"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.
Bourbon Street Beat (Temporada 1)
The Taste of Ashes (Episodio 1)
Guionista: Charles Hoffman
Fecha de emisión: 1959-10-05
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.
The Mourning Cloak (Episodio 2)
Guionista: Sig Herzig
Fecha de emisión: 1959-10-12
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.
Torch Song for Trumpet (Episodio 3)
Guionista: James Barnett
Fecha de emisión: 1959-10-19
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.
Woman in the River (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-10-26
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.
Girl in Trouble (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-11-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.
The Tiger Moth (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-11-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.
Secret of Hyacinth Bayou (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-11-16
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.
Invitation to a Murder (Episodio 8)
Guionista: Stephen Lord
Fecha de emisión: 1959-11-23
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, newsmen, and other New Orleans characters, each with a motive for the murder.
Mrs. Viner Vanishes (Episodio 9)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-11-30
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.
Light Touch of Terror (Episodio 10)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-12-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.
The Golden Beetle (Episodio 11)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-12-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.
The Black Magnolia (Episodio 12)
Guionista: Earl Baldwin
Fecha de emisión: 1959-12-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.
Portrait of Lenore (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1959-12-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.
Kill with Kindness (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.
Inside Man (Episodio 15)
Guionista: Howard Browne
Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.
Find My Face (Episodio 16)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.
Knock on Any Tombstone (Episodio 17)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.
Key to the City (Episodio 18)
Guionista: Robert C. Dennis
Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-01
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.
The 10% Blues (Episodio 19)
Guionista: Dick Nelson
Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-08
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.
Melody in Diamonds (Episodio 20)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-15
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.
The House of Ledezan (Episodio 21)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-22
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.
Target of Hate (Episodio 22)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-07
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.
The Missing Queen (Episodio 23)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-14
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.
Neon Nightmare (Episodio 24)
Guionista: Dean Riesner
Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-21
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.
Wall of Silence (Episodio 25)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-28
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.
Twice Betrayed (Episodio 26)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.
Swamp Fire (Episodio 27)
Guionista: Sig Herzig
Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workmen to quit en masse.
If A Body (Episodio 28)
Guionista: Charles Hoffman
Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-18
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ring—but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.
Six Hours to Midnight (Episodio 29)
Guionista: Lee Loeb
Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-25
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.
Last Exit (Episodio 30)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-02
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.
Deadly Persuasion (Episodio 31)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-09
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.
Suitable for Framing (Episodio 32)
Guionista: Gerald Drayson Adams
Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-16
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigation.
False Identity (Episodio 33)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-23
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.
Green Hell (Episodio 34)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-30
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.
Ferry to Algiers (Episodio 35)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-06
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to guard an elderly shopkeeper.
Wagon Show (Episodio 36)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love triangle that leads to murder.
Interrupted Wedding (Episodio 37)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-20
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago deaths at the hands of a trucking magnate.
Reunion (Episodio 38)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-27
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Cal races to locate a runaway teen before quarreling crimelords can get to her.
Teresa (Episodio 39)
Fecha de emisión: 1960-07-04
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.
Temporadas
Episodios 39