Bourbon Street Beat

October. 05,1959      
Rating:
7.8
Trailer Synopsis

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.

Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1959

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39 Episode

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Episode 1 - The Taste of Ashes
October. 05,1959

A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.

Episode 2 - The Mourning Cloak
October. 12,1959

Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.

Episode 3 - Torch Song for Trumpet
October. 19,1959

Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.

Episode 4 - Woman in the River
October. 26,1959

Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.

Episode 5 - Girl in Trouble
November. 02,1959

Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.

Episode 6 - The Tiger Moth
November. 09,1959

The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.

Episode 7 - Secret of Hyacinth Bayou
November. 16,1959

Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.

Episode 8 - Invitation to a Murder
November. 23,1959

Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, newsmen, and other New Orleans characters, each with a motive for the murder.

Episode 9 - Mrs. Viner Vanishes
November. 30,1959

Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

Episode 10 - Light Touch of Terror
December. 07,1959

Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.

Episode 11 - The Golden Beetle
December. 14,1959

A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.

Episode 12 - The Black Magnolia
December. 21,1959

Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.

Episode 13 - Portrait of Lenore
December. 28,1959

Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.

Episode 14 - Kill with Kindness
January. 04,1960

Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.

Episode 15 - Inside Man
January. 11,1960

Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.

Episode 16 - Find My Face
January. 18,1960

Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.

Episode 17 - Knock on Any Tombstone
January. 25,1960

Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.

Episode 18 - Key to the City
February. 01,1960

Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.

Episode 19 - The 10% Blues
February. 08,1960

Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.

Episode 20 - Melody in Diamonds
February. 15,1960

Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.

Episode 21 - The House of Ledezan
February. 22,1960

Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.

Episode 22 - Target of Hate
March. 07,1960

An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.

Episode 23 - The Missing Queen
March. 14,1960

Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

Episode 24 - Neon Nightmare
March. 21,1960

Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.

Episode 25 - Wall of Silence
March. 28,1960

Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.

Episode 26 - Twice Betrayed
April. 04,1960

Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.

Episode 27 - Swamp Fire
April. 11,1960

Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workmen to quit en masse.

Episode 28 - If A Body
April. 18,1960

Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ring—but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.

Episode 29 - Six Hours to Midnight
April. 25,1960

Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.

Episode 30 - Last Exit
May. 02,1960

Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.

Episode 31 - Deadly Persuasion
May. 09,1960

Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.

Episode 32 - Suitable for Framing
May. 16,1960

A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigation.

Episode 33 - False Identity
May. 23,1960

Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.

Episode 34 - Green Hell
May. 30,1960

Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.

Episode 35 - Ferry to Algiers
June. 06,1960

Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to guard an elderly shopkeeper.

Episode 36 - Wagon Show
June. 13,1960

A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love triangle that leads to murder.

Episode 37 - Interrupted Wedding
June. 20,1960

Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago deaths at the hands of a trucking magnate.

Episode 38 - Reunion
June. 27,1960

Cal races to locate a runaway teen before quarreling crimelords can get to her.

Episode 39 - Teresa
July. 04,1960

Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.

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