Bourbon Street Beat (1959) - Video Detective

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Bourbon Street Beat is a private detective series which aired on the ABC network from 1959-1960 and featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked.

Original Release

10/05/1959 on ABC

US Release

10/05/1959

Cast

Name	Character

Andrew Duggan	Cal Calhoun
Richard Long	Rex Randolph
Van Williams	Kenny Madison
Arlene Howell	Melody Lee Mercer
Eddie Cole	The Baron
Tommy Farrell	Jay O'Hanlon
Maxie Thrower	Waiter
Nita Talbot	Lusti Weather
Kelton Garwood	Beauregard O'Hanlon
Kelton Garwood	Beauregarde O'Hanlon

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	The Taste of Ashes	Monday, 05 October 1959
2	The Mourning Cloak	Monday, 12 October 1959
3	Torch Song for Trumpet	Monday, 19 October 1959
4	Woman in the River	Monday, 26 October 1959
5	Girl in Trouble	Monday, 02 November 1959
6	The Tiger Moth	Monday, 09 November 1959
7	Secret of Hyacinth Bayou	Monday, 16 November 1959
8	Invitation to a Murder	Monday, 23 November 1959
9	Mrs. Viner Vanishes	Monday, 30 November 1959
10	Light Touch of Terror	Monday, 07 December 1959
11	The Golden Beetle	Monday, 14 December 1959
12	The Black Magnolia	Monday, 21 December 1959
13	Portrait of Lenore	Monday, 28 December 1959
14	Kill with Kindness	Monday, 04 January 1960
15	Inside Man	Monday, 11 January 1960
16	Find My Face!	Monday, 18 January 1960
17	Knock on Any Tombstone	Monday, 25 January 1960
18	Key to the City	Monday, 01 February 1960
19	The 10% Blues	Monday, 08 February 1960
20	Melody in Diamonds	Monday, 15 February 1960
21	The House of Ledezan	Monday, 22 February 1960
22	Target of Hate	Monday, 07 March 1960
23	The Missing Queen	Monday, 14 March 1960
24	Neon Nightmare	Monday, 21 March 1960
25	Wall of Silence	Monday, 28 March 1960
26	Twice Betrayed	Monday, 04 April 1960
27	Swamp Fire	Monday, 11 April 1960
28	If a Body	Monday, 18 April 1960
29	Six Hours to Midnight	Monday, 25 April 1960
30	Last Exit	Monday, 02 May 1960
31	Deadly Persuasion	Monday, 09 May 1960
32	Suitable for Framing	Monday, 16 May 1960
33	False Identity	Monday, 23 May 1960
34	Green Hell	Monday, 30 May 1960
35	Ferry to Algiers	Monday, 06 June 1960
36	Wagon Show	Monday, 13 June 1960
37	Interrupted Wedding	Monday, 20 June 1960
38	Reunion	Monday, 27 June 1960
39	Teresa	Monday, 04 July 1960

Directors

William J. Hole Jr., Leslie H. Martinson, Charles R. Rondeau, Reginald Le Borg, James V. Kern, Paul Henreid, Robert B. Sinclair, André De Toth, Robert Gordon

Writers

W. Hermanos, Charles Hoffman, Sig Herzig, Howard Browne, Dean Riesner, William Spier, Irving Elman, Hugh Benson, Stephen Lord, Doris Gilbert, Al C. Ward, James Barnett, Kenneth Perkins, Dorothy B. Hughes, Richard M. Bluel, Edward Wellen, Sam Ross, William L. Stuart, Michael Plant, Nelson Gidding, Berne Giler, Whitman Chambers, David Evans, James Patrick O'Neill, Tom Gries, Ben Roberts, Richard Matheson, Earl Baldwin, Dick Nelson, László Görög, Luther Davis, Douglas Heyes, Robert C. Dennis, Ivan Goff, Lee Loeb, David Goodis, Milton Geiger, William Bruckner, John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins, AJ Carothers, Michael Cramoy, Leo Townsend, Gerald Drayson Adams

Cast

Name	Character

Andrew Duggan	Cal Calhoun
Richard Long	Rex Randolph
Van Williams	Kenny Madison
Arlene Howell	Melody Lee Mercer
Eddie Cole	The Baron
Tommy Farrell	Jay O'Hanlon
Maxie Thrower	Waiter
Nita Talbot	Lusti Weather
Kelton Garwood	Beauregard O'Hanlon
Kelton Garwood	Beauregarde O'Hanlon
James Chandler	Lt. Gerard
James Chandler	Lt. Girard
Jackie Russell	Jan
Bob Whitney	Detective
Paul Bradley	Waiter
Chester Jones	Waiter
Howard McLeod	Policeman
Ivan Bell	Convict
Ivan Bell	Hotel Guest
Ivan Bell	Seaman