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Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff').

S01E01 Who Killed Julie Greer? (Sep.26.1961)
Dick Powell Nick Adams Ralph Bellamy Edgar Bergen Lloyd Bridges Jack Carson Carolyn Jones Ronald Reagan Mickey Rooney Kay Thompson Dean Jones Edward Platt Will J. White John Damler Elaine Devry Joan Staley Leon Lontoc Alvy Moore Robert Burton Paul Sorensen​
Amos Burke is an L.A. cop who's inherited millions and usually arrives at crime scenes in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. Investigating the death of actress Julie Greer, he finds lots of suspects - but the killer's identity surprises him. This is the first appearance of the Amos Burke character. Here portrayed by Dick Powell and not Gene Barry. A few days less than exactly 2 years later the Burke's Law (1963-1966) series premiered.​
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The millionaire captain of the LAPD homicide division is driven to the crime scenes in his 1962 Rolls-Royce by his loyal chauffeur.​
Model Holly Howard is found murdered, and the only clues seem to link a trio of wealthy Texans to her death.​
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A body turns up at a merry-go-round. There are no identifying papers on the body and the labels have been removed from the man's clothing. The few clues available point Burke toward an actress under exclusive contract to Flood, a rarely seen industrialist. Burke discovers a number of women are under such exclusive contracts. Then, the detective discovers the dead man ... Read all​
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Burke's investigation of the murder of Harris Crown is complicated by the fact that Mrs. Crown is pregnant - and not by her husband.​
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Julian Buck, one of America's most respected authors, is found strangled to death in his study. The manuscript for his latest novel is missing, but one curious item is found: what appears to be an extra rubber cap for the feet of his typewriter stand.​
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Wealthy Wade Walker is killed when his plane blows up in mid-air. Burke's investigation concentrates on four women - a nurse, a singer, a beauty queen and an explosives expert.​
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Dr. Eric Techman, a fashionable LA psychiatrist, telephones Burke to warn him of an impending murder by one of his patients -- his own. But Techman is gunned down before he can name the killer.​
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Carrie Cornell, singer and model, is found murdered on a beach. A photograph of her in Girlicue magazine links her to sleazy millionaire Martin Van Martin and he has disappeared.​
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A man claiming to be an exiled Russian prince - not that anyone ever believed that - is murdered.​
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Housewife Molly Baker, a brunette, is found dead in her shower, the apparent victim of a fall and drowning. But the autopsy shows that she was strangled and the discovery of blond wig hairs on four of her dresses is the first indication of her very busy secret life.​
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The unpleasant Benjamin Glory, one half of the ownership of the Glory Lee fashion house, is found dead in an elevator after it crashes. But he was dead before he ever entered it, killed by "a sharp and blunt instrument".​
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Rising actress and beach queen Tina Romaine surfs a difficult wave, walks a few steps, and drops dead. A bullet grazed her right temple, but the wound was superficial and the autopsy finds that she was killed by an archaic poison. Posing as a beach bum, Tim goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing crowd.​
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While hosting a garden party on a sunny Sunday afternoon, modeling mogul Charles Lee Horne telephones the homicide squad and asks for Burke. A single rifle shot ends both the phone call and Horne's life. The investigation takes an unexpected and disturbing twist when one of Horne's models, Felice Knight, files an internal affairs complaint alleging that Tim helped her... Read all​
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Four poker buddies celebrate the first anniversary of their weekly games with a private party at the Hillsdale Country Club. The festivities end when all four men are killed by a bottle of poisoned wine. There is no shortage of suspects. Besides having four unhappy wives, the men had incurred the ire of Butterfield, the club's historian, baseball coach, and busybody.​
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The life of hotel magnate Cornelius Gilbert comes to an electrifying finish when somebody hot wires the metal ladder in his swimming pool. A torn piece of plaid cloth, a gold St. Christopher's medal, and Gilbert's annual round-the-world charter flight are the clues.​
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Murdered Lenore has left a note that she's changing her will with the heir as nephew Jay Boy who is involved with daughter of Jim Clover who needs Lenore's land to complete his development but Jay Boy's fiancée Effie Mae is in town.​
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When wealthy Amenor arrives in town to sell a lucrative oil lease, an apparent sniper attack on Amenor kills his bookkeeper and suspicion immediately suggests the culprit is one of three parties vying for deal.​
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The De Armand Sisters are a trio of singing siblings. When Alicia - the tall one in the middle - gets murdered, Amos Burke is surprised at how little the other two seem to be upset.​
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Escape artist Jack Merlin at a convention of competitive magicians attempts his stock in trade trick of staying under water for five hours sealed in coffin with an hour air supply but he dies - from a gunshot wound.​
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When a businessman, Buddy Jack Cook, with a very shady reputation is found slain in a hotel elevator, Harold Harold, his accountant, is the prime suspect.​
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When the anchor of millionaire Davidian Jonas's yacht is raised, his corpse is found attached to it.​
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In his first mission as a secret agent, Burke replaces and pretends to be both pilot and deliveryman Schreiner to infiltrate a syndicate that smuggles Red Chinese gold into Latin America to finance rebels.​
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To gain business and political secrets, a Machiavellian mogul uses a newly developed drug which gains immediate truthful answers followed by the subjects drug induced unstoppable desire to commit suicide.​
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A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City. Normally I do not post anything with such poor quality, but it is a rare and enjoyable series.

