The Detectives

- Season 1

(1959)

When a burglary goes terribly wrong, Captain Matt Holbrook is faced with a homicide. Apparently Alfred Streger was shot and killed by small-time crook Danny Falto. The ongoing investigation gives Matt a complicated murder puzzle to solve. The break comes when one of the burglars ends up in hospital with a twisted ankle. As it turns out, Falto tried to get rid of his accomplice as well, but that didn't work out. So, if Falto did kill Streger, why didn't he kill his accomplice? While the detectives work hard to find and catch the burglars, Matt Holbrook soon finds out ...

A shot in a dark alley ruins an after work poker game for the Detectives. It's bad enough that Officer Forbes shoots a teenage boy, but trouble is really brewing when Captain Holbrook hears that the boy is living in the Latino and Italian quarters of the city. Emotions are boiling to the point of eruption and Matt and his men have all hands full to prevent the uniformed cops from becoming victims of a vendetta...

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When it's learned that there's a mob hit intended for a local gangster, Russo is asked to pose as the man, but he needs the co-operation of his wife.

A burlesque performer lies about her boyfriend to give him an alibi for a murder he committed.

When a small time crook stumbles across a large cache of high quality drugs, he inadvertently crosses the "Baron", head of the city's biggest drug dealing organization. But the Detectives give the crook a choice - either function as bait in a trap the Detectives have set up to finally catch the Baron, or be booked for possession of a major shipment of top quality narcotics. And so a small time crook finds himself in the middle of a dangerous cat and mouse game that can easily cost him more than just a few years behind bars - it can cost him his life...

A boy escapes from a house where he is held like a prisoner. The cops pick him up after he steals a toy, Capt. Holbrook tries to find out who he is and why he was confined.

When Detective Russo and his son, while on vacation, are kidnapped by an escaping hoodlum, Russo's colleagues must work fast to prevent murder at the end of the trip.

A felon kills a gas station attendant. He is bit by a dog while getting away. Police corner him after he has taken a hostage. Upon learning the dog has rabies, he gives himself up.

A not too bright blonde reports that after a party, she left her blind date in a huff, but left her purse in the car. The squad realizes that the date was a wanted mobster and take her out in a search for the location of the party.

A woman's ex husband escapes from jail. She is put under police protection because she has a new husband. She also needs to protect her son, who was fathered by her ex. Problem is she has never told her current husband about her past.

A man refuses to have his daughter deliver her baby at a hospital. When Lt. Russo is called to the scene, he winds up delivering the baby.

A friend of Capt. Holbrook is killed. While investigating Capt. Holbrook finds out that the killer wants to murder him. He turns out to be a childhood friend with a grudge against the Capt.

When Lt. Lindstrom gets a medical report that hr has high blood pressure, he may have to retire. He must solve one case before that happens.

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A robber gets shot during a heist. His girlfriend (who is his accomplice) forces their way into a house holding a mother and 2 boys hostage.He needs medical treatment and a car to escape. Capt. Holbrook figures a way to capture the crooks.

A detective goes undercover to capture a cop killer.

Two men who own jukebox rental companies argue about a bar. One fatally shoots the other but the wounded man has to be convinced to identify his shooter.

When lieutenant Russo is kidnapped, the team have just twelve hours to find him.

Following an attempt on his life, Lieutenant Conway starts to lose his nerve.

A man being arrested for leaving the scene of an accident escapes from the police. He flees into an apartment building where he holds a babysitter and a baby hostage.

The residents of a neighborhood think that a women possesses the power to make accidents happen through the superstition of the evil eye.

A felon released after serving 20 yrs. in prison is beaten up by mob men who think he knows the whereabouts of a stash of money. After being beaten several times he asks Capt. Holbrook for help in trapping the men.

A man abducts a 4 yr. old girl and then releases her in the woods. Capt. Holbrook must find her before the cold night sets in threatening her life.

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Capt. Holbrook must guard a man who they know has committed crimes but always evades conviction.

A girl identifies a prowler who has been stalking the neighborhood but Capt. Holbrook finds the id troublesome.

A woman is found dead in her pool, however, the evidence pointed to her getting killed elsewhere.

A man on a ledge of a building about to jump is actually a decoy for felons who want to rob a nearby jewelry store.

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Eva Gabor portrays an award winning actress who is a possible potential murder victim? Or could she be the murderer herself?

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