Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1959)

Cast

John Cassavetes as Johnny Staccato
John Cassavetes

as Johnny Staccato

Episodes

The Naked Truth poster

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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 poster

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September 17, 1959

A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him. But four people might want him killed...

Parents poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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! poster

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October 22, 1959

When a Puerto Rican boxer goes missing just before a championship fight, Johnny suspects foul play.

Evil poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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November 12, 1959

Johnny is hired by tough-guy millionaire Guy Fletcher to transport a locked valise containing valuable gems to Arizona.…

Tempted poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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January 21, 1960

To evade Federal agents, a gang of counterfeiters hide their plates. Convinced that Waldo knows the hiding place, they …

Double Feature poster

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January 28, 1960

A bowling-alley proprietor is found murdered, and Johnny Staccato is identified as the killer.

The List Of Death poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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March 17, 1960

Staccato is mistaken for a concert pianist who has come to the United States to avoid his repressive government.