CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Reporter Drama Series
Robert Stack series:
The Untouchables (1959-63) - The Name of The Game  (1968-71) -  Most Wanted (1976-77) - Strike Force (1981-82)
Gene Barry Series:
Bat Masterson (1959-63)  - Burke's Law (1963-66)  - The Name of The Game  (1968-71)
The Adventurer (UK)(ITC) (1972)   -  Burke's Law (1994-95)  
Tony Franciosa Series:
Valentine's Day (1964-65) - The Name of The Game  (1968-71) -  Search (1972-73)  
- Matt Helm (1975-76)  -  Finder Of Lost Loves (1984-85)
The Name of The Game
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by; Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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THE NAME OF THE GAME
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Universal Television/ an MCA Company
Universal City Studios, Inc
for
NBC (Fridays 8.30 pm EST)
 Executive Producer Richard Irving (season 2-3)/ Produced by Richard Irving (season 1)
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Produced by Dean Hargrove (Gene Barry episodes -starting season 2)
Associate Producer William Koenig (Gene Barry episodes -starting season 2)
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Produced by George Eckstein (Robert Stack episodes -starting season 2)
Associate Producer Robert F. O'Neill (Robert Stack episodes -starting season 2)
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Produced by Gene L. Coon ? (Tony Franciosa episodes)
Produced by Norman Lloyd (Tony Franciosa segments -starting season 2)
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Produced by Leslie Stevens (episode #1.13)

US Reporter Drama series 1966 pilot + 1968-71 76 episodes x 90 min slot color
(3 seasons)
Actual running time of episodes 74 min for 90 min slots.
starring:
Gene Barry
as Glenn Howard, CEO of 'Howard Publications' and
managing director of 'Fame' magazine
Robert Stack
as Dan Farrell , 'Crime' magazine writer
Tony Franciosa
as Jeff Dillon , 'People' magazine writer
with:
Susan Saint James as Peggy Maxwell, Glenn Howard's secretary
Ben Murphy as Joe Sample
Mark Miller as Ross Craig
Cliff Potter a.k.a. Cliff Potts  as Andy Hill  OR Sandy Hill
also starring:
Robert Culp as Paul Tyler (some season 3 episodes)

The 3 main stars appeared on a 3 week rotating basis.

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 'FAME' IS THE NAME OF THE GAME (tv movie) (pilot)
26Nov66
Universal Television
Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Starring:
Anthony Franciosa (Jeff Dillon) (future series regular)
Susan St James (Peggy Maxwell) (future series regular)
George Macready as Glenn Howard (the part in the series was played by Gene Barry)
Guest Stars:
Jill St John ........ Leona Purdy
Jack Klugman ........ Ben Welcome
Jack Weston ......... Griffin
Robert Duvall ....... Eddie Franchot
Nanette Fabray ...... Pat
Jay C Flippen ....... Dizzy Shaner
Lee Bowman........... Cruikshank
Nicholas Colasanto .. the Detective
Melodie Johnson ..... Belle
George Furth ........ the Morgue Attendent
John Hoyt ........... Larkin
Ena Hartman ......... Marcia Davenport
Olan Soule .......... Hotel Manager
A remake of the Alan Ladd 1949 movie called "Chicago Deadline"
The series "The Name of the Game" came out of this TV Movie which aired two years before the series.

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26 episodes
NBC Fridays 8.30 pm Eastern

1.01 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa in THE FEAR OF HIGH PLACES
20-Sep-1968 NBC Fri
Written by Mark Rodgers
Directed by Billy Graham
guest cast:
Timothy Carey as Jules Forel
Anthony Eisley as Saadi Derekian
Claudine Longet as Leanne Jevret
Robert Webber as William McKendricks
Jill Donahue as Pat Harris
Jeanne Crain as Mrs. McKendricks
Lili Valenty as Mrs. Calabrese
John Payne as FBI Agent
Herb Jeffries as Coronoer
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Cameo Appearance
Synopsis:
Jeff Dillon investigates the death of a beautiful model. The murder
involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post. [RF]

1.02 [--] The Name of the Game: starring Gene Barry in THE WITNESS
27Sep68 NBC Fri
Written by Richard Nelson
Directed by Lamont Johnson
guest cast:
Joan Hackett as Jean Thorndyke
Ruth Roman as Bea Decker
Joseph Campanella as Charles Thorndyke
Victor Jory as Victor Foss
Jack Carter as Ernie Cori
Joe De Santis as Ricci
Paul Mantee as Father Minetti
Ken Lynch as Police Captain
Murray MacLeod as Soldier
Lajos Oze as Informant
Zoltan Fabri as Hitman
Synopsis:
When a Mafia informant is assassinated, Dan Farrell, senior editor of Crime Magazine looks for the only other witness to
a major mob crime. She allegedly committed suicide eight years earlier, Farrell discovers that she is living in a village
under an assumed name; unfortunately, he is being followed by the mob assassin. [RF]

1.03 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry, Tony Franciosa in THE TAKER
04Oct68 NBC Fri
Written by Richard Levinson & William Link
Directed by Harvey Hart
guest cast:
Burl Ives as Arthur Jellicoe
Bradford Dillman as Earl Keith
Laraine Day as Grace Jellicoe
Lois Nettleton as Ruth Prochek
Estelle Winwood as Henrietta Tate
Whit Bissell as Donald Merrick
Richard Erdman as Lt. Mercer
Ena Hartman as Valerie
Sid McCoy as Bennett
Ed Gilbert as Carlyle
Alan Oppenheimer as Harvey
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard's refusal to back a political candidate leads to blackmail and the threat of losing Howard Publications. [RF]

1.04 [--] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in COLLECTOR'S EDITION
11Oct68 NBC
guest cast:
Senta Berger as Mariette Bern
John Saxon as Peter Max
Nina Foch as Angela Morgan
Don Gordon as Art Panadero
Francine York as Annette Rogers
Noah Keen as Bob Miley
Paul Lukas as Vincentes
Robert Loggia as Arnold
Hagan Beggs as Inspector
Synopsis:
Jeff Dillon, investigative reporter for Crime Magazine. Max, a phtographer, had once saved Dillon's life when the two
were on assignment in Vietnam. Now Max is accused of murder, and he's counting on Dillon's help in clearing his name. [RF]

