunt down her mother. David White and Theo Marcuse guest star. | ||||||
| 157 | 7 | "Wolf! Cried the Blonde" | Robert Douglas | Sonya Roberts | November 23, 1962 | |
| Celebrity Dagne Stuart (Jo Morrow) is hounded by her former husband Claude (Opie) Price (Peter Breck) who wants money to get out of her life. Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith) is hired to protect her. A murder is committed, and it falls to Jeff to solve it. | ||||||
| 158 | 8 | "The Dark Wood" | Richard C. Sarafian | A. I. Bezzerides & Lawrence Kimble | November 30, 1962 | |
| Stuart Bailey learns his friend Randy Phelps has died from what is officially ruled by Sheriff Joe Goodson (House Peters Jr.) as an accidentally self-inflicted gun shot wound. His widow Willa (Diane Brewster) has sold her property and wants to start a new life elsewhere. Daughter Annette "Netsie" Phelps (Susan Gordon) believes her father was murdered. Bailey suspects local trouble maker Ben Miles (Walter Sande) of having been involved in the death of Phelps. | ||||||
| 159 | 9 | "Shadow on Your Shoulder" | Leslie H. Martinson | Lawrence Kimble | December 7, 1962 | |
| Cloris Leachman appears as Eve Winters, and Dayton Lummis as Guy Winters | ||||||
| 160 | 10 | "Adventure in San Dede" | Leslie H. Martinson | Montgomery Pittman | December 14, 1962 | |
| Jeff Spencer (Roger Smith) and J.R. Hale (Robert Logan Jr.) make an important delivery in the fictional country of San Dede. J.R. handcuffs himself to the briefcase that contains their delivery, but accidentally leaves the briefcase key back in Los Angeles. Joe De Santis appears as Hidalgo; Mario Alcalde as Jose Barbosa | ||||||
| 161 | 11 | "The Odds on Odette" | Charles R. Rondeau | Robert C. Dennis | December 21, 1962 | |
| Jeff is hired by astrologer "Odette" Bayard Parmenter (James Millhollin) to investigate threats. His assistant Mary O'Neil (Merry Anders) is the recorded telephone voice of Odette. Someone later tries to run her down with an automobile registered to Silas Hay (Henry Daniell), who never drives his own car, but loans it out to his nephew Andy Lamont (Eddie Fontaine). Lt. Roy Gilmore (Byron Keith) announces Hay fell downstairs and died, leaving $100,000 to astrologer Odette, and specifies Mary O'Neil is the real Odette. Jeff put the pieces together to prove the threats were all part of a larger scheme crafted by O'Neill to inherit the fortune. | ||||||
| 162 | 12 | "The Snow Job Caper" | Sidney Salkow | John O'Dea & Sidney Salkow | December 28, 1962 | |
| 163 | 13 | "Falling Stars" | Paul Landres | George O'Hanlon & James O'Hanlon | January 4, 1963 | |
| Paul Winchell guest stars as television comedian Skeets Riley, who hires Stu Bailey to find out who is making threats on his life. It appears Riley may be faking everything for publicity, causing Bailey to drop him as a client. Riley is hospitalized after being shot, and Bailey resumes his investigation. Byron Keith as police Lt. Roy Gilmore. Linda Watkins as the widow Thelma King. | ||||||
| 164 | 14 | "The Tarnished Idol" | Paul Landres | Robert C. Dennis & Robert L. Jacks | January 11, 1963 | |
| Suzanne goes under cover to catch swindlers. Guest stars: Joyce Meadows, Alan Hale Jr., Van Williams | ||||||
| 165 | 15 | "Scream Softly, Dear" | Jeffrey Hayden | Donn Mullally | January 18, 1963 | |
| Auto mechanic Charles Bell (Peter Marshall) comes under scrutiny when a borrowed car goes over a cliff, killing the driver. Kookie investigates and finds Bell is also a blackmailer who targets women. | ||||||
| 166 | 16 | "Terror in Silence" | Robert Sparr | Robert C. Dennis | January 25, 1963 | |
| Stuart Bailey comes to the aid of a hearing-impaired librarian. Strother Martin appears as Charles Sloane | ||||||
| 167 | 17 | "Crash Out!" | Paul Landres | Jerry Davis | February 1, 1963 | |
