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China Smith Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Bamboo Coffin

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Rita Moreno (Mariaman), Ben Wright (Morley), Charles Evans (Gresham), Aram Katcher (Kolo), Philip Tonge (Chopman)

Searching for a missing convict, Smith gets involved in a murder and with a hot chick who has a secret.



2 :01x02 - Celestial Pebbles

First aired: 1952

Smith is asked to sell back a stolen necklace to an insurance company then learns that the necklace hasn't been stolen yet.



3 :01x03 - The Corpse with the Purple Ear

First aired: 1952

A rubber planter buys the farm shortly after asking Smith to investigate an attempt on his life.



4 :01x04 - Cruise to Colombo

First aired: 1952
Writer: Lindsay Hardy
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: James Fairfax (Higgins), Gil Harman (Sgt. Withers), Guy Kingsford (Maxwell), Lane Nakano (Chow Lee), Louis Jean Heydt (Burton Lambert), Joy Hodges (Dolores Barry), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson)

A visitor to Singapore asks China Smith to help him disappear from the face of the earth only things aren't what they first appear to be.



5 :01x05 - Curse of the River Gods

First aired: 1952

After Smith saves a Chinaman from drowning, he finds that he must now be the guardian of the man.



6 :01x06 - Devil-in-the-Godown

First aired: 1952
Guest star: Charles Lung (Ho Kow), Peter Mamakos (Constantine), Clarence Lung (Han), Marjorie Lord (Ruth Cotton), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Myrna Dell (Shira)

Investigating the murder of a reporter, Smith gets involved with an arson ring and a brotherhood of assassins.



7 :01x07 - Dynasty of the Dead

First aired: 1952

This time, China Smith is after the murderer of a lounge singer named Orchid.



8 :01x08 - Espionage Express

First aired: 1952

China boards a train carrying concealed gold and encounters murder, espionage, and a small boy who cannot speak English.



9 :01x09 - High Sea

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Nestor Paiva (John Crane), Ted Hecht (Jose Perez), Clarence Lung (Ping Lien), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Myrna Dell (Shira), Marta Roth (Alma Rosa Perez)

China lends assistance to a Honolulu gambler who's suspecte of tossing a fellow shipboard passenger overboard and encounters a smokin' hot dancer, her jealous hubby, and a ship's officer who might be concealing something.



10 :01x10 - The Jade Trap

First aired: 1952

China must steal a necklace in order to clear a friend of a murder charge but things get complicated when the underworld gets involved too.



11 :01x11 - Jungle Dragon

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Clarence Lung (Hospital Attendant), Ted Hecht (Bank Manager), Nestor Paiva (Lo Seng), Marilyn Gorman (Pamela Edgely), Carmelita Molina (June Chon), Myrna Dell (Shira)

A missing man's fiancee hires China Smith to find her intended groom.



12 :01x12 - The Kapreilian Cipher

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Ted Hecht (Colonel Joliffe), Jean Wilkes (Marchetta St. John), Clarence Lung (Napoleon Revar), Nestor Paiva (Rashid/Max Kapreilian), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Myrna Dell (Shira)

Smith tries to uncover the secrets of a recently deceased man who was known alternately as an explorer, humanitarian, and criminal.



13 :01x13 - Killer in the Kampong

First aired: 1952

China heads off into the Malayan jungle to negotiate with a notorious bandit--who turns out to be a smokin' hot damsel.



14 :01x14 - Kris of Death

First aired: 1952

Smith investigates the murder of a British Army colonel who was suspected of betraying military secrets to the Commies.



15 :01x15 - Moon Flower

First aired: 1952

Smith gives a friend money to pay his bills and receives the pal's smokin' hot daughter in return. Then the hottie gets kidnapped.



16 :01x16 - My Ship Has a Golden Keel

First aired: 1952

A woman who's just left her hubby hires Smith to retrieve her belongings from hubby's yacht but he finds out that wifey's suitcases contain smuggled gold.



17 :01x17 - Pagoda in the Jungle

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Harold Fong (Laundry Man), Ralph Dumke (Papa Nordgren), Walter Coy (Andre Gissen), Richard Hale (Chang Po), Myrna Dell (Shira)

Two crooks hire China as protection in their trek deep in the jungle where they plan to steal a buried fortune.



18 :01x18 - The Phantom Sampan

First aired: 1952
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Myrna Dell (Shira)

China Smith is hired by the director of an export company to pay off a blackmailer who calls himself/herself "the Collector."



19 :01x19 - Port of Thieves

First aired: 1952

Trying to find the kidnapped daughter of a San Francisco art dealer, China Smith discovers that there's one ransom note too many.



20 :01x20 - Shanghai Clipper

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Robert Aldrich
Guest star: John Deering (Hexter), Lewis Russell (Ratcliffe), Marya Marco (Miss Soong), Marc Krah (Pilok), Marian Carr (Anya Karenski), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson)

A map containing the location of an oil discovery disappears and the company hires Smith to locate it.



