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Plot

Dante is a short-lived NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former gambler who operates Dante's Inferno, a San Francisco, California, nightclub. Alan Mowbray co-starred as Stewart Styles, the Maitre d'; Tom D'Andrea as Biff, Dante's "man Friday", and Mort Mills as police Lieutenant Bob Malone. Dante claims to have put his past behind him but has retained old associates Stewart and Biff. While his club is legitimate, neither the police nor the mob believe that he is truly finished with the criminal underworld. Dante's old associates in crime keep appearing at the club in efforts to lure him back to the underworld. Dick Powell had previously played Dante in eight episodes of his Four Star Playhouse, initially written by Blake Edwards, who had previously created the radio drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective for Powell. There, Willie operates an illegal gambling operation in the back room of the "Inferno", which police soon shut down. The only regular from the Four Star Playhouse version to be cast in the series as well was Mowbray, who had first played a millionaire named Jackson who had gambled away his fortune and then worked as one of Dante's waiters. These episodes were subsequently rebroadcast under the collective title The Best in Mystery.

Cast

Howard Duff as Willie Dante
Howard Duff

as Willie Dante

Alan Mowbray as Stewart Styles
Alan Mowbray

as Stewart Styles

Mort Mills as Lt. Robert Malone
Mort Mills

as Lt. Robert Malone

Tom D'Andrea as Biff
Tom D'Andrea

as Biff

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Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • October 3, 1960

Last Aired Date

  • April 10, 1961

Production Companies

  • Satyr Productions

  • Four Stars Productions

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 1

Number of Episodes

  • 26

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