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1 :01x01 - Burnett's Woman
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Keith Richards (guest star), Penny Santon (Mrs. Fiore), Madlyn Rhue (Julie Fiore), Emile Meyer (Macdonald), Jimmy Cross (guest star), John Hoyt (guest star), Rusty Lane (guest star), Lawrence Dobkin (Big Lou Burnett)
Mobster Big Lou Burnett's galpal, Julie Fiore, is the leading suspect in the murder of a rival mobster.
2 :01x02 - Champagne Lady
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Robert Rockwell (Mike Callahan), Leslie Parrish (Bubbles La Peer), Robert Lowery (Lucky Marlowe)
Scott Norris fears that an old pal of his might be fronting for the activities of a racketeer.
3 :01x03 - The Velvet Frame
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Joel Donte (Al), John Banner (Otto Bauer), Gloria Talbott (Sandy)
Pat Garrison reveals the gangster ties of respected civic leader Otto Bauer but the man keeps insisting that he's innocent.
4 :01x04 - Vendetta on Bleecker Street
Director: Marc Lawrence
Guest star: Andra Martin (guest star), Peter Mamakos (guest star)
A jailed murderer refuses to give his proxy bride a divorce. Then he breaks out of jail with the intention of killing his wife and her lover.
5 :01x05 - The Prairie Flower
Writer: Robert J. Shaw
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Gayla Graves (Cindy), Pat Crowley (Mary Lou Weatherbie), Louise Glenn (Gladys), David White (Miles MacMahon), Roxanne Arlen (Dodie), Patrice Wymore (Maxine "Bunny" Mallory), Wynn Pearce (Harold Otis)
Mary Lou Weatherbie is a sweet young gal fresh off the turnip truck from the Midwest who's determined to get on the New York stage by any means necessary--including perhaps murder.
6 :01x06 - Brother's Keeper
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Andrew Duggan (David Lawrence), Grant Williams (George Lawrence), Dianne Foster (Zena Lawrence)
Pat Garrison is on the story when a million dollars in securities disappears from the conservative banking institution of Lawrence and Company.
7 :01x07 - Judge Seward's Secret
Director: Charles Haas
Guest star: Whit Bissell (Judge Seward), Sue Randall (Kathy Potter), Herman Rudin (Rossi), Linda Watkins (Claire Seward)
Despite threats against his life, a judge prepares to hear the case against a mobster.
8 :01x08 - White Carnation
Writer: Laszlo Gorog
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Frank DeKova (Ben Dorschel), Adam Williams (Sammy), Ray Danton (Dandy Dan Brady), Vincent Barbi (George), Joseph Julian (Horner), Ronald Kindheart (Al)
Dandy Dan Brady has just been released from prison and is looking to get revenge on the man who framed him--former partner Ben Dorschel. Pinky, who's an old friend of Brady, gets herself stuck in the middle of things.
9 :01x09 - Bold Edition
Writer: Laszlo Gorog, Dick Stenger
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Joe Mantell (Eugene Jarech), King Moody (Grizzly), Roxanne Arlen (Sheila)
Scott Norris suspects that Eugene Jarech is responsible for killing a newspaperman but then Jarech begins killing off witnesses in order to evade justice.
10 :01x10 - Layoff Charley
Writer: Melvin Levy
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Guest star: Joan Tompkins (Celia Morton), Theodore Marcuse (The Man), Robin Blake (Mary Webster), Maurice Dallimore (Sir John Medford), Adrienne Marden (Fannie Webster), James Forrest (Hugh Medford), Jimmy Ames (Hood), Isobel Elsom (Mrs. Vandercook), Parley Baer (C. W. Webster/Charley)
Scott Norris hears about a man named Charley with an uncanny ability to pick horseracing winners. Charley turns out to be a respectable insurance agent.
11 :01x11 - The Maestro
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Anthony Caruso (Lombardi), Mario Alcalde (Paolo Scarpi), Sharon Wiley (Gina)
Italian opera star Paolo Scarpi arrives in New York City but there's no ticker tape parade to great him. Pat Garrison has gotten a tip that the crooner is going to be bumped off.
12 :01x12 - Dance Marathon
Writer: Lee Loeb
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Joe De Santis (Nick Zarvis), Claude Akins (Captain Maples), Peggy McCay (Libby Norton)
Scott Norris hopes that marathon dancer Libby Norton can help him expose a corrupt police captain who's running a blackmail racket.
