Bourbon Street Beat(1959)

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1 Seasons
Drama

Overview

"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.

Created By: Charles Hoffman

Episodes

The Taste of Ashes
Ep 1

The Taste of Ashes

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.

05/10/195960 min
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Ep 2

The Mourning Cloak

Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.

12/10/195960 min
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Ep 3

Torch Song for Trumpet

Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.

19/10/195960 min
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Ep 4

Woman in the River

Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.

26/10/195960 min
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Ep 5

Girl in Trouble

Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.

02/11/195960 min
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Ep 6

The Tiger Moth

The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.

09/11/195960 min
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Ep 7

Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

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.

16/11/195960 min
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Ep 8

Invitation to a Murder

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.

23/11/195960 min
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Ep 9

Mrs. Viner Vanishes

Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

30/11/195960 min
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Ep 10

Light Touch of Terror

Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.

07/12/195960 min
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Ep 11

The Golden Beetle

A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.

14/12/195960 min
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Ep 12

The Black Magnolia

Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.

21/12/195960 min
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Ep 13

Portrait of Lenore

Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.

28/12/195960 min
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Ep 14

Kill with Kindness

Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.

04/01/196060 min
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Ep 15

Inside Man

Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.

11/01/196060 min
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Ep 16

Find My Face

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.

18/01/196060 min
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Ep 17

Knock on Any Tombstone

Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.

25/01/196060 min
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Ep 18

Key to the City

Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.

01/02/196060 min
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Ep 19

The 10% Blues

Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.

08/02/196060 min
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Ep 20

Melody in Diamonds

Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.

15/02/196060 min
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Ep 21

The House of Ledezan

Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.

22/02/196060 min
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Ep 22

Target of Hate

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.

07/03/196060 min
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Ep 23

The Missing Queen

Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

14/03/196060 min
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Ep 24

Neon Nightmare

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.

21/03/196060 min
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Ep 25

Wall of Silence

Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.

28/03/196060 min
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Ep 26

Twice Betrayed

Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.

04/04/196060 min
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Ep 27

Swamp Fire

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.

11/04/196060 min
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Ep 28

If A Body

Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ring—but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.

18/04/196060 min
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Ep 29

Six Hours to Midnight

Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.

25/04/196060 min
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Ep 30

Last Exit

Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.

02/05/196060 min
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Ep 31

Deadly Persuasion

Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.

09/05/196060 min
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Ep 32

Suitable for Framing

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.

16/05/196060 min
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Ep 33

False Identity

Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.

23/05/196060 min
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Ep 34

Green Hell

Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.

30/05/196060 min
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Ep 35

Ferry to Algiers

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.

06/06/196060 min
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Ep 36

Wagon Show

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.

13/06/196060 min
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Ep 37

Interrupted Wedding

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.

20/06/196060 min
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Ep 38

Reunion

Cal races to locate a runaway teen before quarreling crimelords can get to her.

27/06/196060 min
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Ep 39

Teresa

Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.

04/07/196060 min

Show Info

StatusEnded
NetworkABC
TypeScripted

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