| A behind prison bars undercover assignment for Roscoe and Jeff Spencer, who shares a cell with suspect Eddie Marco (Michael Parks) | ||||||
| 168 | 18 | "The Night Was Six Years Long" | George Waggner | Lawrence Kimble | February 8, 1963 | |
| The agency's old secretary Janie Maynor Benton (Myrna Fahey) shows up for work, unaware that she's not worked there for six years. She tells them she murdered a man in self defense the night before. While everyone is confused about her appearance, Stu wonders who has been paying her bills for the previous six years. Her apartment building manager Mr. Armstrong (George Kennedy) claims not to know her, yet it becomes clear that he does. Chris Benton (Philip Carey) claims to be her husband and the father of her children. | ||||||
| 169 | 19 | "Six Feet Under" | Paul Landres | Lawrence Kimble | February 15, 1963 | |
| Mob boss Marco Deederman (Malachi Throne) is believed to have been killed during a robbery. Acting as an inspector for a jewel company, Jeff Spencer visits the cemetery where Deederman is supposedly buried, and introduces himself to a woman claiming to be Deederman's daughter Nancy (Karen Sharpe). After Kookie informs Jeff of the robbery of a wholesale jewelry company, Jeff begins to believe the funeral was a ruse to cover up that Deederman is still alive. | ||||||
| 170 | 20 | "Escape to Freedom" | George Waggner | Paul Savage | February 22, 1963 | |
| Stu is in East Berlin to free his old acquaintance Dr. Marie Harben (Ursula Thiess), a scientist who has been told her son is being held hostage by political forces. Werner Klemperer guest stars as Major Schtiekel | ||||||
| 171 | 21 | "Dial 'S' for Spencer" | Robert Sparr | George O'Hanlon & James O'Hanlon | March 1, 1963 | |
| Mike Keene (Tom Drake) is supposedly due for an inheritance. His sister Sandra Keene (Ellen Burstyn) worries that someone will prevent him from getting the money, and asks Jeff Spencer for help. Keene says Sandra is his wife, not his sister. The police say Keene is already dead and in a morgue. | ||||||
| 172 | 22 | "Nine to Five" | Murray Golden | Stanley Niss | March 8, 1963 | |
| Bailey's old friend Dick Lynwood (Richard Long) has to resolve issues with both his business and his wife Lu-Ann Lynwood (Diane McBain) | ||||||
| 173 | 23 | "Stranger from the Sea" | George Waggner | John K. Butler & Lou Huston | March 15, 1963 | |
| Kookie gets involved when his Japanese friend Ito Nakayama (Mako) searches for his missing uncle. Beulah Quo as Ito's mother. | ||||||
| 174 | 24 | "The Man Who Wasn't There" | Paul Landres | Robert C. Dennis | March 22, 1963 | |
| Jeff is hired by Pete Rix (Don Dubbins) who claims that his wife Nona (Grace Raynor) and Dr. Woodrow (Byron Kane) put him under psychiatric care when he said he saw his old war buddy Harry Tiburon (Forrest Compton), in spite of Tiburon having been executed by an enemy firing squad during the Korean War. Tiburon's uncle Lawrence (Hardie Albright), as well as eyewitnesses to the execution, all confirm that Harry Tiburon is dead. Spencer tells Nona that it would have been more practical for the Koreans to have turned Harry over to the Chinese to be reprogrammed as a Conmmunist sleeper agent. | ||||||
| 175 | 25 | "Flight 307" | Charles R. Rondeau | Boris Ingster & Ardel Wray | March 29, 1963 | |
| Stu's flight to Hawaii is delayed by assorted issues. Movie star Barbara Adams (Gena Rowlands) believes she's engaged to Larry Knight (Tony Young), only to find out he already has a wife (Madlyn Rhue). Before she's taken to the hospital by ambulance, she pours out her insecurities to grounded pilot Charles 'Brick' Garrett (Philip Carey). Max Eames (Jack Warden) is her agent. Thief Banks Miller (William Phipps) is fleeing to Mexico with his latest booty grab. Fellow con artist Willie Malach (Lewis Charles) demands hush money, but his body is later found in the men's restroom. Miller uses Barbara Adams as a hostage, until airport honcho Henry Cook (Bill Williams) helps him escape. During he attempted escape, Stu Bailey recognizes him and stops the escape. Mark Dempsey as 'Tuck' Turner, Russ Conway as Dutch Schroeder, Dan Tobin as Paul DeWitt, Tommy Farrell as Lindstrom | ||||||