1.05 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in NIGHTMARE
18Oct68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Troy Donahue as Norman Hoak
Sharon Farrell as Phyllis Hoak
Martin Balsam as Herb Witmer
Steve Ihnat as Ralph Hoak
John Agar as Bert Walker
Cloris Leachman as Helen Walker
Laraine Stephens as Lorraine Farrell
Victoria Meyerink as Nancy Farrell
Larry Storch as James Kelso
Josephine Hutchinson as Millie Farrell
Synopsis:
Out for justice, Dan Farrell goes in search of the robber who murdered his wife. [RF]

1.06 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in INCIDENT IN BERLIN
25Oct68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Kevin McCarthy as Carter Haines
Dane Clark as Brian Smith
Geraldine Brooks as Evelyn Smith
Anne Francis as Carol
Nina Roman as Gloria
John Van Dreelen as Karl Diest
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top
editors who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy. [RF]

1.07 [--] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in SHINE ON, SHINE ON, JESSE GIL
01Nov68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Darren McGavin as Jesse Gil McCray
Kathie Browne as Millbeth McCray
Juliet Prowse as Aja Fowler
Gary Collins as Sheriff Beal
Gypsy Rose Lee as Rosetta Stewart
Simon Scott as Mayor Howell
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard assigns Jeff Dillon and Peggy to investigate when a woman
accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death. [RF]

1.08 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in LOLA IN LIPSTICK
08Nov68 NBC
guest cast:
William Windom as Charlie Ross
Ed Begley Sr. as Gabe Sobel
Louis Jourdan as Mario Lompardi
Dana Wynter as Countess Lompardi
Cesare Danova as Alfieri
Kathie Browne as Vicky
Harvey Lembeck as Jack Stephens
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes to Rome to investigate the death of an international
playgirl and uncovers a scandal involving corruption, illicit romance and narcotics. [RF]

1.09 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in  THE PROTECTOR
15Nov68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Anne Baxter as Magda Bain
Ralph Meeker as Senator Goddard
Robert Young as Herman Allison
Stephen McNally as Albert Lang
Jeff Morrow as Dr. Wallace
Mercer Harris as Dan Mitchell
Chuck Daniel as Fred Thompson
Patrick Tovatt as Simmons
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army. [RF]

1.10 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE ORDEAL
22Nov68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Jessica Walter as Linda Ramsey
Lloyd Bochner as Tom Ramsey
Martha Hyer as Billie Ramsey
David Opatoshu as Arthur Serokin
Farley Granger as Hoagland Walters
Sean Garrison as Buck Hambleton
Jason Wingreen as District Attorney
Adrienee Marden as Judge Davidson
Ken Renard as William
Don Keefer as Chaplain
Ed Prentiss as Trial Judge
Lloyd Kino as Coroner
Synopsis:
A woman sits on death row hoping that Farrell can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband. [RF]

1.11 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James in THE WHITE BIRCH
29Nov68 NBC
Produced by Richard Irving
Teleplay by Dean Hargrove & Luther Davis; Story by Robert Soderberg
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Guest Stars:
Peter Deuel ............ Chernin
Susan Oliver ........... Tatiana
Roddy McDowell ......... Philip Saxon
Jean-Pierre Aumont ..... Emile
Special Guest Star:
Boris Karloff .......... Mikhail Orlov
With:
Louise Sorel ........... Marie
Richard Jaeckel ........ Melchek
Lilia Skala ............ Madame Orlov
Malila Saint Duval ..... Hedrika Heldjob
Robert Wolders ......... Dubrek
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Other Credits:
Associate Producer - Dean Hargrove
Music Score - Oliver Nelson
Theme - Dave Grusin
Director of Photography - Walter Strenge A.S.C.
Art Director - Robert MacKichan
Film Editor - Robert Watts A.C.E.
Unit Manager - Don Gold
Assistant Director - Les Berke
Set Decorations - John McCarthy and Joseph Stone
Sound - David H. Moriarty
Color Coordinator - Robert Brower
Editorial Supervision - Richard Belding
Music Supervision - Stanley wilson
Costumes - Grady Hunt
Makeup - Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist - Larry Germain
Technicolor
Synopsis 1:
Glenn Howard (Gene Bary) and Peggy (Susan Saint James) travel to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where they and other rival
journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.
Synopsis 2:
Set amid a backdrop of the Soviet Union's invasion into Czechoslovakia on August 22, 1968. Glenn Howard (Gene Bary)
and Peggy Maxwell(Susan Saint James) travel to Prague by train where they and other rival journalists try to get custody
of an ailing author Mikhail Orlov's (Boris Karloff) latest work. Faking the symptoms of a stroke, Orlov exchanges copies
of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' with Howard. But Orlov's copy merely disguises the contents of his banned book 'The White
Birch'. On the return train journey the book exchanges hands between the rival journalists before Czech resistance leader
Chernin (Peter Deuel) returns the book to Glenn Howard..

