Bourbon Street Beat
Bourbon Street Beat
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Bourbon Street Beat

5.0 / 10
1959
1 season
39 episodes
Drama

"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.

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Seasons

  • The Taste of Ashes

    1.The Taste of Ashes

    05-10-195960m

    A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Mourning Cloak

    12-10-195960m

    Rex and Melody Lee go to the decrepit Cavanagh plantation to investigate ghostly appearances that are driving a woman insane.

  • Ep 3

    3.Torch Song for Trumpet

    19-10-195960m

    Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.

  • Ep 4

    4.Woman in the River

    26-10-195960m

    Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.

  • Ep 5

    5.Girl in Trouble

    02-11-195960m

    Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Tiger Moth

    09-11-195960m

    The investigators look into the apparent suicide of a jazz musician.

  • Ep 7

    7.Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

    16-11-195960m

    Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.

  • Ep 8

    8.Invitation to a Murder

    23-11-195960m

    Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, news...

  • Ep 9

    9.Mrs. Viner Vanishes

    30-11-195960m

    Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

  • Ep 10

    10.Light Touch of Terror

    07-12-195960m

    Kenny is convinced that a notorius New Orleans killer, the Axeman, has returned when a similar killing occurs.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Golden Beetle

    14-12-195960m

    A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Black Magnolia

    21-12-195960m

    Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.

  • Ep 13

    13.Portrait of Lenore

    28-12-195960m

    Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.

  • Ep 14

    14.Kill with Kindness

    04-01-196060m

    Cal poses as a handyman at a mansion to discover who's trying to poison a humanitarian.

  • Ep 15

    15.Inside Man

    11-01-196060m

    Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.

  • Ep 16

    16.Find My Face

    18-01-196060m

    Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.

  • Ep 17

    17.Knock on Any Tombstone

    25-01-196060m

    Rex tangles with voodoo when he searches for the person using the New Orleans religion against a client's father.

  • Ep 18

    18.Key to the City

    01-02-196060m

    Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.

  • Ep 19

    19.The 10% Blues

    08-02-196060m

    Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.

  • Ep 20

    20.Melody in Diamonds

    15-02-196060m

    Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.

  • Ep 21

    21.The House of Ledezan

    22-02-196060m

    Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.

  • Ep 22

    22.Target of Hate

    07-03-196060m

    An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.

  • Ep 23

    23.The Missing Queen

    14-03-196060m

    Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

  • Ep 24

    24.Neon Nightmare

    21-03-196060m

    Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.

  • Ep 25

    25.Wall of Silence

    28-03-196060m

    Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.

  • Ep 26

    26.Twice Betrayed

    04-04-196060m

    Set up by a crooked cop, Cal loses his investigator's license.

  • Ep 27

    27.Swamp Fire

    11-04-196060m

    Cal and Rex are hired by an oil company to find the truth behind eerie swamp fire images that are driving Cajun workmen to quit en masse.

  • Ep 28

    28.If A Body

    18-04-196060m

    Cal uncovers a diamond-smuggling ring—but his sleuthing threatens to send him to the bottom of the Mississippi.

  • Ep 29

    29.Six Hours to Midnight

    25-04-196060m

    Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.

  • Ep 30

    30.Last Exit

    02-05-196060m

    Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.

  • Ep 31

    31.Deadly Persuasion

    09-05-196060m

    Cal is hired to help investigate a boys' reformatory and is taken hostage by three desperate youths during an uprising.

  • Ep 32

    32.Suitable for Framing

    16-05-196060m

    A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigati...

  • Ep 33

    33.False Identity

    23-05-196060m

    Cal is hired to find a missing husband and uncovers a strange murder plot.

  • Ep 34

    34.Green Hell

    30-05-196060m

    Rex gets caught between two power-mongering revolutionaries when a tropical nation hires him to recover vital information.

  • Ep 35

    35.Ferry to Algiers

    06-06-196060m

    Rex and Cal go off on a fishing trip, leaving Kenny Madison in charge of the office. Kenny's first assignment is to guard an elderly shopkeeper.

  • Ep 36

    36.Wagon Show

    13-06-196060m

    A circus owner hires Cal to recover an escaped chimp, but while he's searching for the beast he uncovers a tense love triangle that leads to murder.

  • Ep 37

    37.Interrupted Wedding

    20-06-196060m

    Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago...

  • Ep 38

    38.Reunion

    27-06-196060m

    Cal races to locate a runaway teen before quarreling crimelords can get to her.

  • Ep 39

    39.Teresa

    04-07-196060m

    Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.

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