Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

7.8 | en | Drama

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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EP26  The Mouse
Jan. 01,0001
The Mouse

A French woman gets threats from a supposedly dead war criminal who knows the whereabouts of a fortune in smuggled diamonds.

EP25  Running Scared
Sep. 06,1960
Running Scared

A man is concerned about his daughter, whom he feels has been spending too much time brooding over her husband's death.

EP24  East of Danger
Aug. 30,1960
East of Danger

A woman hires Diamond when her father is attacked after he finds heroin hidden in his antique store warehouse.

EP23  Accent on Murder
Aug. 23,1960
Accent on Murder

A woman is killed after hiring Diamond to protect ""a young lady from France"" who turns out to be a poodle.

EP22  The Lovely Fraud
Aug. 16,1960
The Lovely Fraud

Shortly after a dancer takes out a large insurance policy on her legs, she gets injured by a hit and run driver and is forced to collect on the policy.

EP21  Double Trouble
Aug. 09,1960
Double Trouble

A diplomat who does not want the police to be involved, asks Diamond to find his missing fiancee.

EP20  Coat of Arms
Aug. 02,1960
Coat of Arms

A landlady finds one of her tenants dead in his room and shortly afterwards is greeted by a gun-wielding stranger looking for the man.

EP19  Fallen Star
Jul. 19,1960
Fallen Star

A journalist hires Diamond to look into the death of a singer who fell to her death, which he suspects was a murder but that the police have ruled a suicide.

EP18  And Whose Little Baby Are You?
Jul. 05,1960
And Whose Little Baby Are You?

After returning to his apartment with a date, Diamond finds an infant abandoned on his couch.

EP17  The Popskull
Jun. 28,1960
The Popskull

Diamond follows a dog which is pursuing a bedraggled cat.

EP16  The Fine Art of Murder
Jan. 25,1960
The Fine Art of Murder

An actress hires Diamond after she learns that a valuable painting which she purchased is a fake.

EP15  Seven Swords
Jan. 18,1960
Seven Swords

Summoned to a theater by a phone call, Diamond watches a magician thrust seven swords into a box containing his assistant. Is this the dangerous situation he was called to deal with?

EP14  Dead to the World
Jan. 11,1960
Dead to the World

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EP13  One Dead Cat
Dec. 28,1959
One Dead Cat

A night club singer hires Diamond to protect her and her band leader from a disgruntled pianist who once played in their band.

EP12  The Caller
Dec. 21,1959
The Caller

Diamond receives a mysterious telephone call which informs him that he will die at a specific time later that evening.

EP11  Marked for Murder
Dec. 14,1959
Marked for Murder

Diamond finds himself in a lonely hearts club when he is hired to investigate the confusing circumstances surrounding a robbery and murder.

EP10  The Adjustor
Dec. 07,1959
The Adjustor

Diamond receives a tip that a man who has been presumed dead for over a year is still alive.

EP9  The Image
Nov. 30,1959
The Image

An old nemesis of Diamond's on the police force has Diamond arrested on murder charges after the girlfriend of an escaped convict is found murdered.

EP8  The Counselor
Nov. 23,1959
The Counselor

A marriage counselor whose life has been threatened hires Diamond to protect him.

EP7  The Messenger
Nov. 16,1959
The Messenger

Diamond is hired to deliver a note to a bank teller and is somewhat surprised when the teller screams after she reads the note.

EP6  No Laughing Matter
Nov. 09,1959
No Laughing Matter

Diamond finds himself in a deserted amusement park on the trail of a desperate fugitive murderer.

EP5  The Runaway
Nov. 02,1959
The Runaway

While briefly stopping in San Francisco, Diamond finds himself the target of a gunman.

EP4  The Client
Oct. 26,1959
The Client

A financier hires Diamond to search for his partner who has gone missing in Mexico.

EP3  The Bookie
Oct. 19,1959
The Bookie

A bookie decides to get rid of Lt. Kile, whose efforts to put a stop to the bookie's operation have begun to annoy him.

EP2  Act of Grace
Oct. 12,1959
Act of Grace

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EP1  The Hoodlum
Oct. 05,1959
The Hoodlum

A racketeer's bookkeeper gets Diamond involved in a blackmail scheme against his boss, when he asks him to find a book and gives him only one hour to do so.

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7.8 | en | Drama , Crime , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 1957-07-01 | Released Producted By: Four Stars Productions , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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David Janssen , Richard Devon

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bkoganbing Richard Diamond premiered on radio in 1949 and ran for three seasons in that medium. The part of the hardboiled detective was a natural for Dick Powell who had made over his apple-cheeked crooner image from the Thirties to one of film-land's premier tough guys. On the radio show Powell was a former NYPD detective who also served in the OSS in World War II. He who essayed the part of Philip Marlowe so well in Murder My Sweet had no trouble in making Richard Diamond a hit on radio when that venue was losing audiences and sponsors to television.In 1957 he was offered the part to do again on television. But Powell who was a practical businessman as well as talented actor felt at this point the role demanded a younger man. Like John Wayne who recommended James Arness for Gunsmoke, another radio series transitioning to television, Powell hired David Janssen, a young contract player with Universal for Diamond. I did say 'hire' because it was Powell's Four Star Production Company that produced the show for television.Janssen was also an inspired choice. I don't recall if the OSS part of his background was kept for television as it was a younger Diamond Powell wanted, but what was added was the legs and hands of Mary Tyler Moore as Sam the message center operator. We never saw her face, we were saved that for The Dick Van Dyke Show, but her legs were a thing of beauty indeed. And that sultry voice, YOIKES. Moore was the only other real regular on the series, Janssen played a lone hand. Richard Diamond was a throwback to the Raymond Chandler/ Dashiell Hammett school of fiction detectives. He was a tough guy with a biting wit and his adventures were accompanied by a nice Man With A Golden Arm type jazz score.Richard Diamond ran for three seasons and Janssen went on to his biggest success in The Fugitive. Still there are some who consider Diamond his best television work and I'd love for TV Land channel to dig up those episodes so a new generation can find out.
WEBUTLER "Richard Diamond" was one of the all-time great private eye television shows from the late 1950's. The series starred the raspy-voiced David Janssen as the title character driving around in his Ford convertibles trading innuendos with Sam, the female operator for the Hi-Fi Answering Service, via his car phone as he solves all manner of cases. Janssen is tough and sexy and one can only wonder if he and Sam ever connected in real time. Sam is only shown in profile from the shoulders down seated in front of a switch board, in tight fitting dresses, legs crossed and usually dangling a stiletto-heeled shoe from her toe as she delivers Richard's messages in a breathy low husky voice. The show is fast, well acted, entertaining and shot in "glorious" black and white with a great jazz score. An original soundtrack album was released by Mercury records during the shows run on network television. It's great fun and well worth a look.