The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
| The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor | |
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 Adam West as Steve Nelson and Anita Sands in a 1961 episode |
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| Also known as | Robert Taylor's Detectives |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Lee Berg Borden Chase Patricia Chase Calvin Clements Sr. Norman T. Herman Michael Morris Louis Pelletier Gene Roddenberry Alvin Sapinsley Palmer Thompson |
| Directed by | Lewis Allen Richard Carlson Thomas Carr Alvin Ganzer Murray Golden Arthur Hiller Arnold Laven Don McDougall Don Medford Ted Post Paul Wendkos |
| Starring | Robert Taylor |
| Composer(s) | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Levy-Gardner-Laven Arthur H. Nadel |
| Editor(s) | Lyle Boyer Marsh Hendry |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc Wilfred M. Cline |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes (1959–1961) 45–48 minutes (1961–1962) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC (1959–1961) NBC (1961–1962) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | October 16, 1959 – May 18, 1962 |
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives) is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.[1]
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Synopsis [edit]
Taylor stars as Detective Captain Matt Holbrook, the tough, no-nonsense head of an elite police investigative unit in a major U.S. city. Ostensibly, each man in Holbrook's hand-picked squad of detectives came from a different division. Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews) was from burglary, Lt. Jim Conway (Lee Farr) came from Homicide and Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russell Thorson) was from the Bunco Squad. In the series' second season, Farr left the series and was replaced by Mark Goddard as Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard. Future Batman star Adam West joined the cast during the third season as Sgt. Steve Nelson.
The series moved to NBC for its third season and was increased from thirty to sixty minutes. The series was also retitled to Robert Taylor's Detectives. A total of 97 episodes were produced before the series was canceled in 1962.[2] The series was produced for Four Star by Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, which produced other successful Four Star series, such as The Rifleman, and The Big Valley.
Cast [edit]
- Robert Taylor as Det. Capt. Matt Holbrook
- Tige Andrews as Lt. John "Johnny" Russo
- Russell Thorson as Lt. Otto Lindstrom (1959-1961)
- Lee Farr as Lt. James "Jimmy" Conway (1959-1960)
- Mark Goddard as Sgt. Chris Ballard (1960-1962)
- Ursula Thiess as Lisa Bonay (1960-1961)
- Adam West as Sgt. Steve Nelson (1961-1962)
Guest stars [edit]
Syndication & DVD release [edit]
In syndication, the series was rebroadcast for a time under the name, Captain of Detectives. Rebroadcasts were shown in the early 2000s on cable's TV Land network.The Detectives, as of 2011, has yet to see a DVD release in the U.S., but has been released in Germany under the name "Kein Fall für FBI" [1]
References [edit]
- ^ Brown, Les (1992). Les Brown's Encyclopedia of Television (3 ed.). Gale Research. p. 152. ISBN 0-8103-8871-5.
- ^ Wayne, Jane Ellen (2006). The Leading Men of MGM. Carroll & Graf Publishers. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-7867-1768-8.
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