Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat
Created by	Charles Hoffman
Starring	Richard Long; Andrew Duggan; Arlene Howell; Van Williams
Theme music composer	Mack David and; Jerry Livingston
Composer(s)	Jack Halloran, arranger; Michael Heindorf; Howard Jackson; Frank Perkins; Paul Sawtell; Bert Shefter
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	William T. Orr
Producer(s)	Charles Hoffman; Harry Tatelman; Jerry Davis; Oren W. Haglund (Production manager); Gordon Bau (make-up)
Production location(s)	California
Editor(s)	James C. Moore
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Television Division
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Division
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	1.33 : 1 monochrome
Audio format	monaural
Original release	October 5, 1959 –; July 4, 1960
Chronology
Followed by	Surfside 6
Related shows	77 Sunset Strip; Hawaiian Eye

Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 4, 1959, to September 26, 1960. It starred Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agency secretary Melody Lee Mercer and Van Williams as Kenny Madison.[1]

Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services was based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on the title street. The firm's telephone number was Epress 7123. The show's theme, "Bourbon Street Beat", was composed by Mack David and Jerry Livingston.[2]

Characters

The series was one of several Warner Bros. detective shows which aired on ABC during this era, but Bourbon Street Beat was not as successful as the others. When the series ended, the character of Rex Randolph moved to 77 Sunset Strip for a year, joining the L.A.-based detective firm of Bailey & Spencer for the 1960-61 season. The character of Kenny Madison moved to the spin-off Surfside 6, which aired in the Bourbon Street Beat time slot the following season. Set in Miami, this show lasted through mid-1962. Andrew Duggan's character, Cal Calhoun, was later seen on a 1962 episode of 77 Sunset Strip; it was established that he quit the P.I. business and returned to being a member of the New Orleans police force.

Legacy

Arlene Howell had appeared several times on 1957's western series Maverick and was a former Miss USA; she appears to have retired from the screen after a last appearance as an understandably astonished Sergeant Carter's blind date on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Richard Long went on to play the lead in the western series The Big Valley (1965–69) and the sitcom Nanny and the Professor (1970–71). Van Williams eventually played The Green Hornet (1966–67) opposite Bruce Lee. Andrew Duggan continued to portray an amazing number of character roles in films and television, including two other stints as series lead, taking over Cary Grant's movie role in the short-lived television version of Room for One More (1962), and as the sullen patriarch in Lancer (1968–70), a western in the vein of Bonanza, albeit darker and more complex.

Main Cast: Andrew Duggan, Arlene Howell, Van Williams and Richard Long in Bourbon Street Beat

Cast

Richard Long as Rex Randolph
Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun
Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer
Van Williams as Kenny Madison
Eddie Cole as The Baron (twelve episodes)
Tommy Farrell as Jay O'Hanlon (seven episodes)
Nita Talbot as Lusti Weather (four episodes)

Guest stars

The following are among the many guest stars on Bourbon Street Beat:

