21 Beacon Street
21 Beacon Street | |
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Dennis Morgan and Joanna Barnes | |
Starring | Dennis Morgan, Joanna Barnes, Brian Kelly and James Maloney |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company(s) | Filmways |
Distributor | MGM Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
21 Beacon Street is an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from July 2 to September 10, 1959.
Produced by Filmways, the summer replacement series consisted of 11 black-and-white 30-minute episodes starring Dennis Morgan as private investigator Dennis Chase. Other cast members included Joanna Barnes as Lola, his aide; Brian Kelly as Brian, a law school graduate; and James Maloney as Jim, a scientific and dialect specialist.
The title was the Boston address of Chase, who would pass each case to the police after solving the crime.
The show aired on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and was then carried by ABC-TV in reruns on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from December 27, 1959 to March 20, 1960 as a replacement for Dick Clark's World of Talent. The producer was Al Simon.
References
- Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1992), The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Ballantine Books, ISBN 0-345-37792-3.
External links
21 Beacon Street at the Internet Movie Database