Bourbon Street Beat

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 39

"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 ...

Episodes(39)

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.

Air Date : 1959-10-05

The Mourning Cloak

2. The Mourning Cloak

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

Air Date : 1959-10-12

Torch Song for Trumpet

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.

Air Date : 1959-10-19

Woman in the River

4. Woman in the River

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

Air Date : 1959-10-26

Girl in Trouble

5. Girl in Trouble

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

Air Date : 1959-11-02

The Tiger Moth

6. The Tiger Moth

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

Air Date : 1959-11-09

Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

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.

Air Date : 1959-11-16

Invitation to a Murder

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.

Air Date : 1959-11-23

Mrs. Viner Vanishes

9. Mrs. Viner Vanishes

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

Air Date : 1959-11-30

Light Touch of Terror

10. Light Touch of Terror

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

Air Date : 1959-12-07

The Golden Beetle

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.

Air Date : 1959-12-14

The Black Magnolia

12. The Black Magnolia

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

Air Date : 1959-12-21

Portrait of Lenore

13. Portrait of Lenore

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

Air Date : 1959-12-28

Kill with Kindness

14. Kill with Kindness

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

Air Date : 1960-01-04

Inside Man

15. Inside Man

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

Air Date : 1960-01-11

Find My Face

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.

Air Date : 1960-01-18

Knock on Any Tombstone

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.

Air Date : 1960-01-25

Key to the City

18. Key to the City

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

Air Date : 1960-02-01

The 10% Blues

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.

Air Date : 1960-02-08

Melody in Diamonds

20. Melody in Diamonds

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

Air Date : 1960-02-15

The House of Ledezan

21. The House of Ledezan

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

Air Date : 1960-02-22

Target of Hate

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.

Air Date : 1960-03-07

The Missing Queen

23. The Missing Queen

Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

Air Date : 1960-03-14

Neon Nightmare

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.

Air Date : 1960-03-21

Wall of Silence

25. Wall of Silence

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

Air Date : 1960-03-28

Twice Betrayed

26. Twice Betrayed

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

Air Date : 1960-04-04

Swamp Fire

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.

Air Date : 1960-04-11

If A Body

28. If A Body

Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ringâ€”but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.

Air Date : 1960-04-18

Six Hours to Midnight

29. Six Hours to Midnight

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

Air Date : 1960-04-25

Last Exit

30. Last Exit

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

Air Date : 1960-05-02

Deadly Persuasion

31. Deadly Persuasion

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

Air Date : 1960-05-09

Suitable for Framing

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.

Air Date : 1960-05-16

False Identity

33. False Identity

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

Air Date : 1960-05-23

Green Hell

34. Green Hell

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

Air Date : 1960-05-30

Ferry to Algiers

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.

Air Date : 1960-06-06

Wagon Show

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.

Air Date : 1960-06-13

Interrupted Wedding

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.

Air Date : 1960-06-20

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