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Bourbon Street Beat(1959)

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First Air Date: 1959-10-05
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
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 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.

Top Cast

Andrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan
Cal Calhoun
Van Williams
Van Williams
Kenny Madison
Richard Long
Richard Long
Rex Randolph

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 39
E01
The Taste of Ashes

Air Date: 1959-10-05

1h 0m

A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringi...

E02
The Mourning Cloak

Air Date: 1959-10-12

1h 0m

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

E03
Torch Song for Trumpet

Air Date: 1959-10-19

1h 0m

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

E04
Woman in the River

Air Date: 1959-10-26

1h 0m

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

E05
Girl in Trouble

Air Date: 1959-11-02

1h 0m

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

E06
The Tiger Moth

Air Date: 1959-11-09

1h 0m

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

E07
Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

Air Date: 1959-11-16

1h 0m

Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dwe...

E08
Invitation to a Murder

Air Date: 1959-11-23

1h 0m

Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to so...

E09
Mrs. Viner Vanishes

Air Date: 1959-11-30

1h 0m

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

E10
Light Touch of Terror

Air Date: 1959-12-07

1h 0m

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

E11
The Golden Beetle

Air Date: 1959-12-14

1h 0m

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

E12
The Black Magnolia

Air Date: 1959-12-21

1h 0m

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

E13
Portrait of Lenore

Air Date: 1959-12-28

1h 0m

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

E14
Kill with Kindness

Air Date: 1960-01-04

1h 0m

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

E15
Inside Man

Air Date: 1960-01-11

1h 0m

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

E16
Find My Face

Air Date: 1960-01-18

1h 0m

Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a we...

E17
Knock on Any Tombstone

Air Date: 1960-01-25

1h 0m

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

E18
Key to the City

Air Date: 1960-02-01

1h 0m

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

E19
The 10% Blues

Air Date: 1960-02-08

1h 0m

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

E20
Melody in Diamonds

Air Date: 1960-02-15

1h 0m

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

E21
The House of Ledezan

Air Date: 1960-02-22

1h 0m

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

E22
Target of Hate

Air Date: 1960-03-07

1h 0m

An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer i...

E23
The Missing Queen

Air Date: 1960-03-14

1h 0m

Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

E24
Neon Nightmare

Air Date: 1960-03-21

1h 0m

Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex ...

E25
Wall of Silence

Air Date: 1960-03-28

1h 0m

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

E26
Twice Betrayed

Air Date: 1960-04-04

1h 0m

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

E27
Swamp Fire

Air Date: 1960-04-11

1h 0m

Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workm...

E28
If A Body

Air Date: 1960-04-18

1h 0m

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

E29
Six Hours to Midnight

Air Date: 1960-04-25

1h 0m

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

E30
Last Exit

Air Date: 1960-05-02

1h 0m

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

E31
Deadly Persuasion

Air Date: 1960-05-09

1h 0m

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

E32
Suitable for Framing

Air Date: 1960-05-16

1h 0m

A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her ma...

E33
False Identity

Air Date: 1960-05-23

1h 0m

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

E34
Green Hell

Air Date: 1960-05-30

1h 0m

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

E35
Ferry to Algiers

Air Date: 1960-06-06

1h 0m

Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to g...

E36
Wagon Show

Air Date: 1960-06-13

1h 0m

A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love...

E37
Interrupted Wedding

Air Date: 1960-06-20

1h 0m

Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches o...

E38
Reunion

Air Date: 1960-06-27

1h 0m

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

E39
Teresa

Air Date: 1960-07-04

1h 0m

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

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