1.12 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in HIGH ON A RAINBOW
06Dec68 NBC Fri
Teleplay by Irving Pearlberg & Robert Collins; Story by Bill Davidson
Directed by Richard Colla
guest cast:
Scott Brady as Marty Lench
June Allyson as Joanne Robins
Van Johnson as Sullivan
Amy Fields as Rosemary Sullivan
Broderick Crawford as Harry Ricco
Kevin Coughlin as Sonny
Veronica Cartwright as Nancy Robins
Arch Johnson as Sergeant Cook
Dennis Olivieri as Mason
Ed Peck as Captain Charles Stein
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard assigns Farrell and Peggy to pose as a truck driver and car-hop as they investigate a narcotics ring. [RF]

1.13 [--] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in THE BLACK ANSWER
13Dec68 NBC Fri
Written & Directed  by Leslie Stevens
guest cast:
Ivan Dixon as John X. Lee
Raymond St Jacques as Lt. Ross Cutler
Abbey Lincoln as Claudia Lee
Herb Jeffries as W.B. Keys
D'Urville Martin as Carlton
James McEachin as Henderson
Albert Popwell as Chagga
Synopsis:
Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon is investigating the fire-bombing death of a black newspaper editor who advocated
non-violence. The chief suspect is Joe X Lee, a leading black militant. The motive may have been that Lee was about to be
exposed as a fraud, who'd sold out his brothers to the cops. [RF]

1.14 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in  PINEAPPLE ROSE
20Dec68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Susan Strasberg as Cheryl Bridges
Andrew Prine as Jigger
Mel Torme as Mort Binder
(Peter) Mark Richman as Latimer
Don Stroud as Lincoln Bridges
Nancy Ames as Louise Hahn
Sidney Blackmer as Roman Stepanak
Harry Dean Stanton as Lloyd
Richard Van Vleet as Carl
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes to work when Peggy, mistaken for the sister of a famous rock singer, is kidnapped. [RF]

1.15 [15] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE REVOLUTIONARY
27Dec68 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Harry Guardino as Raul Oliva
Simon Oakland as Luis Fierro
Vera Miles as Marisa Cummings
Albert Paulsen as Humberto Benitez
Nehemiah Persoff as Ambassador
Clive Clerk as Tino Torres
Corbett Monica as Miguel
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution. [RF]

1.16 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in SWINGERS ONLY
10Jan69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Robert Lansing as Fred Martin
Jack Klugman as Frank Dovnik
Ann Blyth as Kay Martin
Clu Gulager as Steve Heywood
Ahna Capri as Lainie Evers
Nancy Kovack as Linda Mathews
Ed Peck as Lt. Duncan
Paul Stewart as Assistant District Attorney
Peter Duryea as Photographer
Stella Garcia as Nurse
William Ryan as Booking Clerk
Synopsis:
Farrell takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a "Swinging Singles" apartment. The victim is the mistress of
one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to
find the guilty party. [RF]

1.17 [--] The Name of the Game: starring Gene Barry in THE INQUIRY
17Jan69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Ed Asner as Cesare Marino
Barry Sullivan as Senator Creston Collins
Carla Borelli as Lisa Bertelli
Frtiz Weaver as Colonel Walter Scharz
Jack Kelly as Frank Fowler
Ray Danton as Pietro Bertelli
Carla Borelli as Lisa Bertelli
Gia Scala as Renata
Gene Evans as Sergeant Ernest Maxwell
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes to Washington to face a Senate committee which is considering him for the appointment as temporary
ambassador on Asian affairs. Once there, he finds that he has to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army
funds while serving with the O.S.S. in Italy during World War II. [RF]

1.18 [--] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry in THE INCOMPARABLE CONNIE WALKER
24Jan69 NBC Fri
Guest Cast:
Dina Merrill as Nancy Devlin
Ivan Dixon as Conway "Connie" Walker
Bernie Hamilton as Doc Cullen
Jay C Flippen as Grover
Larry D. Mann
Mel Scott
Synopsis:
Conway "Connie" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows
of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon
investigates when a city accountant is murdered. [RF]

1.19 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in LOVE-IN AT GROUND ZERO
31Jan69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Henry Jones as Reverend Mr. McKim
Jeff Morrow as Colonel Malcolm Parks
Keenan Wynn as Ed Wallenby
Tisha Sterling as Niobe Redsmith
Bo Svenson as G.B. Mosbie
Jordan Christopher as Bruce Roxton
Jackie De Shannon as Leora
Barbara Bell Wright as Martha
Jan Sterling as Nora
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of
the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons. [RF]

1.20 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE SUNTAN MOB
07Feb69 NBC Fri
Teleplay by Richard Nelson & Robert Buckner; Story by Robert Buckner
Directed by Alexander Singer
guest cast:
Suzanne Pleshette as Geneva Rogers
Donald Sutherland as Jerry Trevor
Paul Winfield as Barada
Wilfred Hyde-White as Simms
Robert F Lyons as Earl
Kenneth Washington as Vincent Andrade
John Cochran as British Police Officer
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island. [RF]

1.21 [--] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa, Susan St. James in KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY
14Feb69 NBC Fri
Guest Cast:
Robert Goulet as Dr. Claude Evenhauer
Carol Lawrence as Janice Ridgely
Vera Miles as Tracy Cannon
Harold J. Stone as Harry Mudd
David Brian as Elton Wakefield
George Murdock as Dr. George Bertrand
Vaughn Taylor as Percy
Pierre Jalbert as Dr. Nieves
Richard Peel as Oscar Pimm
Penny Santon as Head Nurse
Anna Hagen as Nurse
Synopsis:
Jeff Dillon and Elton Wakefield are surfing in California when Wakefield is injured and is in need of
emergency treatment. Dillon finds a doctor, but the doctor refuses to treat the injured man. [RF]

1.22 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE BOBBY CURRIER STORY
21Feb69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Brandon de Wilde as Bobby Currier
Julie Harris as Verna Ward
Anne Baxter as Betty-Jean Currier
Tisha Sterling as Alice Ward
Steve Forrest as Sheriff A.J. Ward
Lonny Chapman as Ralph Currier
Parley Baer as Doctor
Synopsis:
Currier is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree.
Dan Farrell tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer. [RF]

1.23 The Name of the Game: Robert Stack  in A WRATH OF ANGELS
28Feb69 NBC Fri (rerun 08Aug69)
guest cast:
Ricardo Montalban ........ Father Bernard Torres
Edward Andrews ........... Milton Spencer
Burr DeBenning ........... Harry Ward
Mort Mills ............... Bert Jansen
Anne Helm ................ Moira
John Kerr ................ Father Billy Keaton
Felice Orlandi ........... Angelito Fidel
David Perna .............. Whitey Berg
Frank Farmer ............. Marty Berg
David Sheiner ............ Lt. Martinez
Tom Brown ................ Warden Crane
Gari Hardy ............... Secretary
Chuck Bowman ............. Reporter
Synopsis 1:
Dan Farrell investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a
powerful Mafioso. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Farrell covers a ghetto priest's crusade against tenement living conditions. With more courage than sense, the good
father attacks the owners, a rough-playing crime syndicate. [RF]

