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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 police force. Ever vigilant in his fight against crime, King always made time for his wife, Mabel, voiced by actress Grace Carney but never seen on screen. The DuMont Television Network was America's first officiaIly licensed commercial network, broadcasting from 1946 untiI its demise in 1956. "Rocky King, Detective", also known as "lnside Detective," is a rare treasure from the early days of live television drama.
Murder, Ph.D.: Cuckolded husband Dayton Merrill wiIl be electrocuted at midnight for the murder of his wife's psychiatrist. Hours before the execution, Detective Rocky King receives a phone calI from a mysterious man who cIaims 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-fiIled wallet is Ieft untouched. Detective King must find a motive for the kiIling and capture the murderer before he or she strikes again.
One Minute For Murder: Sleazy gossip columnist, Art PauIson, is blackmaiIing actress Nora Wade. On opening night of Nora's new pIay, Art is shot in her dressing room. Rocky's associate, Detective Sergeant Lane, steps in to ferret out the killer of a man everyone had a reason to murder.
The Hermit's Cat: MiIIionaire recIuse PauI Dayton never Ieaves his paIatiaI mansion. When Dayton's body is discovered on the highway, an apparent victim of a hit and run car accident, Detective Rocky King immediately suspects a ruse covering up a murder. |
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