TV Classic Detectives Volume 6 DVD

TV Classic Detectives Volume 6 DVD

Sixth volume in this great video anthology featuring one full episode each of four classic detective TV series from the genre’s television heyday, the 1950's-60's- PLUS A BONUS FIFTH show!! This compilation opens with MR. LUCKY from April 16, 1960. “Vote The Bullet”. When a friend of Mr. Lucky(JOHN VIVYAN) is shot and killed, the gambler takes his place on the ballot running as an honest candidate. This makes Lucky a target of the crooked politician’s assassins. With Ross Martin as Andamo. Followed by PETER GUNN, from September 28, 1959. “Crisscross”. Bank manager Poole(TED KNIGHT) stages the robbery of his own bank and cleverly avoids suspicion. But he did not count on matching wits with ultra-cool detective Peter Gunn (CRAIG STEVENS). Also starring Lola Albright and Herschel Bernardi. Next, MARKHAM; also from 1959. “A Princely Sum”. When investigator Roy Markham (RAY MILLAND) tracks down his friend’s killer, he becomes involved in an assassination plot to murder a visiting dignitary on US soil. Can Markham at last stop the vanishing assassin? With Betsy Jones-Moreland. Then, it’s MIKE HAMMER from August of that same 1959. “Slab Happy” tells the story of punch-drunk ex-boxing champ Kid Dakota who becomes an unwitting pawn in a scheme by his former wife (MARY LaROCHE) to rub out her current husband. But tough-guy detective Mike Hammer(DARRIN McGAVIN) is a friend of the fighter who tries to help. BONUS FEATURE: DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT , syndicated in 1952. Movie star BRIAN DONLEVY brings his radio character, Steve Mitchell to television for another dangerous assignment in espionage. FIVE full vintage TV shows in black and white. An all-ages, regions-free presentation in NTSC format with an interactive menu, offered on a single DVD-R disc that should play on any standard DVD player.