53. THE HOODLUM

(10/05/59)  #3202

A racketeer's book keeper 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.

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Alan Reed (Paul Trumbo)
Peter Leeds (Frank)
Adrienne Marden (Mrs. McPherson)
John Alvin (Doc)
also Cecil Weston, Renny McEvoy, Gil Perkins, Chuck Stanaker
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

NOTE: The first 10 minutes of this episode were not broadcast, since it was joined in progress after game 4 of the World Series. In a dated scene, a man watches Diamond talking on his car phone and says "Darndest thing I ever saw!"

54. ACT OF GRACE

(10/12/59)  #3204

plot details unavailable

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Patricia Donahue (Harriet Barnes)
William Schallert (Charlie Kane)
Mario Siletti (Waldo)
Eleanor Audley (Agnes Wilton)
Norm Alden (Ben Regan)
Mark Tapscott (Lt. Hendricks/uncredited)

55. THE BOOKIE

(10/19/59)  #3206

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.

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Ross Martin (Nate Muro)
Merry Anders (Claudia Reed)
Buddy Lewis (Sookey)
Peggy Maley (Sally)
John Goddard (Jeff Stark)
Joseph Ruskin (Chick)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

56. THE CLIENT

(10/26/59)  #3208

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

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Bartlett Robinson (Albert Gunther)
Nestor Palvia (Emelio Tomas)
Rudolfo Hoyos (Pedro)
Carlos Romero (Jose)
Sarita Vara (Dolores Flynn)
Peter Brocco (Harry Tyler)

57. THE RUNAWAY

(11/02/59)  #3214

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

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Ross Elliott (Walter Cummings)
Maxine Cooper (Edith Beldon)
Charles Aidman (George Beldon)
Mark Allen (Det. Harry Tyler)
Jonathan Kidd (Carl)

58. NO LAUGHING MATTER

(11/09/59)  #3210

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Joey Bishop (Joey Kirk)
Carole Matthews (Rita Kirk)
Don Haggerty (Harry Moxton)
Sol Gorss (Fred Candido)
Howard O. Ledig (Carl)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

59. THE MESSENGER

(11/16/59)  #3212

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

Director: Don McDougall
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Joan Camden (Ruth Cozen)
Frank Albertson (Gerald Clayton)
Harvey Perry (Kenneth Luber)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Richard Devon (Sgt. Alden), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

Note: Richard Devon joins the cast as Sgt. Alden in this episode.

60. THE COUNSELOR

(11/23/59)  #3218

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
King Donovan (Hamilton Chase)
Barbara Pepper (Clara Chase)
Gordon W. Jones (Joel Finlay)
Arthur Peterson (Dr. Platt)
John Craven (uncredited)
Bob Bass (uncredited)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

61. THE IMAGE

(11/30/59)  #3216

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.

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Whitney Blake (Laura Westly)
Olan Soule (Mr. Danzig)
Dallas Mitchell (uncredited)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Richard Devon (Sgt. Alden)

NOTES: David Janssen plays a double role as Chuck Garrett as well as his Diamond character.

This episode was parodied on the VR.5 episode “Escape” airing 4/07/95 in a black-and-white segment entitled "Dialing Mr. D". Michael Easton played Richard Diamond, Lori Singer played Sam, and Dayton Callie played Sgt. Alden.

62. THE ADJUSTER

(12/07/59)  #3220

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Dick Foran (David Steele)
Nancy Valentine (Nancy Porter)
Dabbs Greer (Scooter Jaffee)
DeForest Kelley (Ken Porter)
Syd Saylor (the Handyman/uncredited)

63. MARKED FOR MURDER

(12/14/59)  #3222

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

Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Stacy Graham (Betty Pierce)
Peter Leeds (Sidney Gordon/Harold Jason)
Patricia Huston (Myra Cantrell)
Dave Willock (Henry Wilson/Wilkins)
Ellen Corby (Mrs. Carter)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

64. THE CALLER

(12/21/59)  #3224

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Roberta Haynes (Audry Billings)
Harry Bellaver (Al Turbo-the caller)
Lewis Charles (Joey Able)
Francis Morris (Mrs. Lester/uncredited)
and Richard Devon (Sgt. Alden)

65. ONE DEAD CAT

(12/28/59)  #3226

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

Director: Don McDougall
Writer: Don Brinkley

Guest cast:
Jack Elam (Perk Butler)
Jacqueline Scott (Jan Smith)
Joan Tabor (Ginny Abbott)
Than Wyenn (Bertie)
and Richard Devon (Sgt. Alden), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

NOTE: Guest Jacqueline Scott played Janssen’s sister Donna Taft on THE FUGITIVE.

