Target: The Corruptors Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Million Dollar Dump

First aired: Sep/29/1961
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Allen Jaffe (guest star), Steve Conte (Lou Pasta), Arlene Martel (guest star), Paul Sorenson (guest star), Arthur Batanides (guest star), Michael Granger (guest star), Richard Devon (guest star), Walter Matthau (Books Kramer), Robert Middleton (Frank Guido), Peter Falk (Nick Long)

Marino investigates Books Kramer who has built a monopoly in trash collection by intimidating potential competitors.

2 :01x02 - Pier 60

First aired: Oct/06/1961
Writer: Palmer Thompson
Director: Walter Doniger
Guest star: Jack Klugman (Otto 'Dutch' Kleberg), Karen Steele (Marie Kleberg), Paul Lambert (Jim Korman), Bill Zuckert (Andy Gore), Vic Morrow (guest star)

Marino and Flood investigate corruption on the waterfront when a dock worker gets murdered.

3 :01x03 - The Platinum Highway

First aired: Oct/13/1961
Writer: Christopher Knopf
Director: Jules Bricken
Guest star: Parley Baer (McKay), Frank Sutton (Sabol), Bert Freed (Shaddock), John Lupton (Amber), Mark Tapscott (Sellers), Dan O'Herlihy (Walter Cannon)

When a highway tunnel collapses and several motorists are killed a State Senator promises an investigation. Marino, suspecting a potential whitewash, decides to investigate the Senator.

4 :01x04 - The Invisible Government

First aired: Oct/20/1961
Guest star: Ed Kemmer (Bert Bale), Robert Burton (Larkin), Felicia Farr (Ronnie Dale), Chuck Couch (Finley), Edmond O'Brien (Ollie Crown)

Marino investigates corrupt lobbyist Ollie Crown who gets his way in the legislature by blackmail.

5 :01x05 - The Poppy Vendor

First aired: Oct/27/1961
Writer: Lester Pine
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Robert Loggia (Johnny Praisewater), Gena Rowlands (Marian Praisewater), John Marley (Captain Maxwell), David White (Mr. Welcome), Don Gordon (Benjy)

An ex-con with a drug addicted wife helps Marino crack a narcotics ring.

6 :01x06 - Bite of a Tiger

First aired: Nov/03/1961
Writer: David Karp
Director: John Newland
Guest star: Ed Begley (Stu Hayes), Lee Philips (Michael Hayes), Ed Prentiss (Constantine), Joseph Bernard (Hare), Robert F. Simon (Wilson), Thomas Gomez (Shannon)

A young District Attorney vows to clean up a city's corrupt administration. There's only one problem--he got elected with the support of the corrupt politicians he says he's after.

7 :01x07 - Touch of Evil

First aired: Nov/10/1961
Writer: Luther Davis
Director: Irving Lerner
Guest star: Edie Hanley (Kulick), Stephen Barringer (Joey), Ray Walston (O'Sullivan), Billy M. Greene (Buck), Lee Kinsolving (Cornelius Linsky), Ron Kipling (Greg Roberts)

Marino launches a probe into corruption in intercollegiate athletics after it's discovered that a star athlete committed suicide after taking a bribe to dump a game.

8 :01x08 - Mr. Meglomania

First aired: Nov/17/1961
Writer: Adrian Spies
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Leonard Stone (Harry), Lawrence Dobkin (Frank Manzak), Scott Marlowe (Phil Manzak), Wendell Corey (Jud Grantham), Elaine Devry (Lorrie), Lorraine Miller (Joyce Grantham)

A businessman with a shady reputation decides to run for governor.

9 :01x09 - The Golden Carpet

First aired: Nov/24/1961
Director: Joseph Lejtes
Guest star: Sylvia Daneel (Tina Ballardi), Joanna Barnes (Anne Fielding), Dennis Cross (Reichert), Mavis Neal Palmer (Grace Abbott), Edward Asner (Tyler), Larry Blyden (Chuck Baxter)

Marino suspects that the head of a charity fund has been sticking contributions into his own pocket.

