Richard diamond, private detective is an american detective which was the hero on a radio show developed by nbc. The highly successful character continued to solve crime cases on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960. But here for the first time on dvd are two episodes from the gritty first season with diamond. The only other source that im aware of is a disc bootleg set of broadcast recordings that someone made from channel 22 seattle many years ago. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 1, episode 1 the mickey farmer case. Richard diamond the great detectives of old time radio. Richard diamond, private detective free videos reruncentury. Richard diamond, private eye was a crime drama series that started its life on radio from 19491953 and then aired on television from 19571960 with a new cast.
The classic archives old time radio channel 7,424 views. His primary suspect is the man who convicted of the crime and just released from prison, but the private detective begins believe that perhaps the man is innocent of the original crime as he maintains. Plot summary when diamonds from a fiveyear old robbery start appearing on the black. This seems to be rodeo, originally aired 20 february 1958 season 2, episode 8, according to imdb at. Richard diamond, private detective 1 5 1957 richard diamond, private detective 25 1957 richard diamond, private detective 35 1957 richard diamond, private detective 45 1957 richard diamond, private detective 55 1957 written by ellis marcus directed by tom gries. In one tv episode, soft touch, karen catches diamond about to twotime her, and after five episodes, the steadygirlfriend arc. Track richard diamond, private detective season 2 episodes. Episodes of richard diamond, private detective may 1, 1949 richard diamond, the barton case may 15, 1949 richard diamond, the ralph chase case may 22, 1949 richard diamond, the stolen purse case may 29, 1949 richard diamond, the betty moran case june 19, 1949 richard diamond, the fred sears murder case. Complete television series from 1957 1960 contains 75 episodes in a dvd collection, with on screen menus. Click here and start watching the full episode in seconds. Download or stream richard diamond, private detective, collection 1 by black eye entertainment. Diamond enjoyed the detective life, but not as much as entertaining his girl, helen asher. Richard diamond, private detective opens this weeks case closed with the hollywood story, his case from november 16.
Download richard diamond, private detective, collection 1. Season 2 guide for richard diamond, private detective tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Season 1, episode 7 august 12, 1957 diamond poses as a rich canadian in orfer to infiltrate a gambling ring and discover the truth about a mans claim that he witnessed a killing. Richard diamond, private detective is an american detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960. The richard diamond, private detective tv show was a 30 minute crime action. Richard diamond, private detective season 1 full episodes. Richard diamond, private detective tv show season 2. Diamond promises a dying gangster that he will take care of the gangsters girlfriend, unaware that the. In richard diamond, private detective, by contrast, diamond would almost as often find himself slugged, blackjacked, brassknuckled, or otherwise beaned into a similar state of unconscious, but in the case of the richard diamond series, sans peter leeds in the role of eugor. A pleasant smile, a cheerful rhyme, and well keep you from doing time.
Richard diamond private detective season1 cbs summer 1957 richard diamond private. His sexy receptionist sam, whose face we never see, minds the office, while diamond solves his cases. Diamond is hired by a woman to become a bodyguard to her husband, without him knowing it. The excop turned private detective richard diamond took on the tough cases, occasionally. Richard diamond, private detective free episodes custody. Diamond was a slick, sophisticated detective, with a sharp tongue for folks who needed it. When diamonds from a fiveyearold robbery start appearing on the black market, the insurance company hires richard diamond to recover the gems. Richard diamond, private detective 1950 shows youtube. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode. Richard diamond, private eye oneom fresh found torrents. Richard diamond, private detective, was originally a radio program from 1949 to 1952, created by famed writerdirector blake edwards and starring dick powell, who was also the producer. It returned to cbs in january 1958 for the second season and in february 1959 for the third season. But what the con men dont count on is the fact that they, too, can be played for suckers, and that richard diamond is a private eye with a few tricks up his sleeve.
After each show, he would croon a number to his park avenue sweetheart. The series starred the raspyvoiced david janssen as the title. Quite possibly radios first singing detective, diamond was always quick with a quip or a sarcastic response. The torch carriers, season 1 episode 9 august 26, 1957 richard diamond gets roughed up by some guys who are after a book. Richard diamond, private detective, old time radio, 491203 the ruby idol case duration. The hoodlum from season 4 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. These episodes are rather enjoyable, but sams legs dont appear in them. Richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode 8 the chess player. Free classic radio shows richard diamond, private detective.
Richard diamond, private detective single episodes. The richard diamond, private detective tv show was a 30 minute crime action series that aired on cbs for its first three seasons and then on nbc for its final season. Retrovision theater presents richard diamond private detective. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 2 episode. Season 1 guide for richard diamond, private detective tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Cd 1 added new artwork, deleted old artwork and replaced episode. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Dick powells company, four star television, produced the television version of richard diamond, private detective, which premiered in the summer of 1957 on cbs. Diamond promises a dying gangster that he will take care of the gangsters girlfriend, unaware that the promise will endanger his life. He drove a snazzy convertible with a car phone in 1957 and used his contacts at the nypd to solve his.
