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Starring
William Gargan as Martin Kane
Season
2 (NBC/ Live)(1950-51)
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Robert B.Huggins, Jeannette Sloniowski , Rina Fox
[Updated March 2019]
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Buffalo Courier, Albany NY Times Union
########## Martin Kane, Private Eye ##########
############## season 2 1950-51 ##############
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Broadcast Live NBC Production
NBC Thursdays 10:00 pm EST
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.01 [45] Martin Kane, Private Eye: [Season
2 Premiere]
31Aug1950 NBC Thurs 10pm [NYT][Buffalo Courier Express]
Teleplay by Joel Sayre
Story by Finis Farr
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
Kane investigates when miners are murdered by a masked man spraying poisonous
gas.
2.02 [46] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
07Sep1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.03 [47] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
14Sep1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.04 [48] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
21Sep1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.05 [49] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
28Sep1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.06 [50] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
05Oct1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.07 [51] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
12Oct1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.08 [52] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
19Oct1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.09 [53] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
26Oct1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.10 [54] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
02Nov1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.11 [55] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
09Nov1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
[Long Beach Independent]
Martin Kane gets mixed up in a burlesque house murder.
He "uncovers" the crime and "strips" the clues to their best two points.
2.12 [56] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
16Nov1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Produced and directed by Frank Burns
Written by Alvin Boretz
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.13 [57] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
23Nov1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.14 [58] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
30Nov1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.15 [59] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
07Dec1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
[Long Beach Independent]
Martin Kane, Private Eye, is engaged in finding out why a noted criminal lawyer
received an invitation to his own funeral, and then did attend it as the corpse.
Suspects include a fellow the lawyer unsuccessfully defended. Kane casts his
eyes on the situation, looks over the various clues and comes up with the
culprit.
2.16 [60] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
14Dec1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.17 [61] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
21Dec1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.18 [62] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
28Dec1950 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.19 [63] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
04Jan1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.20 [64] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
11Jan1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.21 [65] Martin Kane:
18Jan1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.22 [66] Martin Kane:
25Jan1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.23 [67] Martin Kane:
01Feb1951 NBC Thurs 10pm [Buffalo NY Courier]
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
Kane was trying his best to absorb some sunshine and enjoy himself
during his Miami Beach vacation. But when a pretty girl is found murdered
in her cabana, it's back to sleuthing for the private investigator. Kane puts
his
finger on two playboys who were vying for the girl's attentions.
2.24 [68] Martin Kane:
08Feb1951 NBC Thurs 10pm [Buffalo NY Courier Express]
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
2.25 [69] Martin Kane, Private Eye: (live) MOVIE THEATRE MURDER
15Feb1951 NBC Thurs (date listed on the DVD box cover)
Source: "1950s TV's Greatest Detectives" DVD from the Falcon Picture Group[RBH]
(https://www.falconpicturegroup.com).
Produced and Directed by Frank Burns
Written by Henry Kane
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
With:
Walter Kinsella as Happy McMann,
Walter Greaza as Capt. Leonard
Nicholas Saunders as Sgt. Ross
Guest Cast:
Brook Byron ........... Irene Daly
Joel Ashley ........... Edward Daly
Harold J. Stone ....... Nicholas Carutopolous
Gloria Stroock ......... Marianne
Treva Frazee .......... Patricia
Jimmy Sheridan ........ Bank Teller
Bob Shawley ........... Usher
Larry Kerr ............ Philip Stone
*
Clothes from Martini Designed, Inc.
Furs from Bernham-Stein
Music by Charles Paul
Technical Direction by O. Tamburri
Comments:
This was definitely filmed live (at one point, a camera setting up
for a subsequent shot comes into view). The commercials, for the United States
Tobacco Company, are integrated -- not too well -- into the story as we see
three different brands of pipe tobacco, Old Briar, Model, and Tweed's Best.