S01E02 Woman of Arles (May.09.1959)
Stars Ray Milland Simon Scott Torin Thatcher Anthony George Miriam Colon Barney Phillips Nacho Galindo Julian Rivero Jack Rice Gail Bonney Don Orlando Natividad Vacío​
A priceless painting by "van Goff" is stolen from a New York museum and a watchman is killed. The insurance company hires Markham to find it, and a mysterious letter lures him to a town called Santa Maria. Will he find the painting there?​
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A beautiful woman comes to Markham's hotel room at night toting a gun and offering him a wad of cash to prove she didn't kill a man. Next day, Markham is arrested for murder. To prove his innocence, he will have to find the real killer.​
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Markham is called upon when a famous actress is being stalked by an unknown man. She believes the stalker is her former protege and lover, but Markham will have to figure out if this is true.​
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Documentary dramas, plays that were based on true stories, were the forte of Armstrong Circle Theater. Many movie actors and actresses got their start here.

S04E12 The Bells of Cockaigne (Nov.17.1953)
Stars Gene Lockhart James Dean Vaughn Taylor Donalee Marans Johnny Dennis Karl Lukas William Thunhurst Jr. Si Vario Tige Andrews Bob Sherry​
An old warehouse worker dreams of saving enough money to return to his native Ireland, but it would seem unlikely. A young man who also works there is in a bad fix, he too has little money but his baby is sick and needs medicine he can't afford. He gambles with the dock workers and loses what little he had. Meanwhile, the old man discovers he has a valuable dollar wit... Read all​
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A longshoreman decides he has stood brutal treatment of dock racketeers long enough.​
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Fred Allen narrates three comedy stories.​
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Paul Newman plays a boxer who begins to question his career path.​
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The anthology series dramatized the lives of clergymen of all faiths and the problems they faced in both their professional and personal lives.

S02E07 Timberland Preacher (Nov.16.1956)
Stars David Brian Barry Kelley Martin Milner John Alderson Ann Flood Sven Hugo Borg G. Pat Collins Charles Horvath​
Traveling preacher helps a logging company owner make peace with his son.​
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Samuel "Sarge" Cavanaugh is a priest at the St. Aloysius Parish in San Diego, California. He is known as Sarge because of his police background of working for nine years as a homicide detective in the area in which he tries to help out with guidance to his parishioners in their struggle to cope with the problems of a metropolitan environment.

SE01E03 Psst! Wanna Buy a Dirty Picture? (Oct.05.1971)
Stars George Kennedy Tom Bosley Vincent Gardenia Denny Miller Warren Stevens Henry Wilcoxon Janis Paige Ramon Bieri Sallie Shockley Harold Sakata Anthony James Melendy Britt Carol Wayne Dorothy Konrad Katherine Darc Don Rizzan Bill A. Collins​
Sarge manages to get into the pornography business when guilt-ridden Bates comes to the church and drops over $13,000 in the collection basket.​
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Sarge is only peripherally involved in a strange story of a maniac murderer who steals his victims' left shoes, and Lt. Edmonds, the overworked cop who has had one case too many.​
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A series of attempts on the life of Sarge has Chief of Detectives Barney Verick working around the clock in a a desperate attempt to capture an elusive would-be killer.​
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Television version of the classic train story of Casey Jones, the engineer of the steam-engine powered "Cannonball Express".

