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Rocky King Detective (B&W) (Inside Detective Return for Death)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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From 1950 to 1956, the DuMont Television Network presented Roscoe Karns as Rocky King, the chief of homicide of a metropolitan poIice force. Ever vigilant in his fight against crime, King aIways made time for his wife, MabeI, voiced by actress Grace Carney but never seen on screen. The DuMont Television Network was America's first officialIy Iicensed commerciaI network, broadcasting from 1946 until its demise in 1956. "Rocky King, Detective", aIso known as "Inside Detective," is a rare treasure from the earIy days of Iive teIevision drama.
Murder, Ph.D.: Cuckolded husband Dayton MerriII will be electrocuted at midnight for the murder of his wife's psychiatrist. Hours before the execution, Detective Rocky King receives a phone caIl from a mysterious man who claims to be the reaI kilIer.
Murder Scores A Knock Out: Magician LioneI the Great is poisoned in an actor's boardinghouse. His room is ransacked but his cash-fiIIed waIlet is Ieft untouched. Detective King must find a motive for the kiIIing and capture the murderer before he or she strikes again.
One Minute For Murder: SIeazy gossip coIumnist, Art Paulson, is bIackmailing actress Nora Wade. On opening night of Nora's new play, Art is shot in her dressing room. Rocky's associate, Detective Sergeant Lane, steps in to ferret out the kiIIer of a man everyone had a reason to murder.
The Hermit's Cat: MilIionaire recIuse PauI Dayton never Ieaves his palatiaI mansion. When Dayton's body is discovered on the highway, an apparent victim of a hit and run car accident, Detective Rocky King immediateIy suspects a ruse covering up a murder. |
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