10 :01x10 - To Wear a Badge

First aired: Dec/01/1961
Writer: Harry Essex, Gene Roddenberry
Director: Walter Doniger
Guest star: Robert Vaughn (Lace), Garry Walberg (Nichols), Michael Constantine (Swede), Royal Dano (Jesse), John Kellogg (Bell), Jacqueline Scott (guest star), Robert Culp (Meeker)

Marino suspects that the crime rate in a town where poker casinos are legal is higher than what's being reported.

11 :01x11 - Silent Partner

First aired: Dec/08/1961
Writer: Shimon Wincelberg
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Everett Sloane (Paden), Harold Stone (guest star), Henry Beckman (guest star), Robert H. Harris (Charlie Schaltz), Luther Adler (Victor Cobalt), Antony Carbone (Neal), Hayden Rorke (guest star)

It's shades of Lepke Buchalter when a mobster decides to move into the garment industry.

12 :01x12 - Prison Empire

First aired: Dec/15/1961
Writer: Harry Essex
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Ray Kellogg (Allie Lewis), Frank Ferguson (Blakely), Charles Aidman (Arnold), Evans Evans (Sunshine), Preston Foster (Harvey Bragen), Betty Lou Gerson (Shelley), Charles Bail (Jeski)

A union boss, imprisoned after being convicted on corruption charges, continues to run his empire from behind bars.

13 :01x13 - The Fix

First aired: Dec/22/1961
Writer: Carey Wilber
Director: James Sheldon
Guest star: Harry Townes (Knight), S. John Launer (Connors), Gerald Price (Pankow), Brooke Hayward (Mary), Frank Lovejoy (Judge Tolliver)

Flood and Marino wonder why a judge set such a low bail for a hood with a record a mile long.

14 :01x14 - Quicksand

First aired: Dec/29/1961
Writer: Jack Curtis
Director: Joseph Lejtes
Guest star: Richard Long (Bill Burnett), Steve Forrest (T. C. Miller), Eduardo Ciannelli (Kellas), Sarah Marshall (Lori Burnett)

A district attorney, whose been a crusader against corruption, suddenly resigns and joins the law firm of the reputed head of a bookmaking operation.

15 :01x15 - A Man is Waiting to Be Murdered

First aired: Jan/05/1962
Writer: Louis Lantz
Director: John Peyser
Guest star: Paul Newlan (Repp), Philip Coolidge (Breck), Burt Brinckerhoff (Mike Jessan), Brian Donlevy (Pete), Jacques Aubuchon (George Lane)

Marino tries to protect an informer who turned state's evidence.

16 :01x16 - One for the Road

First aired: Jan/12/1962
Writer: Paul Ring
Director: Don McDougall
Guest star: Linda Lawson (Carolyn), Irene Hervey (Nora Tremaine), David Brian (Tremaine), Walter Matthau (Michael Callahan), Simon Scott (Mars), Constance Ford (Ruby)

Marino investigates a broker in liquor licenses who secures renewals a little too easily.

17 :01x17 - Play It Blue

First aired: Jan/19/1962
Writer: Harry Essex, Richard Landau, Alexander Richards
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Michael Hagen (Technician), Paul Phillips (Doug Douglas), Harold Stone (Al Deus), Tony Monaco (Ray Logan), Art Tenen (Walter), Adrienne Ellis (Glory Anders), Dean Jones (Barry Steele), Jean Willes (Arlen Cash)

A singer finds himself in over his head when he gets mixed up with the Mob.

18 :01x18 - Chase the Dragon

First aired: Jan/26/1962
Writer: Harry Kleiner
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Cely Carillo (Kim Loo), Keye Luke (Chang Sui), Jack Klugman (Greg Paulson), Barry Kelley (Manly), Allen Jung (Wang)

Marino sets out to expose a Chinese drug ring.

