Man with a Camera

Man with a Camera is an American 1950s television crime drama starring Charles Bronson.

For other uses, see Man with a Movie Camera (disambiguation).
Man with a Camera
Original title card
GenreCrime / Drama
Written byJames Edmiston
Paul David
Wilton Schiller
Directed byPaul Landres
Gerald Mayer
StarringCharles Bronson
Theme music composerHerschel Burke Gilbert
Composer(s)Leon Klatzin
Country of originUSA
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes29
Production
Producer(s)Don W. Sharpe
Warren Lewis
For MWC Productions, Inc.
Production location(s)Hollywood, California at Desilu Studios, doubling for New York City
CinematographyPaul Ivano
Robert B. Hauser
Black-and-White
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseOctober 10, 1958 –
February 8, 1960

Throughout the 1950s, Bronson spent most of his early acting career performing in TV shows as well as small parts in films, until he landed the lead in this ABC series. This is the only series in which he played the lead role. After this show was cancelled he was usually cast either in supporting roles or as a guest star or recurring character in dozens of TV shows.

Plot

Bronson portrayed Mike Kovac, a former World War II combat photographer freelancing in New York City who specialized in getting the photographs that other lensmen could not. He usually assists newspapers, insurance companies, the police and private individuals, all of whom want a filmed record of an event.

By often acting as a private eye, Kovac gets himself into plenty of trouble involving criminals of every kind, helping with cases the police could not handle.

Besides an array of cameras for normal use, for surreptitious work Kovac employs cameras hidden in a radio, cigarette lighter and even his necktie. He also has a phone in his car, and a portable darkroom in the trunk where he could develop his negatives on the spot.

Kovac's police liaison is Lieutenant Donovan (James Flavin), though he frequently seeks advice from Anton Kovac (Ludwig Stössel), his immigrant father.

Main cast

Selected guest stars

List of episodes
1st season
#TitleOriginal Airdate
01Second Avenue Assassin    October 10, 1958 [1]
02The WarningOctober 17, 1958 [2]
03Profile of a KillerOctober 17, 1958
04TurntableNovember 7, 1958
05Closeup on ViolenceNovember 14, 1958 [3]
06Double NegativeNovember 21, 1958 [4]
07Another BarrierNovember 28, 1958 [5]
08Blind SpotDecember 5, 1958 [6]
09Two Strings of PearlsDecember 12, 1958 [7]
10Six Faces of SatanDecember 19, 1958 [8]
11Lady on the LooseDecember 26, 1958 [9]
12The Last PortraitJanuary 2, 1959 [10]
13The Face of MurderJanuary 9, 1959
14Mute EvidenceJanuary 16, 1959
15The Big SqueezeJanuary 23, 1959
2nd season
#TitleOriginal Airdate
16The KillerOctober 19, 1959
17Eye WitnessOctober 26, 1959
18The Man BelowNovember 2, 1959
19Black LightNovember 9, 1959
20The Positive Negative    November 16, 1959
21MissingNovember 23, 1959 [11]
22Live TargetDecember 7, 1959
23Girl on the DarkDecember 14, 1959
24The BrideDecember 21, 1959
25The Picture WarJanuary 4, 1960
26Touch-OffJanuary 11, 1960
27Hot Ice CreamJanuary 25, 1960
28Fragment of a MurderFebruary 1, 1960
29Kangaroo CourtFebruary 8, 1960
Bronson as Mike Kovac.

Production

Man with a Camera was filmed on locations in Hollywood (doubling for New York City) at Desilu Studios. The series had two abbreviated seasons in 1958-59 and 1959–60 and was aired on the ABC-TV network, Friday nights at 9:00 pm.

Home media

The entire run of the series' 29 episodes was released in 2007 by the Infinity Entertainment Group, in collaboration with the Falcon Picture Group and the UCLA Film & Television Archive, from which the source prints were obtained.

Alpha Video has released three individual volumes on DVD, each containing four episodes from the series.[12][13][14] A fourth volume was released on February 25, 2014.[15] On October 17, 2017, Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD + Digital. [16]

Sources

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  12. "Alpha Video - Man With a Camera, Volume 1". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  13. "Alpha Video - Man With a Camera, Volume 2". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  14. "Alpha Video - Man With a Camera, Volume 3". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  15. "Alpha Video - Lawless Years, Volume 4". Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  16. "Mill Creek Entertainment: Man With A Camera - The Complete Series + Digital". Millcreekent.com. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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