Season 1
(1959)
Cast
as Johnny Staccato
as Waldo
Episodes
The Naked Truth 0.0
September 10, 1959
A young singer is faced with the loss of his promising career because of a scandal magazine's blackmail scheme.
Murder for Credit 0.0
September 17, 1959
A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him. But four people might want him killed...
Parents 0.0
September 24, 1959
""The parents"" have agreed to sell their child to a black-market racketeer. Now they tell Johnny they want to keep the…
Shop of the Four Winds 0.0
October 8, 1959
Investigating the murder of a Japanese friend, Johnny uncovers a scheme to swindle immigrants by promising them citizen…
The Nature of the Night 0.0
October 15, 1959
Dave, the new young bartender at Waldo's, comes under suspicion when a number of blonde women are slashed nearby. Johnn…
Viva, Paco! 0.0
October 22, 1959
When a Puerto Rican boxer goes missing just before a championship fight, Johnny suspects foul play.
Evil 0.0
October 29, 1959
Johnny Staccato learns from his friend Barney that Barney's sister has given all her money to a local mission house. Kn…
Murder in Hi-fi 0.0
November 5, 1959
An underworld boss forces Waldo to hire singer Barbara Ames. Then Johnny gets interested in the girl--and is beaten up …
Fly, Baby, Fly 0.0
November 12, 1959
Johnny is hired by tough-guy millionaire Guy Fletcher to transport a locked valise containing valuable gems to Arizona.…
Tempted 2.0
November 19, 1959
Elizabeth Montgomery plays a rare pre-Bewitched role as a floozy jazz groupie who's the ex-wife of one of Staccato's fo…
The Poet's Touch 0.0
November 26, 1959
Working on a murder case, Johnny Staccato trails two suspects to their hideout. With them is beatnik poet Dick Potter, …
The Wild Reed 0.0
March 24, 1960
When Frankie Aspen's saxophone-playing takes a sudden turn for the worse, Johnny determines to find out what is botheri…
A Piece of Paradise 0.0
December 10, 1959
A dance-hall girl is murdered, and Police Sergeant Joe Gillan suspects ex-jockey Stash McGill, a friend of the dead gir…
The Return 0.0
December 17, 1959
Korean War veteran Eddie Dasko escapes from a mental hospital. Dasko is sure that his wife has been seeing another man,…
The Unwise Men 0.0
December 24, 1959
Johnny tries to help a musician who, while moonlighting as a department-store Santa Claus, is being pressured by his ex…
Collector's Item 0.0
December 31, 1959
A man called Red Top kills Hannah Green, but pianist Romeo Jefferson is the chief suspect until Staccato suspects that …
Man in the Pit 0.0
January 7, 1960
A young man enters Waldo's and attacks Pete, the trumpet player. Johnny Staccato learns that the youth thinks Pete is h…
The Only Witness 0.0
January 14, 1960
Wealthy racketeer Barney Buford calls Johnny Staccato to ask him to look after his young sister, Karen. As he approache…
Night of Jeopardy 0.0
January 21, 1960
To evade Federal agents, a gang of counterfeiters hide their plates. Convinced that Waldo knows the hiding place, they …
Double Feature 0.0
January 28, 1960
A bowling-alley proprietor is found murdered, and Johnny Staccato is identified as the killer.
The List Of Death 0.0
February 4, 1960
A hunted criminal hires Staccato as a bodyguard and promises to turn himself over to police in exchange for letting him…
Solomon 0.0
February 11, 1960
Jessica Winthrop, a noted pacifist, is accused of killing her husband. Solomon Bradshaw, the lady's lawyer, comes to Jo…
An Act of Terror 0.0
February 18, 1960
Ventriloquist Thad Clinton drops in to ask Staccato if he'll help locate his missing wife. Johnny finds out that the wo…
An Angry Young Man 0.0
February 25, 1960
Johnny becomes concerned when an ambitious young man, whose family he has known for years, starts working in a bookshop…
The Mask of Jason 0.0
March 3, 1960
Johnny is hired to bodyguard an aspiring actress who is being terrorized by a man with a horribly scarred face.
A Nice Little Town 0.0
March 10, 1960
When a former soldier returns home after having defected to Red China, he is murdered by a group of vigilantes.
Swinging Long Hair 0.0
March 17, 1960
Staccato is mistaken for a concert pianist who has come to the United States to avoid his repressive government.