2.26 [70] Martin Kane:
22Feb1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.27 [71] Martin Kane, Private Eye: (live) THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY KILLER
Source: Critics Choice DVD – Catalog # CCD 1131 [RBH]
01Mar1951 NBC Thurs
Produced and Directed by Frank Burns
Written by Henry Kane
Technical Direction by O. Tamburri
Music by Charles Paul
Presented by United States Tobacco Company
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
With:
Walter Kinsella as Happy McMann
Walter Greaza as Capt. Leonard
Nicholas Saunders as Sgt. Ross
Guest Cast:
Vinton Hayworth ......... Jeffrey O’Donnell
Will Hare ............... John Blake
Mary Alice Moore ........ Sally Wright
Frank de Kova ........... Thomas Randall
Calvin Thomas ........... Judge Peters
Gene O’Donnell .......... Kennedy
Ronald Dawson ........... Dominick Salvatore
John Boruff ............. Harrison
Rupert LaBelle .......... Dr. Ralph Britt
Milton Frome ............ Bob Murphy
Mason Curry ............. Harry Wright
Synopsis (from DVD):
Lawyers and convicts are investigated for their involvement
in the courtroom murder of a District Attorney.
Synopsis 2:
A man sentenced to die clears another of a crime he didn't commit,
before pulling a gun and killing the DA, saying the gun was given
to him by the defense attorney. Kane goes to work as the case
becomes more complex.
2.27 [71] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
08Mar1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.28 [72] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
15Mar1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.29 [73] Martin Kane, Private Eye: (live) FACE OF THE INVENTOR
22Mar1951 NBC Thur
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.30 [74] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
29Mar1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.31 [75] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
05Apr1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.32 [76] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
12Apr1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.33 [77] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
19Apr1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.34 [78] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
26Apr1951 NBC Thurs 10pm[Buffalo NY Courier]
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
A professional wrestler named Choker seemed the most logical suspect
to be fingered by the police for a murder rap. But Kane has other ideas,
when he showed the police that Choker was as gentle and innocent as a lamb.
2.35 [79] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
03May1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.36 [80] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
10May1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.37 [81] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
17May1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.38 [82] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
24May1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.39 [83] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
31May1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.40 [84] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
07Jun1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.41 [85] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
14Jun1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
2.42 [86] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
21Jun1951 NBC Thurs 10pm [Buffalo NY Courier]
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
A stolen diamond pin sets off an exciting chain of events eventually leading to
two ruthless murders. Kane is offered a hundred dollar bill to lose his memory
but has the opposite effect on him and he redoubles his effort to solve the
crime.
2.43 [87] Martin Kane, Private Eye:
28Jun1951 NBC Thurs 10pm [Buffalo NY Courier]
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Synopsis:
A French furrier is preplexed. His $6,000 mink coats change into $1,500 models
under most unusual circumstances. Kane is called to investigate when he
discovers
the merchant is murdered.
2.44 [88] Martin Kane, Private Eye: [Final
episode of season 2]
05Jul1951 NBC Thurs 10pm
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
*Note: . "The Freddy Martin Show" premieres on July
12, 1951 in the 10pm timeslot.
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2.xx [--] Martin Kane, Private Eye (live): ALTERED WILL (1951) (Critics Choice
title)
a.k.a THE DOCTORED WILL (1951) (Corinth Films & Alpha Video title)
Source: Critics Choice DVD – Catalog # CCD 1131 [RBH] / Source: Corinth Films
DVD #103 / Source: Alpha Video DVD
Music by Charles Paul
Written by Henry Kane
Technical Direction by O. Tamburri
Produced and Directed by Frank Burns
Presented by United States Tobacco Company
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
With:
Walter Kinsella as Happy McMann
Loring Smith as Capt. Evans
Nicholas Saunders as Sgt. Ross
Guest Cast:
Lawrence Fletcher ....... Henry Hackett
Sylvia Stone ............ Shirley West
Mary LaRoche ............ Rhonda Noble
Jim Nolan ............... Steve Jensen
Stewart Bradley ......... Karl Bixby
Farrell Pelly ........... Scientist
Jack Waldron ........ Bartender
Thomas M. Heaphy ........ John Bixby
Synopsis 1 :
A number of people named in a will are investigated as
suspects in a murder that was made to look like a burglary. [from Critics Choice
DVD]
Synopsis 2:
A wealthy inventor is murdered in an apparent burglary attempt.