13 :01x13 - Big Town Blues
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Meade Lux Lewis (Jelly Sims), Shirley Knight (Ellie Hollis), John Dennis (Gus), Robert Carricart (Frankie Cardos), Karen Steele (Mae Dailey), Peter Breck (Joe Peabody)
Pinky and Pat Garrison head for a roadhouse on the edge of town to check out a hot trumpet player named Joe Peabody. According to Pat, Peabody plays the same style as a man named Buddy Benedict, who was supposedly bumped off by the Chicago mob.
14 :01x14 - Coney Red Hots
Director: Charles Haas
Guest star: Judi Meredith (Greta Weber), Billy Gilbert (Gus Weber), Eileen Gallagher (Violet), Joseph Gallison (Joe Mason), Barbara Hines (Patsy), Jerry Oddo (Lou Brazil), Harry Seymour (Commissioner Feeney), Buddy Lewis (Freddy the Mustard)
Lou Brazil is pressuring Coney Island restaurants to but $100 per gallon mustard from him. Scott Norris steps in to lend a hand to the restaurant owners.
15 :01x15 - Two a Day
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Randy Stuart (Else), Robert McQueeney (Robert Dennis), Billy M. Greene (Max), John van Dreelen (Alonzo the Great), Lyle Talbot (Harris)
Pinky hits the big time when she's booked to sing at the Palace Theater. While waiting backstage for the Pinkster to go on, Pat Garrison notices escape artist Alonzo the Great ogling a dancer. This could mean trouble because Alonzo's wife is notoriously jealous.
16 :01x16 - Black Saturday
Writer: Robert E. Thompson, Shirl Hendryx
Director: Edward Dein
Guest star: Robert H. Harris (Archie Stone), Claire Carleton (Ann Gray), Max Baer, Jr. (Sanders), Alan Napier (Dunston), Richard Rust (Johnny Martin), Allen Jaffe (Carney), William Bakewell (Sorenson), Bob Shield (Announcer), John Nolan (Chipper), Penny Parker (Muriel Dunston)
Pat Garrison suspects that gambler Archie Stone is pressuring Harwood University's star football player, Johnny Martin, to the throw the big game.
17 :01x17 - Lucky Charm
Writer: Ron Bishop
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Vincent Barbi (Ape Samuels), Sam Gilman (Happy Wertz), Billy M. Greene (Lefty Ferrity), Gregory Gaye (Andre), Gayla Graves (Hat check girl), Arthur Kendall (Hood), Cesare Danova (King Cole), Arch Johnson (Big Dan Mahoney)
Big time gambler King Cole claims Pinky brings him good luck and proceeds to sweep the Pinkster off her feet but Pat Garrison has his doubts about the relationship and begins digging to prove his suspicions.
18 :01x18 - Pie in the Sky
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Anthony Caruso (Lombardi), Will Hutchins (guest star), Jennifer West (Luana)
A lovelorn young man climbs atop a flagpole and refuses to come down unless his lady love agrees to marry him.
19 :01x19 - The Vamp
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Mari Blanchard (Zelda Valmy), Grace Gaynor (Marie Nari), Gregory Gaye (Andre), Ray Danton (Harry Shayne), Alex Gerry (Max Felix), John Harmon (Hobart Q. Bushnell), Gayla Graves (Hat check girl), Lewis Charles (Candy Candell), Carleton Young (Boswell), Leonard Bremen (Benny)
Press agent Harry Shayne gets fired by movie magnate Max Felix over negative publicity star actress Zelda Valmy has been receiving. In revenge, Shayne schemes to destroy Zelda's career once and for all.
20 :01x20 - War with the Night Hawkers
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Robert Lowery (Jimmy Tate), Pat McCaffrie (O'Keefe), Dawn Wells (Gloria), Joe Di Reda (Pennell), Tom Jackson (Pop Shipley), Julian Burton (Bertie Chapman), Paul Langton (Lt. Carey)
The mob begins moving in on the taxicab business and any cabbie wh dares to resist becomes the victim of a hit and run. Copy boy Chris Higbee places himself right in the middle of things when he takes a job as a driver.
21 :01x21 - The Twelfth Hour
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Bernard Fein (Hillman), Lillian Bronson (Zoe), Gigi Perreau (guest star), Joseph Gallison (Gerald North III)
A wild night on the town and too much bootleg hooch leave young Gerald North III in a full blown jam. He's accused of blackmail and murder.
22 :01x22 - The Salvation of Killer McFadden
Director: George Waggner
Guest star: Jean Allison (Joan), John Hoyt (Quaine), Dort Clark (Willie), Biff Elliot (Killer McFadden), Joey Faye (Bum)
Hoodlum Killer McFadden decides to reform when he falls in love with a pretty mission worker. Pat Garrison tries to lend a hand in their romance.
