TV Classic Detectives Volume 8 DVD

TV Classic Detectives Volume 8 DVD

Eighth 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!! RICHARD DIAMOND: PRIVATE DETECTIVE returns, with an episode initially aired on January 2, 1958. Diamond is employed to witness the landing on Earth by little green men from outer space, an assignment he is reluctant to take. Could he be a witness to murder by spacemen? DAVID JANSSEN stars in “The Space Society”. Next, PETER GUNN is back, from January 25, 1960. “Fill The Cup” is an odd caper for Peter Gunn who is employed to keep a determined alchoholic(John McIntire) off the juice for a weekend. The D. T.’s drive his client to violence. Lola Albright is Edie Hart and Herschel Bernardi is Lt. Jacoby. Then, it’s MARKHAM, from 1959. RAY MILLAND stars as Markham in “The Seamark”, which finds Markham in the employ of a gangster who wants the detective to arrange a reunion with his estranged daughter. Robert H. Harris guest-stars. Followed by TIGHTROPE, from March 15, 1960. MIKE CONNORS stars as the unnamed undercover man who risks his life walking the tightrope of crime. To break up a blackmailing ring, he pits two gangsters against each other. Big Leo Gordon guests. BONUS FEATURE: SHANNON, from 1961. Insurance detective Joe Shannon(GEORGE NADER) is on the trail of a priceless Oriental figurine stolen by a gang of international art thieves in “The Jade Tourtise. 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.