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Season 2
At a currency exchange/check cashing place, a man and a woman are arguing. She (Ruta Lee) needs money to cover her gambling debts, but her boss tells her to get lost. When a man comes in
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At a currency exchange/check cashing place, a man and a woman are arguing. She (Ruta Lee) needs money to cover her gambling debts, but her boss tells her to get lost. When a man comes in to cash a check she shoots him and her boss. She tells the police the check-casher held them up, shot her boss, then she shot him in self defense. As there have been a bunch of holdups recently, Frank notices some inconsistencies and looks more deeply.
Two young men hold up a bar, shooting one customer and the bartender. This isn't their first robbery and they seem to be doing it for the thrill. Frank is on their trail, but his job is made difficult by a young woman reporter.
Two young men hold up a bar, shooting one customer and the bartender. This isn't their first robbery and they seem to be doing it for the thrill. Frank is on their trail, but his job is made difficult by a young woman reporter.
Ken Darrow, a construction worker, had come to Chicago after he was told he might be heir to a fortune, then disappeared. His wife asks Frank to investigate.
Ken Darrow, a construction worker, had come to Chicago after he was told he might be heir to a fortune, then disappeared. His wife asks Frank to investigate.
In a Hungarian restaurant a musician is threatened by someone collecting protection. They damage his hand, making it hard to play his instrument. He and his sister are refugees from
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In a Hungarian restaurant a musician is threatened by someone collecting protection. They damage his hand, making it hard to play his instrument. He and his sister are refugees from Hungary. They are confused as they didn't expect this problem in America. Frank goes undercover to find out who is behind this racket.
A young man, Danny, enters a pawnshop and is looking around when the proprietor enters with a gun. He accuses the lad of wanting to rob the shop, but Danny says he just wanted to buy a
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A young man, Danny, enters a pawnshop and is looking around when the proprietor enters with a gun. He accuses the lad of wanting to rob the shop, but Danny says he just wanted to buy a ring for his girlfriend. While the pawnbroker is trying to phone the police, Danny tries to wrestle the gun out of his hands. The gun fires and the pawnbroker falls to the ground. The next day the pawnbroker calls the police to say he was mistaken about the boy, but that he needs to be found as he may believe he killed him. Frank goes looking for Danny and discovers hits real problem is his mother, a career woman.
The Burden Company has just burned to the ground. When Val Moonie and his wife see the news on TV, she realises her brother had just taken a job there and has probably died. Val sees
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The Burden Company has just burned to the ground. When Val Moonie and his wife see the news on TV, she realises her brother had just taken a job there and has probably died. Val sees this as an opportunity to disappear, so Rose identifies the body as her husband. She feels guilty for lying to her sister-in-law, who can't figure out why her husband has vanished. When a local robbery takes place with Val's MO Frank's suspicions are raised.
A motorcycle team is robbing service stations. Dubbed the phantom raiders, they are eluding arrest. Frank has an idea how to find them. Will he succeed?
A motorcycle team is robbing service stations. Dubbed the phantom raiders, they are eluding arrest. Frank has an idea how to find them. Will he succeed?
An attorney is at home in his library practicing his speech to a jury when he is shot dead. Frank is thrown the case.
An attorney is at home in his library practicing his speech to a jury when he is shot dead. Frank is thrown the case.
During a holdup, teller Carolyn Wilton is killed. She'd been dating a new guy, Luke Porter, and Frank thinks there may be a connection. He walks with a limp so wasn't involved with the
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During a holdup, teller Carolyn Wilton is killed. She'd been dating a new guy, Luke Porter, and Frank thinks there may be a connection. He walks with a limp so wasn't involved with the robbery, but he has a record. Frank wants to make the case for murder.
Gambling is illegal in Chicago, so bookies have been 'sitting' in people's homes and using their personal phones to take bets. Most people don't understand that this is illegal and that
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Gambling is illegal in Chicago, so bookies have been 'sitting' in people's homes and using their personal phones to take bets. Most people don't understand that this is illegal and that they won't be able to stop. When gamblers start getting beaten up and a woman is killed for trying to evict her sitter, Frank goes to work.
A waiter and his wife are stopped by a motorcycle cop, who orders the man out of the car. When he refuses, the cop takes off, and the couple file a complaint. Frank finds out the
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A waiter and his wife are stopped by a motorcycle cop, who orders the man out of the car. When he refuses, the cop takes off, and the couple file a complaint. Frank finds out the motorcycle cop was a fake. He's a contract killer from the East, but why is there a contract out on a waiter?
