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Brenner was an American crime drama of the 1950s and 1960s. The series was filmed in New York City focusing on Lieutenant Roy Brenner, a 20-year veteran of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD, and his son Ernie, a rookie detective, who travel around the city solving various crimes. The series starred Edward Binns and James Broderick as Lt. Roy Brenner and Det. Ernie Brenner, respectively. Brenner, a perennial summer replacement series, aired new episodes on CBS from June 6, 1959–September 19, 1959 and again from May 17–July 19, 1964. Reruns plus two previously unaired episodes were seen during the summer of 1961, an additional summer of reruns in 1962 and a final set of new and repeat broadcasts from July 26–September 13, 1964.
Original Release
06/06/1959 on CBS
US Release
06/06/1959
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward Binns | Roy Brenner |
James Broderick | Ernie Brenner / Officer Ernie Brenner / Ernie |
Dick O'Neill | Detective Steve Mason |
Crahan Denton | Det. Tom Cleary / Detective Cleary |
Walter Greaza | Inspector Straud |
Sydney Pollack | Detective Dunn / Detective Al Dunn / Al |
Gene Hackman | Patrolman Claiborne / Officer Richard Clayburn / Officer Dick Clayburn |
Frank Overton | Assistant DA Walter Thompson |
Kay Medford | Barbara Reardon |
Michael Conrad | Chick Arnel |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | The Long Reach | Sunday, 17 May 1964 |
2 | Laney's Boy | Sunday, 24 May 1964 |
3 | The Vigilantes | Sunday, 31 May 1964 |
4 | Departmental Trial | Sunday, 07 June 1964 |
5 | Point of Law | Sunday, 14 June 1964 |
6 | Episode #2.6 | Sunday, 21 June 1964 |
7 | Crisis | Sunday, 28 June 1964 |
8 | Unwritten Law | Sunday, 05 July 1964 |
9 | The Plain Truth | Sunday, 12 July 1964 |
10 | Charlie Paradise: The Tragic Flute | Sunday, 19 July 1964 |
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Directors
Gerald Mayer, Herman Hoffman, James Sheldon, Jack Gage, Dick Gaye, Joseph Anthony
Writers
George Bellak, Alvin Boretz, Sheldon Stark, Peter Stone, Henry Kane, Loring Mandel, Ernest Kinoy, Art Wallace, Steve Gethers, Jerome Ross, Abram S. Ginnes, James Yaffe, Douglas Taylor
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward Binns | Roy Brenner |
James Broderick | Ernie Brenner / Officer Ernie Brenner / Ernie |
Dick O'Neill | Detective Steve Mason |
Crahan Denton | Det. Tom Cleary / Detective Cleary |
Walter Greaza | Inspector Straud |
Sydney Pollack | Detective Dunn / Detective Al Dunn / Al |
Gene Hackman | Patrolman Claiborne / Officer Richard Clayburn / Officer Dick Clayburn |
Frank Overton | Assistant DA Walter Thompson |
Kay Medford | Barbara Reardon |
Michael Conrad | Chick Arnel |
Kermit Murdock | Mr. Reynolds / Kurvin |
Walter Klavun | Captain Murdock / Capt. Murdock |
Warren J. Kemmerling | Patrolman Halpern |
Fred J. Scollay | Wally Pollock / Hague |
Joseph Sullivan | Captain Laney / Capt. Ralph Laney |
Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Plotkin / Jim Gaines |
John McLiam | Detective Will / Detective Klee |
Frank Campanella | Detective Stern / Detective Nat Stern |
Arnold Soboloff | Switchboard Operator / Sgt. Tobias |
Martin Newman | Detective Flores |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Herbert Brodkin | Executive Producer |
Arthur Lewis | Producer |
Russell Stoneham | Producer |