19 :01x19 - The Middle Man

First aired: Feb/02/1962
Writer: Morton Fine, David Friedkin
Director: David Alexander
Guest star: David Janssen (Robbie Wilson), Edward Holmes (Hollis), Vaughn Taylor (Wilson), Diana Millay (Patricia Wilson), Will Corey (Sydney)

A furniture factory seemingly has no labor-management problems and Marino wonders why.

20 :01x20 - Viva Vegas

First aired: Feb/09/1962
Writer: Lester Pine
Director: Walter Doniger
Guest star: Kenneth Tobey (Delaney), Joey Forman (Marty Alexander), Suzanne Pleshette (Hank Rossi), George N. Neise (Vito), Jack Oakie (Billy Stowe)

Marino doesn't have to dig very deep to find evidence linking the Mob to Las Vegas operations.

21 :01x21 - Fortress of Despair

First aired: Feb/16/1962
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
Director: Arthur Hiller
Guest star: Lynn Loring (Terry Farmer), June Vincent (Alicia Farmer), Than Wyenn (Hamilton), Selette Cole (Maggie), Joyce Van Patten (Madeline), Mercedes Shirley (Rose)

Marino investigates unsavory conditions at a woman's penitentiary.

22 :01x22 - The Wrecker

First aired: Mar/02/1962
Writer: Dick Nelson
Director: Sydney Pollack
Guest star: Don Hanmer (Max Nord), Luther Adler (Jonathan Adler), Adrienne Marden (Marie Amber), Linden Chiles (Harvey Warner), Cloris Leachman (Louise), Claire Griswold (Ann)

A business man plans to destroy his daughter's fiancee the same way he does rival companies.

23 :01x23 - Babes in Wall Street

First aired: Mar/09/1962
Writer: Harry Essex, Dan Mainwaring
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Barbara Eden (Lili), Philip Abbott (Carl Benham), Lawrence Dobkin (Hans Weltman), Paul Bryar (Ned Cope), Gene Benton (Tasker), Harry Guardino (Rick Manet)

A con man sells shares in a bogus mine to gullible investors.

24 :01x24 - My Native Land

First aired: Mar/16/1962
Writer: Harry Essex, Jerry Sohl
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Ben Astar (Nick Andreadis), Cesar Romero (Dimitris Haglas), Will Kuluva (Captain Kosta), Dan Grayam (Charrandas), Ilka Windish (Eleni), Jerome Cowan (A. J. Bayliss)

In Greece, Flood discovers that a smuggling operation is being run by an expatriate American gangster who plans to re-enter the country.

25 :01x25 - The Malignant Hearts

First aired: Mar/23/1962
Writer: John Wry
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Jacqueline Ravell (Eileen Wainwright), William A. Hines (Tom Penny), Mario Roccuzzo (Tony McLaughlin), Sidney Blackmer (T. C. Muffett), James Gregory (Terran), Ann Morrison (Katie Terran), Kelly Thordsen (Mantioni), Robert Hernandez (Joselito Gomez), David Macklin (Francis Jones)

A boy is murdered by young hoodlums. Should they stand trial with the possibility of receiving the death penalty?

26 :01x26 - A Man's Castle

First aired: Mar/30/1962
Writer: Lester Pine
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Naomi Stevens (Mrs. Kliger), Jack Elam (Stickface), Miriam Colon (Luz), Robert Emhardt (Pebbles), Joe Dominguez (Rodriguez), Scott Marlowe (Tito)

Marino investigates decaying and unsafe conditions in tenament buildings.

27 :01x27 - Journey into Mourning

First aired: Apr/13/1962
Writer: Christopher Knopf
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Frank Ferguson (Jebson), Charles Horvath (Schmidt), Royal Dano (Sepic), Parley Baer (Mr. Pitts), Ray Kellogg (Shattuck), Keenan Wynn (Claude Ivy), Vito Scotti (Garcia), Ivan Dixon (Bliss), Lillian Buyeff (Mrs. Pitts), Warren Oates (Billy Joe)

Flood goes undercover as a migrant farm worker to get the goods on a sadistic crew boss.

