Front Page Detective

📊 Series Specifications

Network DuMont Television Network
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 36
Original Language EN

Front Page Detective (1951)

Created by Gene Levitt , Robert Mitcher
⭐ Not Rated Yet 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 36 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30pm ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, with a few more episodes shown in 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter. It chronicles the stories of David Chase a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Honey for Your Tea

David Chase, newspaperman and amateur sleuth, writes a column on famed dramatic coach, Allan Rubio, who is disabled and has a side hobby of beekeeping. When the fiance of one of the coach's students is murdered, Chase uncovers a solution.

E2 The TV Murder Mystery

A perfect crime is committed during the filming of a television drama about a murder taking place. David Chase witnesses the occurrence and using his reporter skills uncovers the person who is responsible.

E3 Alibi for Suicide

Don Lawton needs to spend the night with David and Sharon to establish an alibi. He needs the alibi because he says someone is going to die and he knows he will be a suspect. He is serious enough to hold them at gunpoint.

E7 A Friend of the Corpse
E9 Death of a Hero

Chase tries to convince a hero-worshiping youth that the life of a flamboyant gangster isn't as much fun as it appears.

E10 Gold Venom

Dave is trying to deliver a golden cobra to a museum but several people try to get it for themselves.

E12 Seven Seas to Danger

While researching a human interest story on the waterfront, David Chase stumbles upon a smuggling operation and is shot for his troubles.

E13 Echo from the Dead

David Chase tries to find the real murderer before a family exacts vengeance upon the man's wife.

E14 Murder Rides the Night Train

When a notorious gangster is subpoenaed to testify before a Congressional committee, reporter David Chase takes the same train to get an exclusive interview and discovers that other criminals don't want the crook to appear

E15 Ringside Seat for Murder
E16 Little Miss Fortune
E17 Napoleon's Obituary
E19 The Deadly Curio

David Chase learns of a jade figurine that seems to bring death to those who possess it. The intrepid reporter seeks to find the reason behind the cursed object.

E21 Shadow Over Hollywood
E22 Murder Can't Win

When a bookie is murdered, his innocent young female employee is framed for the crime.

E25 The Murderer Is Anonymous

A debutante, a fight promoter, and a producer are all suspects in a threatened murder. The potential victim is David.

E26 The Invisible Hand
E27 The Deadly Root

A fellow columnist, Eddie Kinetti is killed, and David Chase almost meets a like fate when he investigates the blackmail schemes of a socialite.

E28 The Lonely One

Chase receives a mysterious package containing a glass ball and corny love poem. 2 murder victims receive similar gifts, but Chase has no connection to them. A big break comes when Chase recalls hearing similar poetry at the barber shop,

E30 The Little Black Book

Upon returning from two weeks of investigative reporting in Washington, David Chase discovers his room ransacked and a dead body lying in his closet. Before he can investigate, two thugs try to force Chase to reveal the location of a mysterious 'little black book' that Chase had no previous knowledge of. With the help of his intrepid secretary, Dorabelle, and a timely assist from Lieutenant Andrews, Chase manages to bring the killers to justice.

E31 The Case of the Perfect Secretary

Newsman David Chase is angry when Dr. Owens, the inventor of synthetic cortisone, fails to show up for a lecture. Seeking Owens, he finds only a deserted laboratory and a strong smell of formaldehyde.

E32 Worth a Plugged Nickel

Newspaper columnist David Chase investigates when a gangster rushes out of a night club into a machine gun ambush, just moments after receiving a mysterious call.

E33 Galahad

David Chase investigates a blackmail scheme perpetrated by a former newspaper photographer

E34 You Kill Me

While on vacation David reads in the newspaper that he has been killed. He must now masquerade as his brother in order to solve his own murder.

E35 Toying with Murder
E36 Penthouse Jungle

In pursuit of a story reporter David Chase encounters a native princess who is adept at using poison darts.

E37 Troubles with Doubles