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City Detective is a half-hour syndicated crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant. The first of three consecutive Rod Cameron series, City Detective aired between September 1953 and May 10, 1955. Late in 1953, Variety noted that the series had been sold to 1,971 television stations, a then syndication record.
Original Release
09/07/1953
US Release
09/07/1953
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rod Cameron | Detective Lt. Bart Grant / Lt. Bart Grant |
| Walter Reed | Sam / Hewitt / Fred / Danny |
| Dorothy Green | Tandy / Maria / Luisa / Lenore |
| Jorja Curtright | Janice / Elsa / Elizabeth / Cynthia |
| Ross Elliott | Mitch / Horster / Chuck Logan |
| Tol Avery | Sam Dill / McAdams / Benson |
| Frances Bavier | Olive / Mrs. Blake / Louella |
| Hayden Rorke | Webb / Galloway / Bender |
| Onslow Stevens | Easely / Cable / Baldwin |
| Lynn Bari | Cynthia / Anita |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Safe Combination | Tuesday, 19 October 1954 |
| 2 | Why Should the Beautiful Die? | Tuesday, 26 October 1954 |
| 3 | Sixteen Vertical | Tuesday, 02 November 1954 |
| 4 | Midnight Supper | Tuesday, 09 November 1954 |
| 5 | The Gift Shop | Tuesday, 16 November 1954 |
| 6 | Her Sister's Keeper | Tuesday, 23 November 1954 |
| 7 | The Horn That Blew Too Long | Tuesday, 30 November 1954 |
| 8 | Too Many Grooms | Tuesday, 07 December 1954 |
| 9 | A Dead Heat | Tuesday, 14 December 1954 |
| 10 | Drop Coin Here | Tuesday, 21 December 1954 |
| 11 | The Lady in the Beautiful Frame | Tuesday, 28 December 1954 |
| 12 | Police, Watch My House | Tuesday, 04 January 1955 |
| 13 | Thirteen O'Clock | Tuesday, 11 January 1955 |
| 14 | Baby in the Basket | Tuesday, 18 January 1955 |
| 15 | In Sickness and in Stealth | Tuesday, 25 January 1955 |
| 16 | A Girl's Best Friend | Tuesday, 01 February 1955 |
| 17 | Desert Ice | Tuesday, 08 February 1955 |
| 18 | Bad Night in Lover's Lane | Tuesday, 15 February 1955 |
| 19 | The Perfect Disguise | Tuesday, 22 February 1955 |
| 20 | The Hypnotic Wife | Tuesday, 01 March 1955 |
| 21 | Trouble in Toyland | Tuesday, 08 March 1955 |
| 22 | Hearts and Flowers | Tuesday, 15 March 1955 |
| 23 | The Derelict | Tuesday, 22 March 1955 |
| 24 | Baby Needs Shoes | Tuesday, 29 March 1955 |
| 25 | Goodbye Old Paint | Tuesday, 05 April 1955 |
| 26 | Come Back, Little Witness | Tuesday, 12 April 1955 |
| 27 | Highest Bidder | Tuesday, 19 April 1955 |
| 28 | Man Down, Woman Screaming | Tuesday, 26 April 1955 |
| 29 | Found in a Pawnshop | Tuesday, 03 May 1955 |
| 30 | Case of the Beautiful Miss X | Tuesday, 10 May 1955 |
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Directors
John English, Robert G. Walker, Bob Finkel, Herschel Daugherty, Justus Addiss, Blake Edwards
Writers
Lawrence Kimble, Fenton Earnshaw, Grange Lewis, Duña Gregory, Floyd Mahannah, Allan Vaughan Elston, Lee Edwards, Ben Markson, Louis L'Amour, Donald S. Sanford
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Rod Cameron | Detective Lt. Bart Grant / Lt. Bart Grant |
| Walter Reed | Sam / Hewitt / Fred / Danny |
| Dorothy Green | Tandy / Maria / Luisa / Lenore |
| Jorja Curtright | Janice / Elsa / Elizabeth / Cynthia |
| Ross Elliott | Mitch / Horster / Chuck Logan |
| Tol Avery | Sam Dill / McAdams / Benson |
| Frances Bavier | Olive / Mrs. Blake / Louella |
| Hayden Rorke | Webb / Galloway / Bender |
| Onslow Stevens | Easely / Cable / Baldwin |
| Lynn Bari | Cynthia / Anita |
| Douglas Fowley | Wes / Detective Wes Harris |
| Marguerite Chapman | Rose / Leona |
| Gladys Holland | Mrs. Corinne Duclos / Leonore Consuelo |
| Harry Harvey | Train Conductor / L.K. Nash |
| Frank Ferguson | Hickey / Henry Rebbs |
| Constance Dowling | Sheila / Blonde Mrs. Nato / Karen |
| Andrea King | Helen Valentine / Cecilia |
| Barbara Billingsley | Lita / Barbara Fuller |
| Wilton Graff | Rogers / Hiram Starbuck |
| Lawrence Dobkin | Sahili |
Editors
Richard G. Wray, Daniel A. Nathan, Harold V. McKenzie, Michael R. McAdam, Edward Haire, Edward W. Williams, Edward A. Biery