| 176 | 26 | "Target Island" | George Waggner | Gloria Elmore | April 5, 1963 | |
| J.R. Hale (Robert Logan Jr.) helps his date Taffy Gaylor (Jenny Maxwell) search for her brother Barney (Gordon Wescourt) who is considered a deserter by the military. He was last seen with his girlfriend Marie (Pamela Duncan). Jeff Spencer rescues Barney on an island used by the Navy for target practice. | ||||||
| 177 | 27 | "Reunion at Balboa" | Leslie H. Martinson | Don Tait | April 12, 1963 | |
| J.R. and Kookie are hired to keep an eye on Marilyn Sterling (Pamela Austin) while she's on Balboa Island with her friend Agnes Hoyt (Rachel Ames). In spite of their efforts, Toby McGill (Anthony D. Call) and his friend steal Marylin's car, running over her in the process. John Dehner appears as Toby's father Robert McGill, who lies to the police and says Toby was with him when the incident happened. | ||||||
| 178 | 28 | "Walk Among Tigers" | Robert Sparr | Paul Savage | April 19, 1963 | |
| Stu uncovers a trap, when he searches a train crash for a client's belongings. Warren Stevens as Smits, Kaye Elhardt as Martha Emerson, Allan Jones as Endicott Fellows. | ||||||
| 179 | 29 | "The Left Field Caper" | George Waggner | Joel Rogosin | April 26, 1963 | |
| Little League coach J.R. calls Jeff in for help; one of his team members has an ex-con father who is being targeted for death by a former criminal associate. Though Roger Smith would remain in the cast until the end of the season, this is the final episode to focus on a Jeff Spencer caper. With Ronnie Dapo, Diane Ladd, Kathleen Freeman, Grace Lee Whitney and Bo Belinsky (as himself). | ||||||
| 180 | 30 | "The Heartbeat Caper" | Paul Landres | Jason Wingreen | May 3, 1963 | |
| Professor Charles B. Alderson (Andrew Duggan) has engaged Stu as a guest lecturer, during which student/football hero George Remsen (Sandy McPeak) is killed. Student Paul Atwell (Carl Reindel) becomes the main suspect after he proved in a classroom demonstration that he can beat a lie detector test. Bailey solves the murder while proving how a lie detector can return a false reading. | ||||||
| 181 | 31 | "To Catch a Mink" | Robert M. Leeds | Lawrence Kimble | May 10, 1963 | |
| Pop Bateman (Robert Armstrong) invites the detectives and their associates to a charity auction being run by Jacqueline Duncan (Linda Marshall). While there, Stu Bailey reconnects with his old girlfriend Connie Beck (Dianne Foster) who plans to steal the charity proceeds. J.R. Hale (Robert Logan Jr.) is in charge of parking cars, and tries to alert the detectives that he's been instructed to park a couple of the cars in a position to make a fast getaway. Both Stu and Jeff Spencer brush off J. R.'s warning. | ||||||
| 182 | 32 | "Lady in the Sun" | Robert Sparr | Story by : Thomas Ahearn & Morton Grant Teleplay by : Dean Riesner | May 17, 1963 | |
| Stu pursues a dangerous female thief. With Karen Sharpe, Yvonne Craig and Bernie Kopell. | ||||||
| 183 | 33 | "Our Man in Switzerland" | Richard C. Sarafian | Story by : Robert Musel Teleplay by : Robert Hamner | May 24, 1963 | |
| When a million dollars in securities are stolen from the agency's custody, Stu embarks on a trip to Switzerland to chase down the money and the culprits. With Kurt Kreuger as Paul Van Dehn, and Maria Machado as Adrianne Monet. | ||||||
| 184 | 34 | "Your Fortune for a Penny" | Robert Sparr | Robert C. Dennis | May 31, 1963 | |
| Stu tries to solve a very cold case, and gets mixed up with the very hot blonde Kristine Seaver (Susan Oliver) and Bill Quinn as her father Eugene Seaver. Olan Soule as the station agent. | ||||||