A bunch of working men have been murdered lately, but there is no pattern. Frank realizes that most of them have left widows who have moved on pretty quickly. What's the racket?
A bunch of working men have been murdered lately, but there is no pattern. Frank realizes that most of them have left widows who have moved on pretty quickly. What's the racket?
Someone is using imported sports cars to smuggle narcotics.
Someone is using imported sports cars to smuggle narcotics.
Frank's old pal Marty Bledsoe has a tip which will help put Lucky Martello away, but he is gunned down. He survives and Frank begs Dr Stefan Renzig to operate. When Martello hears
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Frank's old pal Marty Bledsoe has a tip which will help put Lucky Martello away, but he is gunned down. He survives and Frank begs Dr Stefan Renzig to operate. When Martello hears this, he has Renzig's wife kidnapped and threatens to kill her if he operates. Frank must figure out where she's being held.
At James Madison Trade School, a gang of boys led by Nick Sharples (Tom Laughlin) accuse Pete (Burt Reynolds) of currying favor with the teacher and beating up a boy who rejects them.
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At James Madison Trade School, a gang of boys led by Nick Sharples (Tom Laughlin) accuse Pete (Burt Reynolds) of currying favor with the teacher and beating up a boy who rejects them. Principal Ralph Schneider has faith in his ability to reform the boys, but the gang kills him. Can Frank catch the guilty?
A factory is robbed by two men--or is it three? The cops are praised at first, but then the owner says there is $20,000 missing. Frank goes in search of the mysterious third man.
A factory is robbed by two men--or is it three? The cops are praised at first, but then the owner says there is $20,000 missing. Frank goes in search of the mysterious third man.
Walter Novotny and Ralph have neighboring haberdasheries. On New Year's Eve, Walter tries to make amends with Ralph, who refuses his offer. Later that evening Ralph is murdered by a
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Walter Novotny and Ralph have neighboring haberdasheries. On New Year's Eve, Walter tries to make amends with Ralph, who refuses his offer. Later that evening Ralph is murdered by a protection gang. Eighteen months later Frank is at a retirement party. The retiring cop has something on his conscience. He put Walter in the death house, but doubts hits guilt. Frank has forty eight hours to save Walter from the chair. Can he get the eye witness to recant?
Two men are waiting on the street. One opens a police phone box and says to send a car to pick up Ernie Vogel on a parole violation. He then stands back and waits for the street cop,
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Two men are waiting on the street. One opens a police phone box and says to send a car to pick up Ernie Vogel on a parole violation. He then stands back and waits for the street cop, Callahan, to make a call. Callahan says hello to the man, Simmons, who then shoots him. An APB is issued looking for Vogel. When he's caught he rushes to the roof, saying he's been framed. Frank promises to look into it. He goes to talk to Callahan's daughter to see if her father might have been working on a case. Meanwhile, the media is covering the man on the ledge.
Miss Laura Dennis, an actress, chats to her friend Jerry before going to her dressing room to call her boyfriend, Sam, who owns the theatre. Jerry lets a man in the side door. The man
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Miss Laura Dennis, an actress, chats to her friend Jerry before going to her dressing room to call her boyfriend, Sam, who owns the theatre. Jerry lets a man in the side door. The man then pretends to mug Jerry and threatens to throw acid in Laura's face if she doesn't leave Chicago. Laura refuses to go, but Sam wants to close the show. Frank says he thinks that would be premature. Meanwhile, the mugger puts pressure on Jerry, who wants the theatre for part of a property deal.
Two men leave a bar, one after the other. Joe Garcia had a record for mugging, but Hummel lures him down an alley, then tells the beat cop he has killed him because he had been attacked.
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Two men leave a bar, one after the other. Joe Garcia had a record for mugging, but Hummel lures him down an alley, then tells the beat cop he has killed him because he had been attacked. At the coroner's inquest, Frank recognizes Hummel because he'd accidentally killed a mugger a year or two earlier. When Garcia's girlfriend complains no one is investigating, he decides to look into it.
At an upscale nightclub on a snowy winter night, Mary Graymore witnesses the assassination of Lou Petty, right-hand man of gangster Al Sampson. Mary seems to be enjoying her fame, but
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At an upscale nightclub on a snowy winter night, Mary Graymore witnesses the assassination of Lou Petty, right-hand man of gangster Al Sampson. Mary seems to be enjoying her fame, but isn't very helpful. Frank is suspicious of Mary's motives and suspects Sampson's behind the murder. Can he break the case?
