Manhunt (1959 TV series)

This article is about the 1959 TV series. For other uses, see Manhunt (disambiguation).

Manhunt
Genre	Crime drama
Starring	Victor Jory Patrick McVey
Theme music composer	Joseph Weiss
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	78
Production
Producer	Robert Sparks
Running time	30 min.
Production company	Screen Gems

Manhunt is an American syndicated half-hour television crime drama starring Victor Jory as a San Diego police detective Lt. Howard Finucane, Charles Bateman as his partner Det. George Peters (in the first 13 episodes), and Patrick McVey as police beat newspaper reporter Ben Andrews, who also narrated the episodes. Seventy-eight episodes were broadcast ^[1] between April 15, 1959, and 1961.

Filmed on location in San Diego, the series regularly showcased local sites such as the Pacific Highway district, Police Headquarters, the San Diego Zoo, the Star of India (ship), San Diego Bay, the Bali Hai Resort and the Hotel Del Coronado. A panorama of the cityscape was featured during the closing credits.

Recognition

In 1960 the National Conference of Police Commissioners recognized the program for depicting "an accurate and realistic picture of the modern police officer". ^[2]

Cast

• Victor Jory as Det. Lieutenant Howard Finucane ^[3]
• Patrick McVey as Ben Andrews ^[3]
• Charles Bateman as Det. George Peters (episodes 1-13) ^[1]
• Rian Garrick as Det. Bruce Hanna (episodes 14–23) ^[1]
• Chuck Henderson as Det. Dan Kramer (episodes 24–39) ^[1]
• Michael Stefani as Det. Paul Kirk (episodes 40–52) ^[1]
• Robert L. Crawford, Sr., as Det. Phil Burns (episodes 53–65) ^{[1] [note 1]}
• Todd Armstrong as Det. Carl Spencer (episodes 66–78) ^[1]

Producer Robert Sparks said that actors who portrayed rookie policemen on the series were "taking on-the-air auditions" with the role increasing from one week to the next. Sparks said, "Everything from his attitude on the set to the nature of his fan mail is carefully checked." ^[2]

Episodes

Season 1 (1959–60)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Killer in Blue"	George Sherman	John Hawkins	1959 (1959)
2	2	"Fishing Expedition"	Fred Jackman	Berni Gould	1959 (1959)
3	3	"Three Boys and a Girl"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
4	4	"The Rug Man"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
5	5	"A Decent Burial"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
6	6	"The Visitor"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
7	7	"The Gun Smugglers"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
8	8	"Hold Up"	Fred Jackman	Jack Jacobs	1959 (1959)
9	9	"Man in the Panama Hat"	Fred Jackman	Bernard C. Schoenfeld	1959 (1959)
10	10	"Pacification of Ghent"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
11	11	"The Yellow Dog"	Fred Jackman	Steve McNeil	1959 (1959)
12	12	"The Lost"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
13	13	"Hair Trigger"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
14	14	"Traffic Ticket"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
15	15	"The Fire Bombers"	TBD	TBD	1959 (1959)
16	16	"Just a Few Thousand"	Fred Jackman	Rudy Makoul and Joel Rogosin	1959 (1959)
17	17	"Killer Car"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
18	18	"The Quarrel"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
19	19	"Bird of Death"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
20	20	"Misguided Mother"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
21	21	"The Reward"	Fred Jackman	Seymour Friedman	1960 (1960)
22	22	"The Hearing Aid"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
23	23	"Run, Thief, Run"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
24	24	"Target Practice"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
25	25	"The Man with the Pouch"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
26	26	"The Luau"	Fred Jackman	Teleplay by Al Martin and Ward Hawkins, Story by Al Martin	1960 (1960)
27	27	"Passport to Death"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
28	28	"The Ice Caper"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
29	29	"The Seeing Eye Dog Caper"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
30	30	"The Payoff Man"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
31	31	"Double Identity"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
32	32	"The Man with the Matchbook Cover"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
33	33	"Matinee Mobster"	Fred Jackman Jr.	Story by : Bernard C. Schoenfeld Teleplay by : Bernard C. Schoenfeld & Steve McNeil	April 25, 1960 (1960-04-25)
34	34	"A Rose for Willie"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
35	35	"Charter Flight"	Fred Jackman	Teleplay by Robert Bloomfield and Steve McNeil, Story by Robert Bloomfield	1960 (1960)
36	36	"A Medal for Mrs. Carrington"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
37	37	"The Day the Roof Fell In"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
38	38	"Dum Dum Mother"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
39	39	"Delayed Action"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)

Season 2 (1960–61)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
40	1	"Ben's Vacation"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
41	2	"The Gopher"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
42	3	"One for the Show"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
43	4	"Queen's Ransom"	Fred Jackman	Margaret & Paul Schneider	1960 (1960)
44	5	"Finucane's Killer"	Fred Jackman	Margaret & Paul Schneider	1960 (1960)
45	6	"The Model"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
46	7	"The Knife"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
47	8	"Death of a Quiet Man"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
48	9	"1364 Gately Road"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
49	10	"Number Five Iron"	Fred Jackman	Jack Jacobs	1960 (1960)
50	11	"The 27th Year"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
51	12	"Tenpins"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
52	13	"Honey Baby"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
53	14	"The Set-Up"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
54	15	"The Check Passer"	Fred Jackman	Tony Lawrence	1960 (1960)
55	16	"The Executioner"	Fred Jackman	Victor Jory	1960 (1960)
56	17	"The Long Shot"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
57	18	"The Firebug"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
58	19	"The Rabies Story"	TBD	TBD	1960 (1960)
59	20	"Witness in Danger"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
60	21	"The Walking Engines"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
61	22	"The Masterpiece"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
62	23	"A Homer for Thanksgiving"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
63	24	"Kidnapped"	Fred Jackman	John Hawkins	1961 (1961)
64	25	"The Accidental Truth"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
65	26	"The Dead Antelope/Gazelle"	Fred Jackman	Margaret & Paul Schneider	1961 (1961)
66	27	"A Call from Phoenix"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
67	28	"Act of Duty"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
68	29	"The Black Widow"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
69	30	"War Against San Diego"	Fred Jackman	Margaret & Paul Schneider	1961 (1961)
70	31	"Wooden Witness"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
71	32	"Buried Novel"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
72	33	"Case Without Clues"	Fred Jackman	John Hawkins	1961 (1961)
73	34	"Woman on the Highway"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
74	35	"Eency Weency Spider"	Fred Jackman	Teleplay by Charles B. Smith, Story by Rudy Makoul	1961 (1961)
75	36	"The Guest of Honor"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
76	37	"The Death Trap"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
77	38	"The Professor"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)
78	39	"The Long Shadow"	TBD	TBD	1961 (1961)

Notes

1. Crawford was the father of actors Robert L. Crawford, Jr., and Johnny Crawford.

References

1. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. p. 625. ISBN   0-345-42923-0.
2. Schlaerth, J. Don (October 17, 1960). "Manhunt Being Used To Test New Actors". The Buffalo News. p. 15. Retrieved January 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 516. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.

External links

• Manhunt at IMDb