City of Angels
City of Angels is a 1976 television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on The Rockford Files. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called City of Angels "the best private eye series ever."
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The November Plan (1)
03-02-197660mJake Axminster is a hard-boiled, wise-cracking private eye in Los Angeles during the 1930's. Mary Kingston hires him to prove her innocence. She is being framed for murdering her b...
- Ep 2
2.The November Plan (2)
10-02-197660mJake continues to hide Mary at the beach house while he attempts to prove her innocence. His investigation leads him to a clandestine group of very prominent and powerful men, who...
- Ep 3
3.The November Plan (3)
17-02-197660mJake makes contact with Gen. Smedley Butler as they discuss the plot to overthrow the U.S. government. Jake tricks Noel Crossman, Jr. into leading him and the police to the reporte...
- Ep 4
4.Parting Shot
24-02-197660mJake is hired by a wealthy man named Underhill to see if his wife Velma is having an affair. Jake follows Velma that night, and as she arrives home he hears a shot ring out from th...
- Ep 5
5.A Lonely Way to Die
02-03-197660mApril Miller is a friend of Jake's, and Lt. Quint has Axminster arrested in the middle of the night to question him about her apparent suicide. April had come to Jake earlier in th...
- Ep 6
6.The House on Orange Grove Avenue
16-03-197660mMargaret Hillings and Ruby Dyson were accused of committing a double murder eight years ago, but were acquitted. They hire Jake to find out who really did it, and hopefully clear t...
- Ep 7
7.Palm Springs Answer
23-03-197660mA mother hires Jake to find her missing daughter. The investigation involves mobsters, a resort development project, death, bribery, and gets Jake beaten up and shot.
- Ep 8
8.The Losers
06-04-197660mA businessman hires Jake to follow his mistress, to find out if she is seeing another man. When she and the businessman are murdered, Jake finds the case taking many twists and tur...
- Ep 9
9.A Sudden Silence
13-04-197660mJake runs afoul of the FBI when he works a case that involves a young woman and her boyfriend who are members of the communist party, resulting in the boyfriend being murdered.
- Ep 10
10.The Castle of Dreams
20-04-197660mJake investigates a house-of-ill-repute called "The Castle Of Dreams", where the ladies look like famous movie stars. The investigation leads to murder, the disappearance of Jake's...
- Ep 11
11.Say Goodbye to Yesterday
04-05-197660mA wealthy oil executive's wife disappears. He hires Jake to find her, and Jake winds up getting involved with a Chinese brothel owner in Oregon, a nightclub singer, a nun and one o...
- Ep 12
12.The Bloodshot Eye
11-05-197660mJake is hired by an insurance company to investigate the alleged death of a man in a small town in New Mexico. Jake runs afoul of the corrupt judge and sheriff, and must be rescued...
- Ep 13
13.Match Point
18-05-197660mWhen a man is shot at an exclusive tennis club, Jake is hired to find the killer and free the man who is being framed. The investigation leads Jake to a plot to overthrow Hitler an...
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