| Ace Crawford, Private Eye |
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| Genre |
Parody
Comedy
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| Created by |
Ron Clark & Tim Conway |
| Directed by |
Michael Preece |
| Starring |
Tim Conway |
| Theme music composer |
Hughie Cannon
Peter Matz
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| Country of origin |
USA |
| Original language(s)
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English |
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No. of seasons |
1 |
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No. of episodes |
5 |
| Production |
| Camera setup |
Single-camera |
| Running time |
30 minutes |
| Production company(s)
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Conway Enterprises
Viacom Productions
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| Release |
| Original network |
CBS |
| Audio format |
Monaural |
| Original release |
March 15 (1983-03-15) – April 12, 1983 (1983-04-12)
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Ace Crawford, Private Eye is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March to April 1983. The series parodied the “hard-boiled detective†genre.
Tim Conway stars as a trench-coated private detective who always solves the case and catches the bad guy, despite his constant bumbling. The show was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Only five episodes were aired.
In addition to Tim Conway as Ace Crawford, the cast included:
In each half-hour episode, Crawford would be hired for, or otherwise find himself involved in, a case in which criminals were taking advantage of innocent citizens. He would then approach the case using Conway’s trademark comedy style; in one episode he was disguised as a feeble old man, in another he was using a children's toy microphone as a “wire,†et cetera. In spite of the slapstick results of his actions, Crawford would always emerge triumphant.
Every episode ended the same way: Crawford would leave The Shanty at night and walk along the wharf, vanishing into the fog... and then audibly fall into the water.
Each episode was on film (as opposed to videotape), and had a laugh track.
In 1989, a VHS videocassette was released, containing the first three episodes. This videocassette is currently out of print, and this show has not yet been released on DVD.
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