The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
| The Detectives | |
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Robert Taylor as Capt.Matt Holbrook and wife Ursula Thiess as Lisa Bonay in The Detectives
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| Also known as | ''Robert Taylor's Detectives'' |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Lee Berg Borden Chase Patricia Chase Calvin Clements Sr. Norman T. Herman Michael Morris Louis Pelletier Gene Roddenberry Alvin Sapinsley Palmer Thompson |
| Directed by |
Lewis Allen Richard Carlson Thomas Carr Alvin Ganzer Murray Golden Arthur Hiller Arnold Laven Don McDougall Don Medford Ted Post Paul Wendkos |
| Starring |
Robert Taylor Tige Andrews Russell Thorson Mark Goddard |
| Composer(s) | Herschel Burke Gilbert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 97 |
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| Producer(s) |
Levy-Gardner-Laven Arthur H. Nadel |
| Cinematography |
Joseph F. Biroc Wilfred M. Cline |
| Editor(s) | Lyle Boyer Marsh Hendry |
| Running time | 25 minutes (1959–1961) 50 minutes (1961–1962) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ABC (1959–1961) NBC (1961–1962) |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 16, 1959 – May 18, 1962 |
The Detectives (also known as The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor and Robert Taylor's Detectives) is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons (sponsored by Procter & Gamble), and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television in association with Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions.
Taylor stars as Detective Captain Matt Holbrook, the tough, no-nonsense head of an elite police investigative unit in a major U.S. city. Ostensibly, each man in Holbrook's hand-picked squad of detectives came from a different division. Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews) was from burglary, Lt. Jim Conway (Lee Farr) came from Homicide and Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russell Thorson) was from the Bunco Squad. In the series' second season, Farr left the series and was replaced by Mark Goddard as Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard. Future Batman star Adam West joined the cast during the third season as Sgt. Steve Nelson.
The series moved to NBC for its third season and was increased from thirty to sixty minutes. The series was also retitled to Robert Taylor's Detectives. A total of 97 episodes were produced before the series was canceled in 1962. The series was produced for Four Star by Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, which produced other successful Four Star series, such as The Rifleman, and The Big Valley.
Interesting notes: A few years after The Detectives ended, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor's ex-wife, had her very own successful series also produced by Four Star/Levy-Gardner-Laven Productions, The Big Valley, which also aired on ABC.
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