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Taste of Ashes"	Leslie H. Martinson	Charles Hoffman & Al C. Ward	October 5, 1959 (1959-10-05)
2	"Mourning Cloak"	James V. Kern	Sig Herzig	October 12, 1959 (1959-10-12)
3	"Torch Song for Trumpet"	TBA	Jim Barnett & Leo Townsend	October 19, 1959 (1959-10-19)
4	"Woman in the River"	TBA	Luthar Davis	October 26, 1959 (1959-10-26)
With Mary Tyler Moore.
5	"Girl in Trouble"	Reginald LeBorg	John Hawkins & Ward Hawkins	November 2, 1959 (1959-11-02)
With Russ Conway.
6	"Tiger Moth"	TBA	TBA	November 9, 1959 (1959-11-09)
7	"Secret of Hyacinth Bayou"	TBA	TBA	November 16, 1959 (1959-11-16)
8	"Invitation to a Murder"	Richard LeBorg	Stephen Lord	November 23, 1959 (1959-11-23)
9	"Mrs. Viner Vanishes"	TBA	TBA	November 30, 1959 (1959-11-30)
10	"Light Touch of Terror"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	December 7, 1959 (1959-12-07)
11	"The Golden Beetle"	TBA	TBA	December 14, 1959 (1959-12-14)
12	"The Black Magnolia"	Reginald LeBorg	Earl Baldwin	December 21, 1959 (1959-12-21)
With Mary Tyler Moore.
13	"Portrait of Lenore"	TBA	TBA	December 28, 1959 (1959-12-28)
14	"Kill With Kindness"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	January 4, 1960 (1960-01-04)
15	"Inside Man"	TBA	TBA	January 11, 1960 (1960-01-11)
16	"Find My Face"	TBA	TBA	January 18, 1960 (1960-01-18)
17	"Knock on Any Tombstone"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	January 25, 1960 (1960-01-25)
18	"Key to the City"	James V. Kern	Robert C. Dennis	February 1, 1960 (1960-02-01)
19	"The 10% Blues"	William J. Hole Jr.	Hugh Benson & Dick Nelson	February 8, 1960 (1960-02-08)
20	"Melody in Diamonds"	TBA	TBA	February 15, 1960 (1960-02-15)
21	"The House of Ledezan"	William J. Hole Jr.	David Evans	February 22, 1960 (1960-02-22)
22	"Target for Hate"	TBA	Richard Matheson & William L. Stuart	March 7, 1960 (1960-03-07)
23	"The Missing Queen"	TBA	Dorothy B. Hughes & Doris Gilbert	March 14, 1960 (1960-03-14)
24	"Neon Nightmare"	William J. Hole Jr.	Dean Riesner	March 21, 1960 (1960-03-21)
With Randy Stuart as Beejay.
25	"Wall of Silence"	TBA	Sam Ross	March 28, 1960 (1960-03-28)
26	"Twice Betrayed"	TBA	William Bruckner	April 4, 1960 (1960-04-04)
With Tyler McVey and Judson Pratt.
27	"Swamp Fire"	Robert B. Sinclair	Sig Herzig & Dean Riesner	April 11, 1960 (1960-04-11)
With Tony Young as Prosper Gamillon.
28	"If a Body"	TBA	Charles Hoffman & Irving Elman	April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18)
29	"Six Hours to Midnight"	TBA	Lee Loeb & Richard Bluel	April 25, 1960 (1960-04-25)
30	"Last Exit"	Leslie H. Martinson	W. Hermanos	May 2, 1960 (1960-05-02)
31	"Deadly Persuasion"	TBA	Berne Giler & W. Hermanos	May 9, 1960 (1960-05-09)
32	"Suitable for Framing"	Leslie H. Martinson	Charles Hoffman & Gerald Drayson Adams	May 16, 1960 (1960-05-16)
33	"False Identity"	William J. Hole Jr.	W. Hermanos & David Goodis	May 23, 1960 (1960-05-23)
34	"Green Hell"	Charles R. Rondeau	Al C. Ward	May 30, 1960 (1960-05-30)
35	"Ferry to Algiers"	William J. Hole Jr.	W. Hermanos	June 6, 1960 (1960-06-06)
36	"Wagon Show"	TBA	TBA	June 13, 1960 (1960-06-13)
With Brad Johnson as Michael Reynard.
37	"Interrupted Wedding"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	June 20, 1960 (1960-06-20)
With Patrick McVey as John Crane and Randy Stuart as Betty Jane Robinson.
38	"Reunion"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	June 27, 1960 (1960-06-27)
39	"Teresa"	William J. Hole Jr.	TBA	July 4, 1960 (1960-07-04)

References

Hyatt, Wesley (2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
Terrace, Vincent (2015). The Television Crime Fighters Factbook: Over 9,800 Details from 301 Programs, 1937-2003. McFarland. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-1-4766-1143-3. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

External links

Bourbon Street Beat at Thrilling Detectives website
Bourbon Street Beat at the Internet Movie Database
Bourbon Street Beat at TV.com
Bourbon Street Beat at TV.com

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[slts-1] Hyatt, Wesley (2015). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948-1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland. pp. 101–102. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

[tcff-2] Terrace, Vincent (2015). The Television Crime Fighters Factbook: Over 9,800 Details from 301 Programs, 1937-2003. McFarland. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-1-4766-1143-3. Retrieved June 27, 2020.