| 185 | 35 | "The Checkmate Caper" | George Waggner | Robert J. Shaw | June 7, 1963 | |
| Stu is hired by the heir to a criminal family's fortune. With William Windom and Nancy Kulp. Final episode for Jeff, Roscoe, Suzanne, J.R., and Lt. Gilmore. | ||||||
| 186 | 36 | "Never to Have Loved" | William Conrad | Story by : Robert J. Shaw Teleplay by : Harold Jack Bloom | June 14, 1963 | |
| Stu and Kookie are hired to protect an actor. Final episode for Edward Brynes as Kookie. Jack Webb and William Conrad take over behind the scenes beginning with this episode. Guest star: Robert Knapp | ||||||
Season 6: 1963–64
This season was approached in a film noir style, and it was essentially a different show, with no connection to the original series. Season 6 featured a private investigator named Stuart Bailey who was still played by Efrem Zimbalist, but he had a different personality and background. Bailey's office was located in a different building than before, although the show name was still 77 Sunset Strip. The theme music was changed as well. The show was canceled midway through the 1963/64 season; summer repeats shown during the summer of 1964 were all from earlier seasons.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 187 | 1 | "5: Part 1" | William Conrad | Teleplay by : Harry Essex | September 20, 1963 | |
| 188 | 2 | "5: Part 2" | William Conrad | Teleplay by : Harry Essex | September 27, 1963 | |
| 189 | 3 | "5: Part 3" | William Conrad | Teleplay by : Harry Essex | October 4, 1963 | |
| 190 | 4 | "5: Part 4" | William Conrad | Teleplay by : Harry Essex | October 11, 1963 | |
| 191 | 5 | "5: The Conclusion" | William Conrad | Teleplay by : Harry Essex | October 18, 1963 | |
| 192 | 6 | "White Lie" | Paul Nickell | Boris Ingster & Ardel Wray | October 25, 1963 | |
| 193 | 7 | "88 Bars" | Abner Biberman | Tony Barrett | November 1, 1963 | |
| 194 | 8 | "Don't Wait for Me" | Abner Biberman | Robert C. Dennis | November 8, 1963 | |
| 195 | 9 | "By His Own Verdict" | Lawrence Dobkin | Franklin Barton | November 15, 1963 | |
| 196 | 10 | "Deposit with Caution" | Byron Paul | Robert Leslie Bellem | November 29, 1963 | |
| 197 | 11 | "The Toy Jungle" | Lawrence Dobkin | Story by : Tony Barrett Teleplay by : Tony Barrett & Louis Vittes | December 6, 1963 | |
| Joan Staley debuts as Hannah in this episode. Up to this point in the season, Hannah had been a frequently referenced but unseen, unheard offstage character. | ||||||
| 198 | 12 | "The Fumble" | Lawrence Dobkin | Tony Barrett | December 13, 1963 | |
| 199 | 13 | "Bonus Baby" | Leo Penn | Story by : Edwin Blum Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem | December 20, 1963 | |
| 200 | 14 | "Paper Chase" | Byron Paul | Story by : Roland Wolpert Teleplay by : Robert Leslie Bellem & Roland Wolpert | December 27, 1963 | |
| 201 | 15 | "Lovers' Lane" | Lawrence Dobkin | Boris Ingster & Ardel Wray | January 3, 1964 | |
| Guest star: Yvonne Craig | ||||||
| 202 | 16 | "Alimony League" | Lawrence Dobkin | Robert Leslie Bellem | January 10, 1964 | |
| 203 | 17 | "Not Such a Simple Knot" | Lawrence Dobkin | Tony Barrett | January 17, 1964 | |
| 204 | 18 | "The Target" | Lawrence Dobkin | Tony Barrett | January 24, 1964 | |
| 205 | 19 | "Dead as in 'Dude'" | Abner Biberman | Louis Vittes | January 31, 1964 | |
| 206 | 20 | "Queen of the Cats" | Lawrence Dobkin | Louis Vittes | February 7, 1964 | |
References
- "77 Sunset Strip (A Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
- "77 Sunset Strip episode guide". tv.com.
- Repeat broadcast of "The Wide-Screen Caper" on September 8, 1961 (Lawrence Daily Journal-World, page Thirteen)
- Mr. Goldilocks record in Copyright Catalog
- The Positive Negative record in Copyright Catalog
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