28 :01x28 - The Blind Goddess

First aired: Apr/20/1962
Writer: Harry Kleiner
Director: Arthur Hiller
Guest star: Macdonald Carey (Judge Leroy), Carla Huston (Ann), Margaret Hayes (Mrs. Leroy), Robert Middleton (Dolan)

Marino investigates a corrupt probate court judge.

29 :01x29 - A Book of Faces

First aired: Apr/27/1962
Writer: Dick Nelson
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Constance Ford (Shirley Germaine), Virginia Christine (Lorraine), Shirley Knight (Phyllis), Allyn Joslyn (Frank Brandon), Jeanette Nolan (Eugenie Tzigorin), Martin Balsam (Jeffrey Marvin)

After a model's mysterious death, Marino decides to investigate the agency where she worked.

30 :01x30 - License to Steal

First aired: May/04/1962
Writer: Joseph Stone
Director: Thomas Carr
Guest star: Sonja Wilde (Maria), Charles Horvath (Pete Willis), Harold Stone (Allie Janowitz), Gene Evans (Johnny Farmer), Henry Beckman (Gil Dayton), Herb Pacheco (Kid Contreras), John O'Day (Sailor Maxwell)

A corrupt boxing promoter is the latest target of Marino and Flood. It seems he sent a young boxer to his death by pitting him against a larger and more experienced foe.

31 :01x31 - Yankee Dollar

First aired: May/11/1962
Writer: Max Ehrlich, Harry Essex
Director: William Conrad
Guest star: Hope Holiday (Ellie Gordon), Alfred Ryder (Colonel Ferriera), Alan Hale, Jr. (Gorman), Frank Aletter (Dan Wallace), H. M. Wynant (Jose), Nestor Paiva (General Martinez), William Conrad (Dan)

Marino heads to South America to investigate a military junta that recently applied for a loan from the United States government.

32 :01x32 - The Organizer (1)

First aired: May/18/1962
Writer: Adrian Spies
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Carl Benton Reid (Senator Loomis), Burt Brinckerhoff (Jack Murray), Murray Hamilton (Eddie Murray), Richard Anderson (Earl Gilmore), Brian Keith (George Vaclavic), Jack Warden (Jerry Skala), Maxine Stuart (Sheila Murray), Jo Helton (Rose Vaclavic), Joey Faye (Joe Esposito), Michael Davis (Theo Vaclavic)

A Senat investigating committee goes after a corrupt, Jimmy Hoffa type labor leader.

33 :01x33 - The Organizer (2)

First aired: May/25/1962
Writer: Adrian Spies
Director: Don Medford
Guest star: Burt Brinckerhoff (Jack Murray), Richard Anderson (Earl Gilmore), Murray Hamilton (Eddie Murray), Brian Keith (George Vaclavic), Jo Helton (Rose Vaclavic), Joey Faye (Joe Esposito), Maxine Stuart (Sheila Murray), Carl Benton Reid (Senator Loomis), Michael Davis (Theo Vaclavic), Jack Warden (Jerry Skala)

Marino continues to try and dig up dirt for a Senate investigating committe on a corrupt union boss.

34 :01x34 - Nobody Gets Hurt

First aired: Jun/01/1962
Guest star: Jan Stine (Roy), Russell Collins (Spanard), Jeanne Baird (Helen), Marc Cavell (Willie), Kevin McCarthy (guest star), Michael Parks (guest star)

A high school teacher discovers that his gutless, milksop of a principal will not back him up in disciplinary matters.

35 :01x35 - Goodbye, Children

First aired: Jun/08/1962
Writer: Lester Pine
Director: Lewis Allen
Guest star: Don Haggerty (Henry), Bethel Leslie (Ellen), Russell Thorson (Garst), John Ericson (Grauer), Robert J. Wilke (Keepness)

A policeman gets the man who killed his partner but refuses all rewards and publicity. Marino wonders why.