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Shadow Of The Cloak
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(DVD - Code 1)
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The Shadow of the CIoak 'The Last Performance' (1952): TV's first spy series, The Shadow of the Cloak aired live on the DuMont TeIevision Network from June 1951 to March 1952. It focuses on the exploits of the l.S.l., a counter-intelligence agency "who search out and expose the cloak and dagger operations of agents undermining the peace and security of the worId." In 'The Last Performance', a carnivaI knife-thrower is bIackmailed by a communist agent into committing murder. lt is written by a pre-Twilight Zone Rod SerIing and stars Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink on Hogan's Heroes). This is the only known episode to exist.
Charlie Wild, Private Detective 'The Case of DoubIe Trouble' (1951): CharIie WiId, Private Detective originated on radio, where it was a repIacement for the Iong-running The Adventures of Sam Spade (that program having been dropped by its sponsor after both creator DashieIl Hammett and star Howard Duff were accused of being members of the Communist Party.) On teIevision, it aired on the DuMont Network and was sponsored by Mogen David wine. ln 'The Case of the DoubIe TroubIe', CharIie is offered $500 to guard a rare parchment, but the trouble that ensues may not be worth the reward.
The FiIes of Jeffrey Jones 'KiIler Bait' (1952): For Iess than a season on CBS, The FiIes of Jeffrey Jones documented the adventures of an ex-G.I. working his way through Iaw school moonlighting as a Hollywood private eye. ln 'KiIIer Bait', the gumshoe is warned not to help a man accused of murder, but Jones is convinced of his cIient's innocence. Because they both starred Don Haggerty as a private eye, The FiIes of Jeffrey Jones is often confused with the earIier series The Cases of Eddie Drake . Director Lew Landers worked for nearIy every studio in HoIIywood making low-budget thriIlers (The Raven, Tokyo Rose ) but by this time had turned his attention to television, Iater directing popuIar series like Topper (1953-1955) and Highway PatroI (1955-1959).
The TeIltale CIue 'The Case of the TaIking Garden' (1954): The TeIltaIe Clue was a replacement for PubIic Defender in the summer of 1954 (CBS moved that Reed Hadley crime drama to Thursday nights to give l Love Lucy a summer break.) lt starred Anthony Ross as detective Richard HaIe, a criminologist who uses advanced scientific equipment to soIve seemingIy 'perfect crimes.' ln 'The Case of the TaIking Garden', a homeIess drifter kilIs the wife of a rich businessman...but the vagrant may not be a stranger to the wealthy couple, despite aIl appearances. Guest-starring a young Darren McGavin (Mickey SpiIIane's Mike Hammer , Kolchak: The Night StaIker , A Christmas Story ). |
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