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International Detective
Overview
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
Key Crew
Producer: A. Edward Sutherland
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1959)
No overview available.
39 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Conway Case
1959-12-26Episode 2: The Carrington Case
1960-01-02Episode 3: The Dimitrios Case
1960-01-09Episode 4: The Cumberland Case
1960-01-16Episode 5: The Winthrop Case
1960-01-23Episode 6: The Whitley Case
1960-01-30Ken Franklin and the International Detective Agency operatives assist the Paris police when a baby is stolen from a local hospital and held for ransom. The search for the kidnappers sends the detectives scrambling from Marseille, Lucerne and the Montmartre District of Paris in search of the child.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: The Prescott Case
1960-02-06Episode 8: The Dudley Case
1960-02-13Episode 9: The Rose Bowl Case
1960-02-20The Burns International Detective Agency is hired to track down the criminals who printed scores of fake Rose Bowl tickets. The trail leads to England where the crooks pulled the same scam at Wembley Stadium. Franklin discovers the gang is now moving to bigger things - forging Belgian gold certificates.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: The Steibel Case
1960-02-27Episode 11: The Brenner Case
1960-03-06When a woman engaged to be married to a pilot repeatedly flees from her home, her fiance engages the International Detective Agency to find her and learn what is causing her fear. They decide to look into her past and discover she was put up for adoption by her Austrian parents. The detective follow her parents from Vienna to Paris and ultimately to the United States to discover the roots of her unhappy past.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: The Dennison Case
1960-03-13Episode 13: The Barnaby Case
1960-03-20Episode 14: The Oakland Case
1960-03-27Episode 15: The Carter Case
1960-04-03Episode 16: The Marino Case
1960-04-10Episode 17: The Daniels Case
1960-04-17Episode 18: The Kempton Case
1960-04-24Episode 19: The Stevenson Case
1960-05-01Episode 20: The Raffael Case
1960-05-08When an employee of a movie theater chain represented by the International Detective Agency is shot, the company steps in to assist the police with their investigation. The gang responsible goes on to steal tommy guns from National Guard armories, rob banks and kill cops in the process. The private detectives discover a link between the crooks and confederates in Rome and pursue the gang leader to Italy.
Runtime: 30 min