66. DEAD TO THE WORLD

(01/11/60)  #3228

plot details unavailable

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Tom Gries

Guest cast:
Geraldine Brooks (Helen Lear)
Robert Lowery (Mark Sutro)
Allison Hayes (Angel Case)
William Edmonson (Big Otto)
also Sam Flint
and Richard Devon (Sgt. Alden)

NOTE: In this episode Diamond finally sees a photograph of Sam. Unfortunately, poor lighting renders her features unrecognizable.

67. SEVEN SWORDS

(01/18/60)  #3232

Summoned to a theatre by a phone call, Diamond watches a magician thrust seven swords into a box containing his assistant.

Director: Don McDougall
Writers: William Link and Richard Levinson

Guest cast:
Carol Ohmart (Sally Chandler)
Jerome Cowan (Marvello)
Jeffrey Stone (Larry Manners)
Mason Curry (uncredited)
Rodney Bell (uncredited)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

68. FINE ART OF MURDER

(01/25/60)  #3234

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Don Brinkley

Guest cast:
Hillary Brooke (Laura Renault)
Howard McNear (Dr. Braun)
Joan Banks (the Woman)
Jonathan Hole (Bank Manager)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

69. THE POPSKULL

(06/28/60)  #3230

Diamond follows a dog which is pursuing a bedraggled cat.

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Mary LaRoche (Agnes Anthony)
Michael Fox (Ted Anthony)
Chris Alcaide (Robert Knight)
Robert M. Karnes (Jack)
Stafford Repp (Charley London)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

70. AND WHOSE LITTLE BABY ARE YOU?

(07/05/60)  #3244

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

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: Tom Gries

Guest cast:
Linda Lawson (Nola Carter)
Pat Michon (Raven McLeod)
Richard Crane (Arnie Baselice)
Wally Brown (the milkman)
Dirk London (Grant Patterson II/uncredited)
Barbara Banning (Helen Patterson/uncredited)

71. THE FALLEN STAR

(07/19/60)  #3250

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
John Lupton (Mark Larsen)
Virginia Vincent (Rita Corbit)
Tommy Farrell (Frank Connelly)
John Hubbard (Ken Walsh)
Dusty Anders (Dorothy Tabor)
Mickey Simpson (Harry Brice)

72. COAT OF ARMS

(08/02/60)  #3248

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

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: Don Brinkley

Guest cast:
Rita Moreno (Maria Ferrari)
Michael Fox (Brother Joshua)
James Coburn (Victor Tavo)
Rita Duncan (Fay)
Robert Bice as Sgt. Alden
also Svea Grunfeld
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

73. DOUBLE TROUBLE

(08/09/60)  #3236

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

Director: Arthur D. Hilton
Writer: Fred Freiberger

Guest cast:
Brad Dexter (Wilton Mills)
June S. Vincent (Grace Williams)
Casey Adams (Bill Henry)
Chris Warfield (Arnold Bascomb)
Jan Harrison (Anita Wilson)
Hal Baylor (Sailor Jackson)

74. THE LOVELY FRAUD

(08/16/60)  #3238

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.

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Herbert Abbott Spiro

Guest cast:
Joanna Barnes (Joyce Long)
Alden ‘Stephan’ Chase (Carl Boardman)
Lyle Talbot (Victor Long)
Jack Kruschen (Max Schilling)
Maureen Arthur (Bobby)
Patty Ann Gerrity (Little Girl/uncredited)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

75. ACCENT ON MURDER

(08/23/60)  #3252

A woman hires Diamond to protect 'a young lady from France', which Diamond learns is really a poodle after the woman who hires him is killed.

Director: Donald McDougall
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Lili Kardell (Rita Shearer)
Peter Leeds (Waldo Lattimer)
Nancy Valentine (Lila Bradley)
Rico Alaniz (Carlos Rivera)
Bill Brisick (Harry Brecker/uncredited)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile)

76. EAST OF DANGER

(08/30/60)  #3242

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writers: John Tomerlin and Charles Beaumont

Guest cast:
Judy Dan (Sally Fong)
James Hong (Chung Lin)
Philip Ann (Ho-Lung)
Guy Lee (Danny Fong)
Robert Kino (Tommy/uncredited)
Mike Masters (Mike Finch/uncredited)
Bill Erwin (Doctor/uncredited)
and Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

77. RUNNING SCARED

(09/06/60)  #3240

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

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: Ed Adamson

Guest cast:
Bethel Leslie (Harriet Morrow)
Marc Lawrence (Vito Doria)
King Calder (Kenneth Morrow)
Joe Conley (Bartender)
and Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

78. THE MOUSE

(syndicated)  #3246

Director: Thomas Carr
Writer: John Robinson

Guest cast:
Narda Onyx (Amelia Fable)
Lilyan Chauvin (Clara)
Than Wyenn (Clyde)
Stephen Bekassy (Paul Monteau)
Joe Conley (Joe)
and Russ Conway (Lt. Pete Kile), Roxanne Brooks (Sam)

NOTE: This episode did not have an original broadcast airdate and was not seen until syndication.