23 :01x23 - The Fifth Pin
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Michael Pate (Frankie Delain), Claire Griswold (Mary)
A dead policeman is found in the car of mobster Frankie Delain but someone else gets convicted of the crime. Later, devil dolls with pins stuck in them begin turning up wherever Frankie goes.
24 :01x24 - The Red Carpet
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star: Herman Rudin (Hood), John Ramondetta (Anthony Dormer), Harry Dean Stanton (Fingers), Christine White (Helen Bond), Robert Cornthwaite (Stegner), Louise Glenn (Gladys), Gregory Gaye (Andre), Edgar Barrier (Colonel Popescu)
Young poet Anthony Dormer has threatened to assassinate the visiting Queen of Romania. Scott Norris decides to interview the impetuous young man to find out his game.
25 :01x25 - Scandal Sheet
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Berry Kroeger (Mark Braddock), Guy Stockwell (Jay Jameson), Jean Blake (Marilyn Taggert)
Pinky gets into another full blown jam. She finds the dead body of playboy Jay Jameson in his apartment and the daughter of her wardrobe mistress is the leading suspect.
26 :01x26 - Mademoiselle from Armentieres
Writer: Edwin Blum
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: John Harmon (Gil Lewis), Elliott Reid (Alvin Jones), Gregory Gaye (Andre), Louise Glenn (Gladys), Johnny Seven (Barney Cooper), Ed Peck (Phil Newton), Gladys Holland (Suzette Marchand), Henry Slate (Charlie)
Scott Norris gets involved in the misadventures of Alvin Jones, an ex-World War I comrade who claims to be the real life version of a character from a popular song of that era.
27 :01x27 - Among the Missing
Director: Irving J. Moore
Guest star: Valerie Allen (Nancy Ritter), Robert F. Simon (King Ritter), Ric Marlow (Tom Kulick), Jack Ging (Jim Everly)
West Point cadet Jim Everly breaks curfew on the eve of his graduation and winds up at the Charleston Club in search of galpal Nancy Ritter, who just dumped him. Things then go from awful to good grief for poor Jim when he witnesses a gangland killing.
28 :01x28 - Right Off the Boat (1)
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Roger Moore ("14 Carat" Jones), Sherwood Price (Kenyon), John Kellogg (Rycker)
Devil may care adventurer and rum runner "14 Carat" Jones steals Pinky's heart. Needless to say, Scott Norris and Pat Garrison aren't the least bit pleased about this situation.
29 :01x29 - Right Off the Boat (2)
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Sherwood Price (Kenyon), Joan Marshall (Carla), Roger Moore ("14 Carat" Jones)
Scott Norris ships out as a seaman on a rum runner hoping to get the goods on "14 Carat" Jones.
30 :01x30 - Million Dollar Suit
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Leo Gordon (Damion), Barry Kelley (Sayer), Mario Siletti (Angelo), Rudy Solari (Joe Manaci), Bambi Hamilton (Miss Toothpick), Frank DeKova (Tony Manaci)
Pat Garrison investigates when a workman tells him that unsafe materials are being used in a tunnel project because of construction graft. Pat's ensuing story gets his newspaper sued for libel.
31 :01x31 - Royal Tour
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Joe Turkel (Anders), Richard Benedict (Bert), Oscar Beregi, Jr. (Count Diedrich), Alexander Davion (Prince Frederick), Midge Ware (Susie Morris)
Pat Garrison helps a visiting European prince elude his entourage because the young royal wants to see for himself how real Americans live. Trouble then ensues when the prince falls for a Brooklyn gal named Susie Morris. It seems as though sweet Susie has a real live gangster for a boyfriend and he's the jealous type.
32 :02x01 - No Exit
Writer: Laszlo Gorog
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Joan O'Brien (Mona Fenton), Fay Baker (Charlotte La Salle), Gregory Gaye (Andre), John Harmon (Gil Lewis), Kent Smith (Mark Fenton), Grant Richards (Hank Merriman), Lew Gallo (Sam)
Pat Garrison falls head over heels in love with beautiful Mona Fenton, the daughte of a prominent politician, but she seems to prefer gangster Hank Merriman over him.
33 :02x02 - Kitty Goes West
Writer: James O'Hanlon
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Richard Karlan (Big Louie), Glynis Johns (Kitty O'Moyne), Philip Carey (Tim McCool)
Irish immigrant Kitty O'Moyne is so excited about arriving in America that she accidentally does a swan dive into the harbor. She then falls for the Prince Charming who rescued her--mobser Tim McCool.