21 :01x21 - Straight Settlement

First aired: 1952
Writer: Lindsay Hardy
Director: Robert Aldrich
Guest star: Keith Hitchcock (Peters), Lucien Prival (Krantz), Gil Harman (Sgt. Withers), Clarence Lung (Johnny Fong), Susan Alexander (Maria Torres), Paul Guilfoyle (Sing Ho), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Myrna Dell (Shira)



22 :01x22 - The Tanaka Archive

First aired: 1952

A waterfront priest hires China Smith to return a soldier's diary that was left for safekeeping.



23 :01x23 - The Wondrous Funeral of Sergeant Ko

First aired: 1952

China Smith is hired to rescue a Chinese general now being held under house arrest in Singapore.



24 :01x24 - Wreath of Poppies

First aired: 1952

A man is found murdered and his briefcase containing $125,000 is missing. China Smith becomes involved in the case.



25 :01x25 - The Year of the Phoenix

First aired: 1952
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Arthur Pierson
Guest star: Dayton Lummis (Nevillie), Renny McEvoy (Dominic Yahn), Claudia Barrett (Geraldine), Louise Arthur (Phoebe), Jack Raine (Brasher), Douglas Dumbrille (Inspector Hobson), Myrna Dell (Shira)

Smith wonders if a derelict could be the missing man he's been hired to locate.



26 :01x26 - Zorana the Destroyer

First aired: 1952

Smith faces a murderous fortune teller who has stolen large sums of money from the wealthy aunt of our hero's client.



27 :02x01 - A Bandit of Malaya

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Harry Smith (Beaumont), David Renard (Aslug), Robert Symonds (Verne Temple), Werner Klemperer (Marouf), Theodore Newton (Canavan), Michi Kobi (Krisiva)

When a pilot is accused of stealing a payroll he was to drop in the Malayan jungle, Smith parachutes into the area in order to search for the money.



28 :02x02 - The Bible of Mr. Quaile

First aired: 1954
Writer: Jack Laird, Wilton Schiller, Herbert Purdom
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Guest star: Victor Sen Yung (Ko Fon), Jerry Rockwood (Colonel Hsien), Sydney Walker (Arthur Quaile), Ted Hecht (Derby), Patricia Wright (Maggie)

A mysterious man hires China Smith to retrieve a Gutenberg Bible left behind Communist lines in Indochina during the war between the French and the Viet Minh.



29 :02x03 - Black Wings of the Firebird

First aired: 1954
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts, Lawrence L. Goldman
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Chester Gan (Tuan Sen), Jack Littlefield (Brunig), Nestor Paiva (Chan Wu), Clarence Lung (Han), Mae Ti Sing (Moonflower)

Smith is hired to protect a deaf mute who's the only person who knows the secret location of a fortune in gold.



30 :02x04 - The Broken Rice Bowl of Chen Lo

First aired: 1954
Writer: Lawrence L. Goldman
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: John Trigonis (Karl), Victor Sen Yung (Lu Yang), Keith McConnell (Inspector Woodley), Eddie Bartell (Girard), Nestor Paiva (Chen Lo), Frances Fong (Precious Star)

China Pierce tries to help a blind Chinese damsel find her missing seeing eye canine.



31 :02x05 - The Devil Chaser

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Larry Yee (Boy), Richard Glyer (Ward), Roy Franklyn (Tomkins), Larry Chan (Lim), Jack Reitzen (Bergdahl), Regina Gleason (Steffi)

A mute boy complicates China Smith's search for a missing servant whose former master is out to kill him.



32 :02x06 - Double Crosswinds

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Sydney Perkins (Helen McCloud), Jack Littlefield (Torchlo), Guy Ward (Bud), Joe Laurel (Dingo Hawkins), Ralph Rowntree (Motridge)

China Smith joins a salvage party searching for a ship that sunk while carrying a cargo of gold.



33 :02x07 - The Emperor's Teapot

First aired: 1954
Guest star: Victor Sen Yung (guest star)

China Smith must race against the clock to prevent a murder and save a damsel from being forced into a marriage against her wishes.



34 :02x08 - Escort to Saigon

First aired: 1954

China Smith gets hired to escort a diplomatic courier to Saigon but becomes suspicious of the man.



35 :02x09 - Ferry to Kowloon

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Maxine Cooper (Renee), Marian Carr (Olga), Keith McConnell (Shepler), Eddie Bartell (Asbury), James Buckner (Ferry Captain)

While trying to lure a hot chick out of hiding, China Smith finds himself up against a band of swindlers.



36 :02x10 - Forbidden Atoll

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: John Trigonis (Mapes), Joe Laurie (Ritter), Keith McConnell (Captain Amon), Nestor Paiva (Marakow), Geraldine Farmer (Anastasia)

Danger lurks when China Smith, a smokin' hot damsel, and a shifty sea captain search for the damsel's missing husband who might hold the key to a fortune.