Three shady men walk into the Bongo Club. They tell the supper club's proprietor, Mollie Patrick, that she won't be allowed to open as she has declined their 'services.' She's an old
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Three shady men walk into the Bongo Club. They tell the supper club's proprietor, Mollie Patrick, that she won't be allowed to open as she has declined their 'services.' She's an old acquaintance of Frank's, so he looks into this protection racket. Then an old style gang war breaks out.
Two men are pressing reclusive heiress Sarah Thurston to reveal where the safe is and open it. She hadn't been out in public since 1909,but these men murder her. At the same time Harry
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Two men are pressing reclusive heiress Sarah Thurston to reveal where the safe is and open it. She hadn't been out in public since 1909,but these men murder her. At the same time Harry Frost comes to Frank with his mother to turn himself in. After booking him, Frank heads to North Shore Drive to help on the Thurston case. Is there a connection?
Frank and the Captain are at a restaurant. Frank is waiting on the street when someone tries to shoot him. He starts to work through a list of possible suspects. They think it might be
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Frank and the Captain are at a restaurant. Frank is waiting on the street when someone tries to shoot him. He starts to work through a list of possible suspects. They think it might be Stevens who had claimed Frank has framed him. Stevens says he's going straight, but the other people who testified against him have gotten some death threats. Then one of them is killed. Frank still thinks it's Stevens, but he has an alibi. He was at a church event.
Businessman Lloyd Weldon had been murdered in a part of town he shouldn't been in. His widow is the friend of the Captain's wife. And there was a long red hair on his suit and his widow
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Businessman Lloyd Weldon had been murdered in a part of town he shouldn't been in. His widow is the friend of the Captain's wife. And there was a long red hair on his suit and his widow was a brunette. Frank takes the case. It might be Carla Kinross, an old girlfriend, but there's also been a rash of attacks on men in the neighborhood, which leads Frank to a woman Excon whose daughter has a grudge against society for imprisoning her parents.
A cabby pulls over and meets a man who takes a suitcase from him. It falls open and reveals $100,000. A car pulls up and the man.is shot. The cabby says he was paid to fetch the
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A cabby pulls over and meets a man who takes a suitcase from him. It falls open and reveals $100,000. A car pulls up and the man.is shot. The cabby says he was paid to fetch the suitcase, but knows no more. It emerges that it was ransome money. But with the kidnapper dead how will they find the missing girl? Frank leads the search. She's in the basement of a building in a neighborhood which is being demolished. Will they reach her before the wrecking ball does?
Two cars speed down a lonely road. One forces the other to stop. A couple are forced out. While the man is robbed, the woman runs away. The man is killed, but the woman is missing. Who
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Two cars speed down a lonely road. One forces the other to stop. A couple are forced out. While the man is robbed, the woman runs away. The man is killed, but the woman is missing. Who is she and how does she fit in? There have been a series of robberies and Frank wonders if this is part of a pattern.
Larry Barker is doing ten years for racketeering. His wife has complained Larry is being brutalized. Frank attends a hearing at the prison where a grandstanding politician is also
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Larry Barker is doing ten years for racketeering. His wife has complained Larry is being brutalized. Frank attends a hearing at the prison where a grandstanding politician is also visiting. Captain Gray arrives with a former con who is about to leave the country, but who they suspect is smuggling contraband into the prison and orders for Barker's mob outside. Barker makes a break taking the senator hostage. Will Frank be able to help the warden foil his escape?
There's been a rash of fires plaguing Chicago, generally arson to claim insurance. Two brothers are shown setting a factory fire (James Coburn and Leonard Nimoy). The younger brother
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There's been a rash of fires plaguing Chicago, generally arson to claim insurance. Two brothers are shown setting a factory fire (James Coburn and Leonard Nimoy). The younger brother (Nimoy) kills the night watchman, angering his sibling as no one was supposed to get hurt. Frank investigates, driven by pity for the widow of the night watchman and looks for the arsonists in a local folk club.
Thomas Bonsell's neighbor heard an argument going on in Bonsell's apartment and now Bonsell has disappeared. The Dark Street area had recently been the site of several disappearances and
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Thomas Bonsell's neighbor heard an argument going on in Bonsell's apartment and now Bonsell has disappeared. The Dark Street area had recently been the site of several disappearances and Frank is called in to work the case. Meanwhile, a cabdriver has spotted a stolen taxi next to the Whitehill Cemetery. After he leaves a man takes a body out of the car and heads into the burial ground. Are the two related?
Jimmy reluctantly agrees to deliver a package for 'Joe,' under threat. Frank is looking into a robbery a month earlier where the thieves got away with $50,000 in bonds. On the
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Jimmy reluctantly agrees to deliver a package for 'Joe,' under threat. Frank is looking into a robbery a month earlier where the thieves got away with $50,000 in bonds. On the stakeout, Frank catches Jimmy, but he claims he doesn't know anything. Under pressure, he reveals details of 'Joe', really a career criminal called Flay. Now it's time for Frank to check out what Jimmy said.