However, nothing was stolen and the only thing he had in his safe
was his will and diary. [Corinth Films DVD]
Synopsis 3:
John Bixby is killed, and Kane has a hunch that the dead man's
last will and testament can help solve the murders. [JS]
2.xx [--] Martin Kane, Private Eye (live): MURDER ON ICE (1951)
Produced and directed by Frank Burns
Written by Don Sanford
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Guest cast:
Roland Winters ...... Jake Barron
Frank M. Thomas .... Pop Wagner
Marcia Henderson .... Elaine Bryser
Mark Dawson ...... Ching Murdock
William Free ..... Ace Phillips
Kirk Brown ....... Thistles MacDonald
Gene O'Donnell ..... Eddie
Win Elliot ..... Hockey Announcer
Synopsis:
A former Ice hockey player gets himself into trouble with his heavy drinking and
winds up in a fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E00C_LVofdU&list=PLxX_AJ8DFfaMHeioCpRy8ca7nUhmcjh8O&index=4
2.xx [--] Martin Kane, Private Eye (live): OLD MAJOR'S MURDER (1951)
Corinth Films DVD #101
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Guest cast:
Una O'Connor ..... Molly Griffith
....... Mr. Sterling
....... Mr. Montell
....... Mrs. Neuman
Synopsis:
The cantankerous Major Ashley, who has bored many a guest with his
adventure stories, and evoked their envy with his collection of
emeralds, is found shot to death. Molly his housekeeper [Corinth Films]
2.xx [--] Martin Kane, Private Eye (live): HOTEL CON GAME (1951)
Corinth Films DVD #104 Alpha Video DVD
Produced and directed by Frank Burns
Written by Don Sanford
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Guest cast:
Bertha Belmore ..... Madame Zwinak
Jem Benet .............. Mildred Low
Mercer McLeod .... Warren A. Smith
Charlotte Knight .... Mrs. Agatha Parsons
Mason Curry .......... Leo Lynch
Leigh Whipper ....... Chester
Synopsis 1:
Mme. Zwinek and her pickpocket pal have conned Warren Smith, a
permanent guest in her hotel, out of his life savings. Warren's
girlfriend, burlesque dancer Mildred Lowe, ... [Corinth Films]
Synopsis 2:
A burlesque queen is strangled at a flophouse operated by
a crooked psychic [JS]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SUFYMFclhw&list=PLxX_AJ8DFfaMHeioCpRy8ca7nUhmcjh8O&index=2
2.xx [--] Martin Kane, Private Eye (live): THE RECLUSIVE SISTERS (1951)
Corinth Films DVD #105 Alpha Video DVD
Produced and directed by Frank Burns
Written by Donald S. Sanford
Starring: William Gargan as Martin Kane
Guest cast:
Una O'Connor ........... Lydia Sloan
Nydia Westman .......... Sara Sloan
Florence Robinson ........ Agnes Sloan
Halliwell Hobbes ........ John Marks
Synopsis 1:
Three odd sisters are living in their long-dead father's mansion. Their money
has all run out
and their financial manger, John Marks, has come to tell them of their evict...
[Corinth Films]
Synopsis 2:
When a solicitor disappears after visiting the home of three shut-in sisters,
Kane investigates and finds his mutilated body in a storage trunk. [JS]
############# Martin Kane, Private Eye ###########
################ end of season 2 ###############
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