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Johnny Staccato

1959 - 1960 1 season 27 eps TV-PG

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Season 1

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Season 1

25 min

S1 · E1 · Sep 10, 1959

The Naked Truth Episode 1

A young singer is faced with the loss of his promising career because of a scandal magazine's blackmail scheme.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E2 · Sep 17, 1959

Murder for Credit Episode 2

A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him. But four people might want him killed...

7.6 · You

25 min

S1 · E3 · Sep 24, 1959

Parents Episode 3

""The parents"" have agreed to sell their child to a black-market racketeer. Now they tell Johnny they want to keep the child.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E4 · Oct 8, 1959

Shop of the Four Winds Episode 4

Investigating the murder of a Japanese friend, Johnny uncovers a scheme to swindle immigrants by promising them citizenship papers.

7.1 · You

25 min

S1 · E5 · Oct 15, 1959

The Nature of the Night Episode 5

Dave, the new young bartender at Waldo's, comes under suspicion when a number of blonde women are slashed nearby. Johnny uncovers some darkly disturbing information.

7.3 · You

25 min

S1 · E6 · Oct 22, 1959

Viva, Paco! Episode 6

When a Puerto Rican boxer goes missing just before a championship fight, Johnny suspects foul play.

6.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E7 · Oct 29, 1959

Evil Episode 7

Johnny Staccato learns from his friend Barney that Barney's sister has given all her money to a local mission house. Knowing that the mission wouldn't ordinarily accept so much, Staccato suspects a bunco scheme.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E8 · Nov 5, 1959

Murder in Hi-fi Episode 8

An underworld boss forces Waldo to hire singer Barbara Ames. Then Johnny gets interested in the girl--and is beaten up by a couple of thugs.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E9 · Nov 12, 1959

Fly, Baby, Fly Episode 9

A millionaire hires Johnny as part of a plan to murder his wife (Gena Rowlands).

7.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E10 · Nov 19, 1959

Tempted Episode 10

Elizabeth Montgomery plays a rare pre-Bewitched role as a floozy jazz groupie who's the ex-wife of one of Staccato's former band mates. Out of the blue she shows up at Waldo's the jazz club (and Staccato's ""office"") to enlist Staccato's help, telling him she's almost just been robbed of expensive jewelry she was taking from work. What she was doing with the jewels and why she was taking them from the store she works at piques Staccato's interest (as does the fast-talking and shapely Ms. Montgomery). He's immediately suspicious, but cautiously takes on the case. While he's escorting her home (supposedly with the jewels) they're accosted by a mugger who knocks Staccato out, grabs the jewels, and takes off. The next morning, nursing the bump on his head, Staccato gets a visit from an insurance adjuster who reads him the riot act. Unfazed, Johnny tells the adjuster to take a hike, goes into the bathroom and viola! pulls the jewels out from the soap dispenser. Who set him up? Could it have

6.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E11 · Nov 26, 1959

The Poet's Touch Episode 11

Working on a murder case, Johnny Staccato trails two suspects to their hideout. With them is beatnik poet Dick Potter, whom the men attempt to implicate in the crime.

7.4 · You

25 min

S1 · E12 · Mar 24, 1960

The Wild Reed Episode 12

When Frankie Aspen's saxophone-playing takes a sudden turn for the worse, Johnny determines to find out what is bothering him.

7.4 · You

25 min

S1 · E13 · Dec 10, 1959

A Piece of Paradise Episode 13

A dance-hall girl is murdered, and Police Sergeant Joe Gillan suspects ex-jockey Stash McGill, a friend of the dead girl. Gillan asks Johnny Staccato if he can help locate McGill.

7.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E14 · Dec 17, 1959

The Return Episode 14

Korean War veteran Eddie Dasko escapes from a mental hospital. Dasko is sure that his wife has been seeing another man, and he intends to kill her,

7.3 · You

25 min

S1 · E15 · Dec 24, 1959

The Unwise Men Episode 15

Johnny tries to help a musician who, while moonlighting as a department-store Santa Claus, is being pressured by his ex-con brother to help set up a robbery at the store.

7.4 · You

25 min

S1 · E16 · Dec 31, 1959

Collector's Item Episode 16

A man called Red Top kills Hannah Green, but pianist Romeo Jefferson is the chief suspect until Staccato suspects that Romeo has been framed.

7.4 · You

25 min

S1 · E17 · Jan 7, 1960

Man in the Pit Episode 17

A young man enters Waldo's and attacks Pete, the trumpet player. Johnny Staccato learns that the youth thinks Pete is his father, who deserted the family years before.

7.2 · You

25 min

S1 · E18 · Jan 14, 1960

The Only Witness Episode 18

Wealthy racketeer Barney Buford calls Johnny Staccato to ask him to look after his young sister, Karen. As he approaches Buford's apartment, Staccato is shot at by a gunman. Then inside, he finds Buford dead.

7.3 · You

25 min

S1 · E19 · Jan 21, 1960

Night of Jeopardy Episode 19

To evade Federal agents, a gang of counterfeiters hide their plates. Convinced that Waldo knows the hiding place, they threaten his life.

7.7 · You

25 min

S1 · E20 · Jan 28, 1960

Double Feature Episode 20

A bowling-alley proprietor is found murdered, and Johnny Staccato is identified as the killer.

7.3 · You

25 min

S1 · E21 · Feb 4, 1960

The List Of Death Episode 21

A hunted criminal hires Staccato as a bodyguard and promises to turn himself over to police in exchange for letting him visit family members.

7.2 · You

25 min

S1 · E22 · Feb 11, 1960

Solomon Episode 22

Jessica Winthrop, a noted pacifist, is accused of killing her husband. Solomon Bradshaw, the lady's lawyer, comes to Johnny Staccato for help.

7.7 · You

25 min

S1 · E23 · Feb 18, 1960

An Act of Terror Episode 23

Ventriloquist Thad Clinton drops in to ask Staccato if he'll help locate his missing wife. Johnny finds out that the woman has been murdered.

6.8 · You

25 min

S1 · E24 · Feb 25, 1960

An Angry Young Man Episode 24

Johnny becomes concerned when an ambitious young man, whose family he has known for years, starts working in a bookshop that is just a cover for a criminal enterprise.

7.2 · You

25 min

S1 · E25 · Mar 3, 1960

The Mask of Jason Episode 25

Johnny is hired to bodyguard an aspiring actress (Mary Tyler Moore) who is being terrorized by a man with a horribly scarred face.

7.5 · You

25 min

S1 · E26 · Mar 10, 1960

A Nice Little Town Episode 26

When a former soldier returns home after having defected to Red China, he is murdered by a group of vigilantes.

6.9 · You

25 min

S1 · E27 · Mar 17, 1960

Swinging Long Hair Episode 27

Staccato is mistaken for a concert pianist who has come to the United States to avoid his repressive government.

7.6 · You

27 episodes in Season 1

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