34 :02x03 - Nobody's Millions
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: William Reynolds (Jerry Bolton), Suzi Carnell (Alice Bolton)
Jim "Duke" Williams appears to be more con man than newspaper reporter. He invents a news story out of thin air and then attempts to convince an amnesia victim that she's the heiress to a large fortune.
35 :02x04 - Standing Room Only
Director: Robert Altman
Guest star: Paula Raymond (Marilyn Morgan), Lawrence Dobkin (Max Winslow), Keenan Wynn (Sheldon Farrington)
Broadway producer Sheldon Farrington is in a jam. He's been losing money on the horse races and to cover his losses he decides to sell a percentage of his show to backers. But one of these backers is a shady character named Max Winslow and Farrington has sold a total of 115% of his show.
36 :02x05 - Another Time, Another War
Writer: Shirl Hendryx
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Eddie Bracken (Ace Johnson)
Former World War I doughboy Ace Johnson has come upon hard times so he decides to enter the bootlegging business. When Ace purchases a hijacked truck from a mobster he finds himself charged with the murder of the original owner of the truck.
37 :02x06 - Everybody Loves Benny
Out to get a scoop, Pat Garrison moves in with Benny Lester who has been marked for death by the Mob.
38 :02x07 - Duke on the Bum
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: Kay E. Kuter (Skinny bum), Don 'Red' Barry (Wally), Mike Mazurki (Rhino), Robert Strauss (Crespo)
Duke Williams goes undercover as a Bowery bum in order to get the goods on a racketeer.
39 :02x08 - Pinky Goes to College
Writer: Judith Plowden, Teddi Sherman
Director: Charles Rondeau
Guest star: Vinton Hayworth (Harrison Van Owen), Joby Baker (Joby Price), Jesse White (Boots), Isabel Randolph (Helen Wyndham)
Pinky is in the wrong place at the wrong time once again when she witnesses a gangland killing. Duke Williams then comes up with a none too bright idea to hide the Pinkster on a college campus--disguised as a boy.
40 :02x09 - So's Your Old Man
Writer: Robert J. Shaw
Director: Sidney Salkow
Guest star: House Peters, Jr. (Bert Kemper), Raymond Cavaleri (Andy Mitchell), Athena Lorde (Clara Rasmussen), Claude Akins (Mitch Mitchell), Gregory Gaye (Andre), Gregg Palmer (Frank), Ollie O'Toole (Bull Decker), Mabel Albertson (Irene Ballard), Tommy Farrell (Hermie Marcus), Bob Jellison (Dr. Rasmussen), Paul Dubov (Harry Durbin)
Big time bookie Mitch Mitchell might be the hardest and coldest man in New York City but kind-hearted Pinky is out to prove otherwise. Aided by Mitch's young son, Andy, and the Boy Scouts, she sets out to soften the bookie's heart of stone.
41 :02x10 - Asparagus Tipps
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Nydia Westman (Elsie), Lewis Charles (Mapes)
Duke Williams discovers a full proof system to play the horses and disseminates this information to the public through his newspaper column. Needless to say, the bookies of New York are none too pleased about this situation.
42 :02x11 - Blondes Prefer Gentlemen
Writer: Stanley Niss
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Guest star: Cliff Norton (Hips Wallace), Robert Carricart (Otto), Henry Slate (McGinn), Keith Larsen (Jack Bennett), Jeanne Vaughn (Colleen McCullough)
Colleen McCullough is killed when she falls through a window during a fight with Jack Bennett, her bootlegger boyfriend. Pinky, who witnessed the entire thing, knows that the death was an accident but Bennett is taking no chances--he has the Pinkster kidnapped.
43 :02x12 - You Can't Fight City Hall
Pinky is at it again. The Pinkster manages to upset New York City's entire political structure in order to show an immigrant newsboy democracy in action. This entire hullabaloo occurs due to the theft of a three cent newspaper.
44 :02x13 - Footlights
Writer: Melvin Levy
Director: Marc Lawrence
Guest star: Andra Martin (Diana Andreades), George O'Hanlon (Buzz Stix), Harold Stone (Desi Andreades), Robert Colbert (Lonzo Greene), Penny Santon (Mrs. Andreades)
A burlesque comic, who blames a theatre owner for the death of his galpal, plots revenge by helping the owner's daughter break into show biz knowing full well that he's dead set against the idea.
45 :02x14 - The People People Marry
Director: Richard Benedict
Guest star: Roxanne Arlen (Bootsie), Jack Carter (guest star)
Copy boy Chris Higbee gets his big newspaper break when he is assigned to temporarily takeover the newspaper's advice to the lovelorn column. Unfortunately for Chris, he soon finds himself needing some advice in the romance department.