A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. Merry go round and picture of fear are both 1957 episodes, when diamond was still based in new york although in picture of fear, diamond has gone fishing in the country. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Richard diamond, private detective 1957 eztv series. Indeed, as the parade article below in the log section indicates. Richard diamond, private detective season 1, episode 1. Richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode 4. Dick powell is richard diamond, private detective, the quickwitted, lighthearted detective. I am very happy and proud that passport entertainment llc and amazon has made the picture of fear and the chess player episodes available on dvd for the old fans and the millions of new fans of a very talented david janssen. Richard diamond, private detective, collection 1 by black eye. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 4 episode. It was about a smoothoperating exnypd cop turned private investigator. Click here and start watching the full season in seconds. Richard diamond is a former officer of the nypd, who is now a private detective.
The mickey farmer case from season 1 at join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Heard over nbc from 042449 to 120650, abc from 010551 to 062752 and finally on cbs from 053153 to 092053. Richard diamond, private detective season 4 episode 25. Richard diamond private detective crime old time radio. Diamond is hired by a man who suspects his daughterinlaw of wanting to commit suicide. Richard diamond is hired by a hospitalized mother of a 10yearold girl to get custody away from her exhusband and back into the hands of her sister. Richard diamond, private detective is an american detective drama, created by blake edwards peter gunn, the pink panther. Richard diamond, private detective was a happygolucky detective who answered his telephone with atrocious commercial jingles and was a master of the verbal putdown especially with the police. This collection also contains scripts, pictures, logs, and three recordings with introductions by dick powell. Richard diamond, private detective tv series 19571960 imdb. Richard diamond, private detective vostfr en streaming. Richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode guide on. A hospitalized woman hires diamond to tail her exhusband whom she believes has obtained custody of their daughter. Ctva us crime richard diamond, private detective four.
Richard diamond, private detective came to nbc in 1949. They sure dont make television series anymore with the quality of richard diamond private detective. The stakes are high when richard diamond goes up against a gang of con men who use a fake bookies office as a setup to trick wealthy suckers and make thousands of dollars. Crime guestbook richard diamond private detective next starring david janssen season 1 cbssummer 1957 episode guide compiled by the classic tv. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Richard diamond, private detective in 1945, dick powell.
But this video is rather expensive for just two halfhour episodes. There is a sampler dvd that was released by passport in 2006, which contains two season one richard diamond episodes in very good quality ep 1. He finds her only to discover that she has hired someone to kill her. I plan on watching all four seasons in order, and highly recommend this series. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 4 episode 25 online.
My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Ctva us crime richard diamond, private detective four star. Created by blake edwards of the pink panther fame, richard diamond, private detective came to nbc radio in 1949 starring film actor and singer dick powell. He is a businessman who has received several threats against his life which he refuses to take seriously. Richard diamond, private detective season 2, episode 1. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 1, episode 2 custody.
Watch richard diamond, private detective episodes online. Powell had recently played philip marlowe in the popular rko film murder, my sweet and jumped at the chance to play a. Richard diamond, private detective season 1, episode 2. Listen to richard diamond, private detective, collection 1 by black eye entertainment, full cast for free with a 30 day free trial. Richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode 8. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 1 episode 4 online. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show richard diamond, private detective anytime, anywhere.
Track richard diamond, private detective season 1 episodes. This humorous and fun detective radio show, dealt with tough issue like murder and mystery. Season 1, episode 3 july 15, 1957 after diamond is hired to watch a mans wife while hes out of town, diamond is approached by two men who claim she has escaped a mental institution. Watch all 12 richard diamond, private detective episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. A woman snaps a picture of two suspicious men in the woods and diamond gets caught in the middle while on vacation. Watch richard diamond, private detective season 1 full episodes. Provided to youtube by tunecore richard diamond, private detective 1950 shows dick powell richard diamond private detective. Richard diamond private detective classic radio and tv. Mary tyler moore scenes from richard diamond private detective. Richard diamond, private detective is an american detective drama, created by blake edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960. A woman in the hospital hires diamond to trail her exhusband, who she believes has obtained custody of their daughter t. Richard diamond was one of the alltime great private eye television shows from the late 1950s. Richard diamond was one of the radio shows which successfully moved.
1274 1297 1257 237 574 637 360 651 1142 890 92 905 830 185 834 27 134 709 1037 759 22 1243 97 331 599 1138 750 823 1086 208 907 231 845 359 926 1443 1166 74 250 863 377 809 596