37 :02x11 - Full Fathom Five

First aired: 1954

China Smith heads for the dangerous Hong Kong waterfront in search of a missing string of pearls which were stolen from a murdered diver.



38 :02x12 - Grave in Sumatra

First aired: 1954

China Smith and a guide search through the Sumatran jungle in search of the grave of a dead war hero. But is the guide really who he says he is?



39 :02x13 - The Manchu Emeralds

First aired: 1954
Writer: Dan Mainwaring
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Guest star: Conrad Yama (Chu), Peter Abenheim (Inspector D'Amico), Charles Lung (Franz), Roy Franklyn (Qoit), Ralph Manza (Gluck), Patricia Wright (Kate Orleans)

China Smith is hired by an insurance company to recover an emerald necklace that was stolen from an American actress.



40 :02x14 - The Night the Dragon Walked

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Marie Tsien (Jade Flower), William Sweeney (Justin Kobol), Charles Lung (Ronald), Joan Morgan (Marnee), Ted Hecht (Min Su)

An Englishman gets murdered and his son fears he's next on the list so he hires China Smith to protect him.



41 :02x15 - Nightmare in Green

First aired: 1954
Guest star: Frances Fong (guest star)

China Smith is kidnapped and taken to Taiwan by the Nationalist Chinese underground. They want him to locate a general with important information about Communist Chinese plans.



42 :02x16 - The Paper Dragon

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Edgar Iverson (Webster), Jack Littlefield (Inspector D'Amico), Maxine Cooper (Carol), Peter Abenheim (Flyzig), Marian Carr (Gretchen)

A sugar warehouse in Macao belonging to an American businessman is broken into--but nothing is stolen. China Smith is hired to find out what's going on.



43 :02x17 - Plane to Taiwan

First aired: 1954
Writer: Frank Burt
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Victor Sen Yung (George Loo), Keye Luke (Wong), Werner Klemperer (Malfy), Conrad Yama (Chen Tu), Priscilla Pointer (Iris Clark)

China Smith tries to keep a plane bound for Taiwan from landing in Communist China.



44 :02x18 - The Proverbs of Shen-Tze

First aired: 1954

China Smith races against time to find a fortune in gold for a vicious gang leader.



45 :02x19 - The Sea Coffin

First aired: 1954

China Smith undertakes a burial at sea but ends up with a live corpse.



46 :02x20 - The Sign of the Scorpion

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Edgar Iverson (Officer Strangway), Joseph Miksak (Kelly), Linda Sutherland (Mrs. Tilson), Richard Gilyer (Commodore Tilson), Keye Luke (Aban), Priscilla Pointer (Carla)

A woman believes that astrology has foretold the death of her husband and hires China Smith to protect hubby from fate.



47 :02x21 - Spectacles of Heaven

First aired: 1954

When the benevolent ruler of a small Thai province is the victim of an attempted assassination plot, his wife hires China Smith to investigate.



48 :02x22 - The Tai-Ling Glaze

First aired: 1954
Writer: Lawrence L. Goldman
Director: Alvin Ganzer



49 :02x23 - The Talons of Tongking

First aired: 1954
Writer: Lawrence L. Goldman
Director: Leslie Goodwins
Guest star: Theodore Newton (Customs Inspector), Don Marlowe (Herbert), Mai Tai Sing (Ak Chee), Keye Luke (Tony Wan), Mighi Kobi (Ming Toy)

China Smith investigates the disappearance of an exotic dancer's pet parrott--and promptly becomes a target for murder.



50 :02x24 - The Tidewalker

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Larry Chan (Police Sergeant), Marie Tsien (Miss Glong), Ray Bell (Wheelsman), Mark Sheeler (Norodani), Ted Hecht (Shell), Regina Gleason (Steffi)

China Smith is hired to discover who planted contraband aboard a tramp steamer by its female owner.



51 :02x25 - The Traveller from Tsingtao

First aired: 1954
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Alvin Ganzer
Guest star: Luba Sharoff (Brigid), Jack Reitzen (Blunden), Joseph Miksak (Sgt. Manion), William Sweeney (Kip), Regina Gleason (Steffi)

A Marine hires China Smith to locate his missing Russian wife who disappeared after the Communists took over the city of Tsingtao.



52 :02x26 - The Yellow Jade Lion

First aired: 1954
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts, Lawrence L. Goldman, Wilton Schiller, Jack Laird
Director: Gene Fowler, Jr.
Guest star: Frances Fong (Mei Lin), Mark Sheeler (The Lion), Earl Lee (Savoy), Charles Lung (Lo Tan), Willie Lowe (Rickshaw Boy), Chester Gan (Artist)

China Smith goes after a modern day pirate who's been stealing gold shipments to a bank.