1.24 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE THIRD CHOICE
07Mar1969 NBC Fri
Written by Jack Miller
Directed by Seymour Robbie
guest cast:
Shirley Jones as Jackie Harding
Ossie Davis as Kubani
John Marley as Frank Chaney
Roscoe Lee Brown as Wamumba
Janet MacLachlan as Nicole
Frank Marth as Carl Lund
Jonathan Hole as Victor Masters
Alan Caillou as Graham
Craig Huebing as Russo
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a
man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government. [RF]

1.25 [--] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in BREAKOUT TO A FAST BUCK
14Mar69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Barry Nelson as Frank Sandler
Shelly Novack as Russ Dickson
Arthur O'Connell as Charlie Sherwood
Eddie Ryder as Bennie O'Hara
Robert Cornthwaite as Andrew Black
Lorraine Gary as Carla
Warren Kemmerling as Ron Alger
Frank Maxwell as Leonard Baker
Jack Hogan as Richler
Phillip Pine as Mavis
Chuck Daniel as Molly
Bert Freed as Warden
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor,
who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order
to help break into one of the buildings that he designed. [RF]

1.26 [--] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in AN AGENT FOR THE PLAINTIFF
21Mar69 NBC
Written by Marion Hargrove and Dean Hargrove
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
guest cast:
Honor Blackman as Bethany Cromwell
Maurice Evans as Harold Wyer
Brian Bedford as Anthony Malcolm
Murray Matheson as Dave Rogers
Anthony Caruso as Eddie Clark
Eric Christmas as Alfred Crammidge
Richard Peel as Simms
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard rushes to London where he learns he is being sued for libel by a young British race-car driver. [RF]
 
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Summer Reruns
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[--] 08Aug69 rerun of "A Wrath of Angels" (first aired 28Feb69)

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26 episodes
NBC Fridays 8.30 pm Eastern

2.01 [27] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in LADY ON THE ROCKS
19Sep69 NBC
Written by Robert White & Phyllis White
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
guest cast:
Janice Rule as Madeline Grey
Laurence Naismith as Reddington
Peter Davies as Stephen Grey
Nigel Davenport as David Windom
James Robertson-Justice as Fitzwilliam
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard suspects the supposedly happy marriage of a woman friend
is a cover-up for her fear and guilt about the death of her first husband. [RF]
Note: British Guest Cast - possibly filmed in UK

2.02 [28] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in A HARD CASE OF THE BLUES
26Sep69 NBC Fri
Written by Philip Deguere
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Sal Mineo as Sheldon
Sharon Farrell as Jesse Boone
Keenan Wynn as Lester
Russ Tamblyn as John Earl
Percy Rodriguez as Reston
Norman Fell as Winston Polk
Michael Anderson Jr. as Bobby
Bill Quinn as Deputy Coroner
George O'Hanlon as Manager
Synopsis:
Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out
of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell wants to know the reasons
for her apathy. [RF]

2.03 [29] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
3Oct69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Broderick Crawford as wolf Lang
Jack Klugman as Art Trager
Coleen Gray as Sylvia Trager
Denny Miller as Bill
Michele Carey as Evvy
Synopsis:
An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for
revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the
man responsible for his sightlessness. [RF]

2.04 [30] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE EMISSARY
10Oct69 NBC Fri
Written by Margaret Arem & Dean Hargrove
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
guest cast:
Charles Boyer as Henri
Natasha Parry as Catherine
Craig Stevens as Lang Roberts
Ivan Tchenko as Kutskov
Vernon Dobtcheff as Dedushko
Alan Gifford as Ambassador
Synopsis:
Western diplomats prevail upon Glenn Howard to ask his old friend, a Marxist, to help woo back Red Chinese
delegates who walked out on an international conference on air pollution. [RF]

2.05 [31] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in CHAINS OF COMMAND
17Oct69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Dorothy Lamour as Stella Fisher
Rafael Compos as Quito Mendares
Jay C Flippen as Zack Whitten
Pernell Roberts as Hank
Steve Ihnat as Captain Oliver
Davey Davison as Julie
Paul Fix as Judge O'Donnell
Sidney Blackmer as Superintendent
Synopsis:
Farrell is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor
to local farms. It has been further charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false identity
and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous. [RF]

2.06 [32] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry, Susan Saint James in GOODBYE, HARRY
24Oct69 NBC Fri
Written by Gene Coon
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Darren McGavin as Sam Hardy
Dane Clark as Bill Oliver
James Whitmore as Dr. Harry Roarke
Strother Martin as Nanyface
Jan Sterling as Elsa Roarke
Michael Larrain as Greg Roarke
Marsha Hunt as Claudia Loring
Allen Emerson as Stone
Junero Jennings as Murray
Sandor Szabo as Professor Zorkin
Kay E. Kuter as Mailman
Maura McGiveney as Stewardess
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard assigns a reporter, Sam Hardy and Peggy to search for a
missing US Scientist who an FBI agent suspects of being a traitor. [RF]

2.07 [33] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in GIVE TILL IT HURTS
31Oc69 NBC
Written by William D. Gordon & Walter Brough
Directed by Marc Daniels
guest cast:
Diane Baker as Elaine Brennan
Dennis Weaver as Walter Grayson
Phyllis Kirk as Edith
Sue Ane Langdon as Harriet
Larry Storch as Turley
Karen Black as Monica
Susan Brown as Dorothy
Synopsis:
The object of Farrell's latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious
con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster
type pressures him to lay off. [RF]