S01E01 Night Mail (Oct.08.1957)
Stars Alan Hale Jr. Bobby Clark Mary Lawrence Eddy Waller Pat Hogan Pat Hogan Mort Mills Paul Keast​
Casey's employer, the Midwest & Central Railroad faces bankruptcy unless it gets a U.S. mail contract for the St. Louis to Ft. Worth run. The catch is that the company that gets the contract must win a train race. The MCRR's track runs through the Ozarks, but Casey still thinks his engine, the Cannonball, is faster than his competitor's, but the Southern & Panhandle Railroad, the rival company, sends saboteurs and gunmen to slow his progress.​
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A group of outlaws commandeer The Cannonball and prevent Casey and the crew from leaving town, the Sheriff is shot so Casey puts on the badge, but when he asks the townspeople for help only one steps forward. Lee Van Cleef is the bad guy.​
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A track-walker saves the Cannonball from certain disaster, so Casey offers him a job, but he has a secret past . Russell Johnson plays the track-walker, 7 years before he and Alan Hale Jr. would be stranded on Gilligan's Island.​
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Jones arrives at Finney's offices to be briefed by Peter Holmes a US treasury official. Jones is due to run a military prison train to Kansas and is instructed to take a load of gold bullion with him. Part way along the trip the train is stopped by damaged tracks.​
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Casey and the Cannonball pull into Midvale and gets an urgent message from Mr. Carter to see him urgently. He is introduced to Bill Maguire, a secret service agent for the President who will be passing through the town the next day. Casey is then offered the job off hauling the Presidents Special out to the start line for the new territories.​
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Casey and the Cannonball Express become unwilling participants in a plot to rob a Military escort of it's million-dollar payroll when outlaws disguise themselves as bank guards.​
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It is Redrock's birthday and he discovers he is to be retired. He is at a complete loss as what to do and starts to make vague plans about starting a ranch to help keep him busy.​
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Casey pushes the Cannonball through a night of torrential rain till they are stopped by a washed out line, and Casey is forced to wait for permission to switch to another line. As the rain continues, concern grows over conditions at the local dam. Suddenly a simple passenger run has become a desperate rescue effort.​
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Casey stops at Jamestown to discover the local dispatcher has been arrested for murder. Complications arise when it is discovered the arresting marshal is the brother of the man who the dispatcher killed.​
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Bank robbers use Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express to escape after they rob a bank. Casey is forced to collaborate with the robbers because his family is on the train. Casey tries to stop them from escaping.​
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While Casey is away on a fishing trip, his friend Earl Bonner is put in charge of the Cannonball Express, during which time the train is robbed twice. Casey remains loyal to his friend and sets out to try and prove his innocence.​
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The Cannonball is forced onto a siding to allow a special silk train to pass that is attempting to run from the West coast to Chicago non stop. Unknown to Casey there are men on his train with a vested interest in seeing the train fail.​
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Casey volunteers to transport a cargo of nitroglycerine on board the Cannonball Express to rescue ten men trapped in a mining accident - but aboard the train is a man bent on a different mission in another race against time.​
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A big spender, Arlo Bradford charters the Cannoball to pick up his new bride from a nearby town. He soon falls afoul of Casey with his flamboyant ways and easy spending. Casey's suspicions grow as a series of strange events dog the trip to the point Casey is convinced the man is a criminal.​
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A fire eater is fired from the troupe he is working with. He does not take the news well and Casey needs to get involved in calming the situation.​
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Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weissmuller, as James "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa.

S01E05 A Fortune in Ivory (Oct.24.1955)
Stars Johnny Weissmuller Martin Huston Dean Fredericks Dorothy Adams Paul Cavanagh Pierce Lyden Max Palmer Tamba​
Skipper and his tutor are captured when they accidentally discover a cache of ivory which a crook was preparing for shipment.​
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SuperClark said:
The Cisco kid is in a little better video quality on amazon 'freevee'.I read that the color film that was use to produce the series was cheap.Its in semi HD/720 resolution but looks faded.I love the show its always fun and fast moving.I think Cisco and Pancho should wear larger hats:)).I did burn the series to blu ray from Amazon since you never know when it will stop streaming there.
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The problem with Prime now are all the ads!!! What used to be ad-free is no more, since IMBd is somehow related to Amazon? Since then, series like The Sain, The Cisco Kid and other vintage series come with baggage!!
 
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Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weissmuller, as James "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa.

S01E05 A Fortune in Ivory (Oct.24.1955)
Stars Johnny Weissmuller Martin Huston Dean Fredericks Dorothy Adams Paul Cavanagh Pierce Lyden Max Palmer Tamba​
Skipper and his tutor are captured when they accidentally discover a cache of ivory which a crook was preparing for shipment.​
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I purchased the 3 sets of the movies from OZ, they did a great job...even though DVD, the PQ is clean and making the images still POP!! BR would be on my hit list...a guy can dream, LOL!!!
 
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While the Riddler maneuvers Batman into being sued, the Dynamic Duo investigate the supervillain's concurrent scheme.​
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The Riddler schemes to have his henchwoman, disguised as Robin, to have her kill Batman in the Batcave.​
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The Dynamic Duo are tricked into planning the Penguin's next crime, but the supervillain adds his own twist to the plan.​
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