Front Page Detective
| Front Page Detective | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Directed by | Arnold Wester |
| Starring |
Edmund Lowe Paula Drew Frank Jenks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jerry Fairbanks Riley Jackson |
| Cinematography | Lester Shore |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jerry Fairbanks Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | DuMont |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | July 6, 1951 – November 13, 1953 |
Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30 p.m. ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, and in October and November 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter.
Front Page Detective stars Edmund Lowe as David Chase, a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
UCLA Film and Television Archive has 17 episodes of this series.Internet Archive and TV4U also have one episode each.
Unlike many other programs which aired on DuMont, the series was produced on film by an outside production company. A few episodes are available on DVD and online, usually as part of early TV compilations.
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