2.08 [34] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE PERFECT IMAGE
07Nov69 NBC Fri
Written by David P. Harmon
story by Anthony Spinner
Directed by Sutton Roley
guest cast:
Ed Asner as Vince Leonard
Diana Hyland as Lisa Adrian
Hal Holbrook as Mayor John Adrian
Ida Lupino as Monique Madison
Clu Gulager as Bill Danziger
Joanna Barnes as Ardith
Charles Drake as Laraby
Stephen McNally as Brock
Edward Andrews as Reverend
Synopsis:
Howard is angry when he hears rumors that a politician his magazines
have endorsed is a front for a crime syndicate. [RF]

2.09 [35] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in THE PRISONER WITHIN
14Nov69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Shelly Novack as Mike Wolcik
Steve Forrest as Colonel Walter Royce
Ron Hayes as Captain James Wynn
Richard Van Vleet as Hunter
Tom Basham as Danny Gant
Robert DoQui as Sergeant Ollie O'Neill
George Murdock as Sergeant Joe Ames
William Burns as Major Powers
Synopsis:
Dillon investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an
Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge. [RF]

2.10 [36] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE CIVILIZED MEN
28Nov69 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Rod Cameron as Esau Billings
Jack Kelly as Creighton Howell
Jill St John as Michelle Howell
Kaz Garas as Sheriff Finnegan
Phil Philbin as Janssen
Synopsis:
Farrell heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of
a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved? [RF]

2.11 [37] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in HIGH CARD
05Dec69 NBC
Written by Dean Hargrove & Herman Groves & Mitchell Linderman
Directed by Sutton Roley
guest cast:
Gene Raymond as Lamont Williams
Barry Sullivan as Senator Collins
Paul Stewart as Manuel Rica
Martine Beswick as Marie
John Colicos as Rafael
Peter Brandon as Carlyle
Lloyd Battista as Paul
George Sawyer as Ramon
Synopsis:
A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Glenn Howard was
the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs. [RF]

2.12 [38] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE POWER
12Dec69 NBC Fri
Written by Arthur Weingarten
Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
guest cast:
John Ireland as Mel Wexler
William Conrad as Arnold Wexler
Broderick Crawford as Bianchi
Barbara Werle as Roberta
Steve Sandor as Red
Gene Raymond as Senator Vreeland
James McEachin as Jackson
Bill Catching as Hamel
Amentha Dymally as Gloria
Bill Dunnagan as Bystander
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power
struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union. [RF]

2.13 [39] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in LAURIE MARIE
19Dec69 NBC Fri
Written by Henry Slesar & David P. Harmon
Directed by Harvey Hart
guest cast:
Peter Mark Richman as Robert Coates
Heather Harrison as Laurie Marie
Antoinette Bower as Katherine Benning
John Kerr as Stuart Clark
Carla Borelli as Priscilla
Barry Atwater as Sheriff Lucas
Edward G Robinson
Synopsis:
When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000
reward for anyone who can return the girl unharmed. This results in a stampede of mercenary characters who make a shambles
of Coates' estate. Watching from the sidelines is reporter Jeff Dillon and his girl Friday Peggy. [RF]

2.14 [40] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE TRADITION
02Jan70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Nico Minardos as Nikos
Ina Balin as Thalia
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives
when they challenge an ancient Greek custom. [RF]

2.15 [41] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in  THE BRASS RING
09Jan70 NBC Fri
Written by Barry Oringer
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Celeste Holm as Irene Comdon
Van Johnson as Jack Newell
Jack Carter as Bill Crail
Tim O'Connor as Callahan
Herbert Anderson as Roger Dall
Lewis Charles as Paulie Moore
Lazaro Perez as Paco Zapata, the Boxer
Bert Santos as Roberto Panada
Johnny Silver as Petey
Than Wyenn as Sawyer
Synopsis:
A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell tries
to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout. [RF]

2.16 [42] The Name of the Game: ISLAND OF GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES
16Jan70 NBC Fri
Starring: Tony Franciosa, Susan Saint James
Guest Cast:
Hazel Court as Miss. L. Playfair
Lee Meriwether as Bridget
Henry Jones as George
Michael Walker as Mark
Mario Alcade as Alejandro
Doreen Lang as Miss Marsh
Yvonne De Carlo as Mrs. Levene
Edward Everett Horton as Basil Fletcher
Lester Matthews as Porter
Keith McConnell as Finch
Irene Tsu as Miss Takashima
Estelle Winwood, Cameo
Rudy Vallee, Cameo
Synopsis 1:
What happened to the late Basil Fletcher's millions? That's what Jeff Dillon (Tony Franciosa) and Peggy (Susan Saint James)
try to learn as they visit the disgruntled relatives of one of the world's wealthiest men. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and reporter Jeff Dillon wants to find out why. Together with his crack
researcher Peggy Maxwell, Dillon checks out the deceased man's relatives. Each, it seems, has a reason for wanting the
man dead, and each had opportunity to make off with the inheritance. [RF]

2.17 [43] The Name of the Game: starring Gene Barry in THE TAKEOVER
23Jan70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Michael Ansara as Ben Kaliman
Gloria Grahame as Madame Noh
David Sheiner as Colonel Bandor,
H.M. Wynant as Colonel Mara
Warren Stevens as Lawrence
Anne Baxter as Magda
Anna Navarro as Madame Bandar
David Opatoshu as Anartha
Robert Carricart as Kraston
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard travels to the Orient to investigate the overthrow of a government headed by an old friend. [RF]

2.18 [44] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE GARDEN
30Jan70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Richard Kiley as Dr. Judson Strode
Anne Francis as Marsha Ryman
Madeleine Sherwood as Myra Louden
Woodrow Parfrey as Dr. Louden
Arch Johnson as Harry Murdock
Brenda Scott as Suzie Murdock
Burt Brinckerhoff as Philip McKenna
John Archer as Mr. Reeder
Anne Barton as Mrs. Reeder
San Christopher as Mrs. Webster
Schell Rasten as Billy
Jason Wingreen as Doctor
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell is on the trail of a possible scam. A "Pop" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics,
treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony,
and tries to prove it. [RF]

