21 Beacon Street

21 Beacon Street is an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from July 2 to September 10, 1959.

21 Beacon Street
Dennis Morgan and Joanna Barnes
StarringDennis Morgan, Joanna Barnes, Brian Kelly and James Maloney
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production company(s)Filmways
DistributorNBC Universal Television Distribution
Release
Original networkNBC

Produced by Filmways, the first television series by the company, the summer replacement series for The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show[1]:146 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 pilot for the program was broadcast as an episode of Panic!.[1]:146 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.

Leonard Heideman was the show's creator.[1]

The program's first episode was "The Rub-Out".[2]

References
  1. Irvin, Richard (2014). George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981. McFarland. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-4766-1621-6. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  2. Cain, Ira (July 2, 1959). "New Cop-Crook Series to Premiere". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Texas, Fort Worth. p. 28. Retrieved May 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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