Carol Willis and her father are walking her dog one evening when they are accosted by a man called Tooley. He shoots the dog and says 'one down and two to go'. What does Tooley want and why is Mr Willis denying that he knows the man?
Carol Willis and her father are walking her dog one evening when they are accosted by a man called Tooley. He shoots the dog and says 'one down and two to go'. What does Tooley want and why is Mr Willis denying that he knows the man?
Shelly, a model, is cleaning up after a photo session, when a man she's been blackmailing turns up. He drowns her in the sink, but her body turns up in Lake Michigan. The coroner quickly
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Shelly, a model, is cleaning up after a photo session, when a man she's been blackmailing turns up. He drowns her in the sink, but her body turns up in Lake Michigan. The coroner quickly spots she had soap in her lungs. Her modelling agency isn't very helpful, but gives Frank some information. He's aided by an eager young chap who knew her.
Ellen Benton is on the way out for dinner when she senses she is going into a diabetic coma. She calls the emergency number and her doctor finds her insulin has been tampered with. Who is trying to kill her?
Ellen Benton is on the way out for dinner when she senses she is going into a diabetic coma. She calls the emergency number and her doctor finds her insulin has been tampered with. Who is trying to kill her?
A young couple quarrels. He wants a divorce; she doesn't. She goes into her bedroom then stumbles out and collapses while he answers the phone. He then reports her as missing and Frank is assigned the case.
A young couple quarrels. He wants a divorce; she doesn't. She goes into her bedroom then stumbles out and collapses while he answers the phone. He then reports her as missing and Frank is assigned the case.
Helene Victor is trying on a fur at a fur salon where the proprietor has ordered dinner for them from a French restaurant across the street. Two men force their way in after the waiter
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Helene Victor is trying on a fur at a fur salon where the proprietor has ordered dinner for them from a French restaurant across the street. Two men force their way in after the waiter who sees one of their faces and is shot. Everything is taken. Is this an insurance scam or a real holdup?
In a factory, an accountant counting money notices two bills have the same serial number. He tells the president and a federal agent, who thanks the teller and says if he finds any
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In a factory, an accountant counting money notices two bills have the same serial number. He tells the president and a federal agent, who thanks the teller and says if he finds any more to notify him. When the teller leaves it becomes clear that the man is not a federal agent, but a someone who brings money to the bank president for laundering. The businessman demands a bigger percentage of the profits. Later that night he is killed and the murder is assigned to Frank. The man's wife says he was a gambler and there is more to the case than a simple robbery homicide.
Outside the Great Lakes Navigation Company a watchman sees a sailor carrying a package he claims is laundry. A minute later the sailor meets a man who greets him with the question 'Mr.
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Outside the Great Lakes Navigation Company a watchman sees a sailor carrying a package he claims is laundry. A minute later the sailor meets a man who greets him with the question 'Mr. Grim? ' To which he replies, 'Mr Grim's rabbits.' The man offers him $100, but when he demands more, he shoots him, runs away and ditches the package. Frank is called to the scene. When the body goes to the morgue an attendant hides the package with another corpse who is a John Doe. Meanwhile, importer R. Franklyn Matson III has a visit from a woman who expects him to deliver the package and who has $5000 for him. She thinks he has double crossed her, so she shoots him. Can Frank unravel what is going on?
At The Music Tent a promotion is going on where singers are doing lots of blues songs. it is being broadcast live on the radio. The DJ, Sy Mitchell, says tomorrow night he's doing a
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At The Music Tent a promotion is going on where singers are doing lots of blues songs. it is being broadcast live on the radio. The DJ, Sy Mitchell, says tomorrow night he's doing a story on racketeering. The club manager objects, but the Sy ignores him. When he leaves the club he is shot down. No-one knows what his big scoop was to be, but Frank is determined to find out.
Danzig is on death row scheduled for execution tomorrow. His wife, Loretta, still believes he's innocent, so Frank agrees to look into it. He starts by visiting the prison psychiatrist.
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Danzig is on death row scheduled for execution tomorrow. His wife, Loretta, still believes he's innocent, so Frank agrees to look into it. He starts by visiting the prison psychiatrist. Meanwhile, she visits her brother-in-law, Jerry, who refuses to lend her a gun. She takes it anyway. Jerry tells Frank, who returns to the prison to see if Danzig's amnesia had lifted.
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