2.19 [45] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in TAROT
13Feb70 NBC Fri
Written by Dick Nelson
story by Blake Lund & Phil Hargrove
Directed by Nicholas Colasanto
guest cast:
Jose Ferrer as Adrian Blake
William Shatner as Peter
Bethel Leslie as Celia
Luther Adler as Marc Osborne
David Carradine as Jason
Carol Booth as Stephanie White
Frank Campanella as Detective
Gail Bonney as Landlady
Lee Grant ?
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard steps into the world of witches and mystics when he sets
out to prove a woman didn't commit suicide merely because he rebuffed her romantic advances. [RF]

2.20 [46] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in THE KING OF DENMARK
20Feb70 NBC
Written by Anthony Skene
Directed by Leo Penn
guest cast:
Joseph Cotten as Henry 'Harry' Worthington Rayner
Margaret Leighton as Amelia Rayner
Louise Latham as Miss Digby
Noel Harrison as Steven Talbot
Norma Crane as Lorraine Dancy
Mark Allen as Hazelbrook
Jim Boles as Larkin
Charles McGraw as Sheriff
Alan Vint as Buzz
Synopsis:
Dillon investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found,
and a girl disappears increasing the mystery. [RF]

2.21 [47] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in  THE SKIN GAME
27Feb70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Rossano Brazzi as Karim Lazanos
Suzanne Pleshette as Amy Averlin
Charles Drake as Jonathan Galley
Booker Bradshaw as Assagai Nakebe
Paul Reid Roman as Joseph Mabota
Sid McCoy as Dr. Kuwata
David Moses as Benningford
Albert Popwell as Lt. Umando
Davis Roberts as Dr. Muladi
Hari Rhodes as Captain Adzuwe
Joe Sample as Officer
James Watson as Security Guard
Synopsis:
Farrell investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation. [RF]

2.22 [48] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in MAN OF THE PEOPLE
6Mar70 NBC Fri
Guest Cast;
Fernando Lamas as Cesar Rodriguez
Vera Miles as Hilary Vanderman
Robert Alda as Salazar
James Gregory as Wilson
Jackie Coogan as Harry Winslow
Patricia Medina as Maria
Gene Evans as Morton
Gary Burghoff as Watson
Alan Carney as Johnson
Rodolfo Hoyos as Julio
Dan White as Sheriff Prentiss
Regis Cordic as Committee Chairman
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard suspects the wealthy leader of a Mexican-American community of bribing city officials. [RF]

2.23 [49] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in ECHO OF A NIGHTMARE
20Mar70 NBC Fri
Written by Don Brinkley
Directed by John Newland
guest cast:
JoAnna Cameron as Carole Crown
Arthur Hill as Leo Crown
Andrew Prine as Victor Bailey
Tom Drake as Harrison Brill
Ricardo Montalban as Martinez
Hoagy Carmichael as Willie Meeker
Michael Callan as Ronnie
Synopsis:
The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farrell to
investigate. Curiously, the partner of the abduction victim's millionaire father tries to bribe Farrell to drop the case. [RF]

2.24 [50] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in  JENNY WILDE IS DROWNING
27Mar70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Pamela Franklin as Jenny Wilde
Frank Gorshin as Billy Howell
Gavin MacLeod as Lennie Franklin
Shelly Novack as Mark
Sherry Miles as Bambi
Murray MacLeod as Giles
Ann Prentiss as Leona
Steve Sandor as Boots
Richard LePore as Director
Dean Harens as Actor
Pamela McMyler as Girl in raincoat
Synopsis:
When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon attempts to prevent her suicide attempts. [RF]

2.25 [51] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in ONE OF THE GIRLS IN RESEARCH
03Apr70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Brenda Vaccaro as Sandy Graham
Will Geer as Mac
Stephen McNally as Tiner
Sheree North as Mrs. Palmer
Woodrow Parfrey as Dr. Malcolm
George Chandler as Palmer
Judi West as Barbara
Rose Craig as Jill
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they
try to locate an eccentric industrialist who is trying to put Howard out of business. [RF]
 
2.26 [52] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in THE OTHER KIND OF SPY
10Apr70 NBC Fri
Written by Chester Krumholz
Directed by Boris Sagal
guest cast:
Leslie Nielsen as David Bell
Ed Begley (Sr.) as Leo McVey
Joseph Campanella as Ben Fisher
Edward Andrews as Strom
Jeanette Nolan as Ethel Sudberry
Robert Lipton as Bobbie Sudberry
Richard LePore as Dawson Sudberry
Allison McKay as Mrs. Rosen
Sandy kenyon as Goldstone
Shannon Farnon as Mrs. Haber
Shirley O'Hara as Mrs. McVey
Herbert Voland as Harvey
Charles Lampkin as Rubano
Synopsis:
Dillon investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive. [RF]

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3.01 [53] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in SO LONG, BABY, AND AMEN
18Sep70 NBC Fri
Written by Steven Bochco
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
guest cast:
Julie Harris as Ruth 'Doc' Harmon
James Gregory as Senator Tucker
Sal Mineo as Hillary
Bill Quinn as Senator McMichaels
Harold J. Stone as Lieutenant
Laurie Prange as Katie
Robert Finch as Father
Dorothy Morris as Mother
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds
himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl. [RF]

3.02 [54] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in A LOVE TO REMEMBER
25Sep70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Lee Grant as Edie Booker
Ray Milland as Jonathan Booker
Joanna Moore as Emily
Charles McGraw as Carmody
J.D. Cannon as Sam Walker
Tom Bosley as Charlie Reid
Darlene Conley as Redhead
Synopsis:
At his college class reunion, Glenn Howard meets a strange, beautiful
woman who tells him a crush she once had on him has ruined her life. [RF]

3.03 [55] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in CYNTHIA IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN AVALON
2Oct70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Barbara Feldon as Cynthia
Robert Culp as Paul Tyler (recurring season 3)
Barbara Feldon as Cynthia,
Mickey Rooney as Les
Tom Skerritt as Pete
Synopsis:
Cynthia is a reclusive jet-setter who has of late become a political activist. She refuses all interviews and keeps
hidden in a rambling house on the island of Avalon. At the urging of his pal, reporter Paul Tyler decides to make a
name for himself by getting the exclusive story on Cynthia. [RF]

3.04 [56] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE BATTLE AT GANNON'S BRIDGE
9Oct70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Darren McGavin as Eddie Gannon
John Blondell as Miss Wall
Keenan Wynn as Joe Williams
Jan Murray as Doc Haller
Bobby Troup as Slip Sherman
Percy Rodriguez as Paul Reston
Michael Bow as Steve Karzak
Jim Boles as Tim Tim
Jaime Sanchez as Pinto
Jimmy Murphy as Pooch
Felton Perry as Checker
Synopsis:
An ex-convict Eddie Gannon, who holds the lease on a converted church used as a halfway house for recently released
prisoners ,is endangered by a rash of unsolved crimes in the neighborhood. Gannon asks Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell
to prove that none of his fellow ex-cons are responsible for the thefts. [RF]

3.05 [57] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in THE ENEMY BEFORE US
16Oct70 NBC Fri
Written by Joseph Calvelli
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Orson Welles as Narrator
Richard Conte as Vito Scarpana
Martin Balsam as Angie
Katina Paxinou as Filomena
Lazaro Perez as Dante Perez
Renee Tetro as Teresa
Synopsis:
Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon is back in his old neighborhood in New York's "Little Italy", Dillon hopes to take
a break from his hectic responsibilities and recapture "something real" from his younger days. Unfortunately, he is
bombarded by pain and disillusionment from every side: his stepmother is gravely ill, and her son is deeply involved with
drug dealing. [RF]

3.06 [58] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE TIME IS NOW
23Oct70 NBC Fri
Written by Wanda Coleman
Directed by Nicholas Colasanto
guest cast:
Dana Andrews as Marvin Taylor
William Windom as D.W.
Jack Klugman as Captain Garrig
Yaphet Kotto as Wyman Jackson
David Brien as Chancellor Archer
Georg Sanford Brown as Kalid
Roscoe Lee Browne as Dean Marshall
Chelsea Brown as Darlene
Max Julien as Mjoma
Marlene Warfield as Sdhari
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates. [RF]

3.07 [59] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE WAR MERCHANTS
30Oct70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Robert Wagner as Nick Freitas
Rosemary Forsyth as Jean Ulster
Scott Brady as Ned Wellman
Frank Aletter as Bruks Meecham
Paul Sorenson as Jake
Art Lund as Major Morris
Synopsis:
Farrell investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation. [RF]

3.08 [60] The Name of the Game: Robert Culp in  LITTLE BEAR DIED RUNNING
06Nov70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Dean Jagger as Senator Ellis
Steve Forrest as Hank Frazer
Simon Oakland as Sheriff Haines
Robert Culp as Paul Tyler (recurring season 3)
Slim Pickens as Joe Cutter
Sheila Sullivan as Jean Stone
Robert Cornthwaite as Phil Ott
Edgar Buchanan as Felson
Synopsis:
When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (Robert Culp)  investigates.[RF]

3.09 [61] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in ALL THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES
13Nov70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Burgess Meredith as Garver
Lois Nettleton as Laura Garver
Anne Baxter as Louise Harris
Michael Constantine as Johnson
Stephen McNally as James Andry
Michael Stearns as Peters
Frank Maxwell as Lieutenant
Synopsis:
When his life is threatened, Glenn Howard looks up four people he once helped expose or send to prison. [RF]

3.10 [62] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in I LOVE YOU, BILLY BAKER (part 1) 20Nov70 NBC Fri
3.11 [63] The Name of the Game: Tony Franciosa in  I LOVE YOU, BILLY BAKER (part 2) 27Nov70 NBC Fri
Written by Richard DeRoy
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Sammy Davis Jr as Billy Baker
Bernie Hamilton as Jason
Janet MacLachlan as Roma
Nina Foch as Mrs. Fredericks
George Murdock as Dave
Carla Borelli ?
*
Redd Foxx as Himself
Peter Lawford as Himself
Ray Charles as Himself
Jack Carter as Himself
Norm Crosby as Himself
Frank Sinatra as Himself
Charo as Herself
Marilyn Michaels as Herself
Dionne Warwick as Herself
Xavier Cugat as Himself
Tony Martin as Himself
Joey Bishop as Himself
Ike and Tina Turner
Synopsis:
Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews, is particularly
close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead.
Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon wants to know why. [RF]

3.12 [64] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in WHY I BLEW UP DAKOTA
04Dec70 NBC
guest cast:
Roddy McDowall as Early McCorley
Carolyn Jones as Lydia
Jose Ferrer as Bristow
Paul Stewart as Stan Rubin
Richard Van Vleet as Brian Cargill
Miguel Angel as Ralph Delgado
Robert Lipton as Billy Wizard
Jill Banner as Ginger
William Benedict as Delivery Man
Clu Gulager
Beverly Gill
Leslie McRae
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist. [RF]

3.13 [65] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in AQUARIUS DESCENDING
11Dec70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Hermione Gingold as Vivian Forsythe
Brenda Scott as Angela Dean
Arthur Hill as Brighton
Michael Callan as Tommy Crail
William Smithers as Dave Martin
Charles Macaulay as Carlson
James Oliver as Doughboy
Ron Russell as Chuck
George Garro as Rodriguez
Ralph Story as Newscaster
Wallace Chadwell as Chairman
Timothy Carey as Desert Rat
Synopsis:
An ambitious politician sets out to discredit Glenn Howard after an uncomplimentary story about his was published. [RF]

3.14 [66] The Name of the Game: starring Robert Stack in THE GLORY SHOUTER
18Dec70 NBC Fri
guest cast:
William Shatner as Ronald Payden
Dina Merrill as Maggie Payden
Howard Duff as Wally Cook
Jackie Coogan as Connie Hart
Don Scardino as Chris Payden
Edward Binns as Dan Borden
Joe Flynn as Stu
Synopsis:
A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till.
Dan Farrell, investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations. [RF]

3.15 [67] The Name of the Game: starring ? A SISTER FROM NAPOLI
08Jan71 NBC Fri
Written by Allen Fields & Stanley Adams, George F. Slavin
Directed by Barry Shear
guest cast:
Peter Falk as Lewis Corbett
Geraldine Page as Sister Lucia
Kurt Kasznar as Alfredo
Shepperd Strudwick as Dr. Witherton
Tom Ewell as District Attorney Simpson
David Wayne as Emory Ward
Angel Tompkins as Vickie Ward
Robert Emhardt as Creighton
Bill Lucking as Gruber
Robert C. Ross as Prison Guard
Sy Kramer as Cabbie
Errol Gardner, cameo
Synopsis:
A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett. [RF]

3.16 [68] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in  LOS ANGELES: 2017
15Jan71 NBC Fri
Written by Philip Wylie
Directed by Steven Spielberg
guest cast:
Barry Sullivan as Dane Bigelow
Louise Latham as Helen Bigelow
Edmond O'Brien as Bergman
Sharon Farrell as Sandrell
Geoffrey Lewis as Bates
Gloria Manon as Dr Arnold
Stuart Nisbet as Dr Simmons
Paul Stewart as Dr Rubias
Regis J Cordic as The Chairman
Michael C. Gwynne as Dr. Parker
Alicia Bond as Dr Barton
Severn Darden as Cameron
Phil Montgomery as Keeger
Jason Wingreen as Hammond
William Smithers ?
Synopsis 1:
Publisher Glenn Howard is suddenly whisked away from his plush office in 1971. He finds himself in a world beneath the
Earth's surface, circa 2017. The powers-that-be in this subterranean world refuse to answer Howard's many questions as
to what has happened on the surface.
Synopsis 2:
Glenn Howard is transported to the year 2017 and finds residents of Los Angeles have been forced underground by pollution. [RF]

3.17 [69] The Name of the Game: starring ? THE MAN WHO KILLED A GHOST
29Jan71 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Robert Wagner as David Corey
Janet Leigh as Glory Bates
Kim Stanley as Veta Marie Goss
David Hartman as Norval Bates
Alfred Ryder as Rolf LeBreque
Lurene Tuttle as Highwater Annie
Ted Eccles as James Catlin Jr.
Jack Soo as Sergeant George Kwan
William Bryant as Fry Cook
Lex Barker ?
Synopsis:
The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey. [RF]

3.18 [70] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in SEEK AND DESTROY
05Feb71 NBC Fri
guest cast:
Leif Erickson as King
John Vernon as Embers
Kathleen Nolan as Laurie Reid
Susan Oliver as Dr. Cook
Tom Bosley as Tait
John McGiver as Walt Terry
Forrest Tucker as Walsh
Douglas Fowley as Haskell
Mary Jackson as Mrs. White
Ben Wright as Dr. Bard
Walter Edmiston as Motel Clerk
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died. [RF]

3.19 [71] The Name of the Game: starring Gene Barry in A CAPITOL AFFAIR
12Feb71 NBC Fri
Written by Richard DeRoy,
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
guest cast:
Monte Markham as Charlie
Suzanne Pleshette as Hallie Manville
Larry Hagman as Dean Chasen
Leon Ames as Diedrick
Mercedes McCambridge as Victoria Stuart
Linda Towne as Phyllis Chasen
Lucy Saroyan as Jane
Don Brodie as Chauffeur
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist
tries to destroy the career of a promising government official. [RF]

3.20 [72] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in THE SAVAGE EYE
19Feb71 NBC Fri
Written by Leon Tokatyan
Directed by Leo Penn
guest cast:
Pete Duel as Ted Sands
Geoffrey Deuel as Zemmo
Marianna Hill as Tracy
Jim Hutton as Mike
John Randolph as Chapman
Robert Foulk as Sheriff
Kelly Thordsen as Foreman
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary. [RF]

3.21 [73] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in APPOINTMENT IN PALERMO
26Feb71 NBC Fri
Written by Joseph Calvelli
Directed by Ben Gazzara
guest cast:
Harry Guardino as Dr. Grabaldi
Joe De Santis as Don Ignazio
Brenda Vaccaro as Gemma
John Marley as Don Bruno
Gabriel Dell as Rocco Amato
Paul Dubov as Luigi Bardi
Peggy Mondo as Filomena
Than Wyenn as Don Vito
David Mauro as Policeman
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard goes to Italy to research a story and becomes the central figure in a feud between two families. [RF]

3.22 [74] The Name of the Game: Robert Stack in BEWARE OF THE WATCHDOG
05Mar71 NBC Fri
Written by Jack Turley
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
guest cast:
Richard Kiley as Arlen McKittrick
Diana Muldaur as Terry Lanson
Ed Flanders as Lazlo Subich
Pernell Roberts as Ernie Subich
Nancy Olson as Ann Latham
James Sikking as Police Lieutenant
Byron Mabe as Pete
Synopsis:
Dan Farrell investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry.
When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect. [RF]

3.23 [75] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE BROKEN PUZZLE
12Mar71 NBC
Written by ?
Directed by ?
guest cast:
Chuck Connors as Governor Brill
Patricia Crowley as Christy Landon
Charles Aidman as Garth Dryden
Alex Dreir as Jess Leighton
Mark Miller as Watts
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard suffers amnesia after a mysterious plan crash. [RF]

3.24 [76] The Name of the Game: Gene Barry in THE SHOWDOWN (final episode)
19Mar71 NBC Fri
Written by Dick Nelson
story by Robert Sabaroff
Directed by Dan Petrie
guest cast:
Jack Albertson as Augustus Kramer
Jessica Walter as Rita/Allie
Warren Oates as Lew Weatherford/John
Albert Salmi as Haloran/Warren
Jack Garner as Gordon/Logan Manning
Ron Turbeville as Barney/Pat Manning
Eve Bruce
Synopsis:
Glenn Howard's ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown. [RF]
*Note Gene Barry plays a dual role in this episode, from the present to the past.

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