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The Hackensack Victory
Episode S1-01, first aired 05/01/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
A man named Chalmers Lathem, an executive VP with Intercontinental Maritime Underwriters, asks for a meeting with Frank Race to explain how there had been two claims from the same company for freighters which had recently just disappeared - ships, crew, and cargo. He had just left that meeting when he is accosted by goons wanting him to stay out of the case.
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The Darling Debutante
Episode S1-02, first aired 05/08/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
A friend of Mark Donovan who also drives a hack needs Frank Race's help because the woman found dead the day before and now lying in the morgue is likely that driver's wife and he will be the prime suspect. Race will find that the real killer was a duchess who was definitely no lady.
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The Istanbul Adventure
Episode S1-03, first aired 05/15/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race is in Istanbul when a lovely lady outrunning bullets races out of the night to bump into Race. Race was planning on leaving Turkey the next day but decides to stick around to help her, especially when she talks about an American who has been hurt and needs a doctor. Soon intruders graze Race with a bullet himself and kill the American. The woman disappeared! Some time later, she shows up again when Race is in Cannes on a new case. That case deals with aid shipments to Istanbul which had been hijacked.
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The Seventeen Black
Episode S1-04, first aired 05/22/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
After winning three times at a Saratoga casino roulette table on 17 - Black, Frank Race is pulled back to NYC by Mark because of a new case. An employee at a company insured by one of firms that Race works with stole $60k and up and committed suicide. Races is asked to find the missing loot.
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The Enoch Arden Adventure
Episode S1-05, first aired 05/29/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
An interesting case is presented to Frank Race in the form of a beautiful woman who needs help proving her husband, missing for 7 years, is really dead so she can collect his insurance. Except she has already collected the half million and left for Switzerland. But then when Race follows her, she hands him a locker key and says the money is hidden there. And then things get complicated.
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The Vanishing President
Episode S1-06, first aired 06/05/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race is asked to look into the disappearance of three vessels which had gone missing, crew and all. The ships were insured by the same company but were owned by different enterprises. Each was sailing from the States to South America empty so regular piracy seemed unlikely. Race would discover that empty holds mean space to transport illegal arms and that kind of firepower can help overthrow a small country.
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The Baradian Letters
Episode S1-07, first aired 06/12/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
In Paris on vacation, Frank Race confronted by two women in his hotel room, one of them being a lady who had helped him out once during one of his OSS adventures. Now she is in danger of being murdered and turns to Race for help. A bigwig named Baradian is behind it. He tells Race that he is now being blackmailed because of a series of romantic letters he sent to the woman many years before. He is not happy with the extortion.
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The Airborne Adventure
Episode S1-08, first aired 06/19/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
An underwriter is insuring the delivery of a set of plans for a new plane. Those specs are being transported from Trieste to London and then on to New York via courier and the company wants Frank Race to be that courier. Naturally some very unscrupulous people want their hands on these plans and some of them come from the other side of the Iron Curtain.
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The Shanghai Incident
Episode S1-09, first aired 06/26/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
A old college football teammate calls on Frank Race for help. He is now an underwriter of insurance and needs Race to finish the work of another investigator who was murdered on a job. South China Airline is a cargo hauling company and lately it has been losing a lot of it all across southern China. It is Race's task to find who has been stealing the stuff and why did they kill the other agent. Just after arriving in Shanghai but before starting work, he is accosted by a knife and offered a bribe to just leave.
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The Juvenile Passenger
Episode S1-10, first aired 07/03/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Race gets an urgent call from Donovan needing his help at 1 am. When Race joins him at his cab, he finds a 14-year-old girl in the back of the taxi. Donovan says she climbed into his cab while he was getting some coffee at 11 and now refuses to get out, saying she would kill herself if he did not just keep driving. She is a resident of an orphanage who has run away because jewelry she did not steal was found under her mattress and she is threatened with jail. Race agrees to help her prove her innocence. Things get complicated when the young lady is later suspected of murder!
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The Reckless Daughter
Episode S1-11, first aired 07/10/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race and Mark Donovan are in a "section of the European continent" which was war-torn from WWII. It is only after accidentally getting involved in a police matter which lands Donovan in jail for resisting arrest that Race learns the reason for the summons to the country. A group of American businessmen want to open shop in this impoverished country but underwriters will not cover their efforts because of the instability of government. What is desired is for a renowned citizen of the land, Anton Vandim, to step in a Prime Minister but he is now a recluse. Race, an old acquaintance of the man is asked to find out why he is so hesitant.
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The Silent Heart
Episode S1-12, first aired 07/17/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
In New York during summer, Race is asked to visit an insurance actuary who is pondering a sad anomaly. A county in New England has had an unexplained dramatic upswing in death by recently acquired heart disease. Looking further, it is determined a good number of the deceased had been business partners of one company or another. It is suspected that a murder ring was operating here, forcing business owners to take on a new partner and then dying soon after. Race heads to the small city at the center of the trouble.
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The Garrulous Bartender
Episode S1-13, first aired 07/24/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Race is urgently summoned to Los Angeles where an underwriter is having trouble with an embezzlement case costing the insurance company $100k. The man suspected of stealing the money has disappeared and likely headed to Mexico. Race is asked to find who is behind the theft and stop it before it can be duplicated all over the country.
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The Vanishing Favorite
Episode S1-14, first aired 07/31/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race and Mark Donovan are enjoying the day at the horse race track when the Secretary of the track asks for an immediate meeting. The matter not only involves the track but it might also involve "the future of horse racing in this country". In particular is one horse, Flames of Athens, which is due to be shipped across country if someone does not kill him first. Several attempts have already been made and Race is asked to keep him alive. The question then is why is this horse in danger?
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The Embittered Secretary
Episode S1-15, first aired 08/07/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
A new case looked to be pretty mundane - a wealthy man had some jewelry go missing and wanted it recovered. Things turn far less common when murder steps in.
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The Talking Bullet
Episode S1-16, first aired 08/14/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Blackie Martin is a convict destined for the gas chamber. His escape was kept under wraps by the officials hoping to catch him before anyone noticed but then the judge who presided over the case was found murdered in the courthouse so the matter went public. Martin had vowed to kill the judge and all others involved in convicting him. Frank Race was immediately interested because he was the man who captured Martin the first time.
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The Fat Man's Loot
Episode S1-17, first aired 08/21/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
The Fat Man in this title refers to the late Nazi war-criminal Hermann Goering. An insurance underwriter calls Frank Race in to show him some impressive gems recently placed on the market. They were part of a batch stolen by Goering during the War. Race's job is to head to Germany to find the man who is in possession of the rest of them and bring him in for justice.
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The Generals Lady
Episode S1-18, first aired 08/28/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
In Tunis Frank Race was looking up a pal named Pete who was an international insurance investigator. Race learns his friend was seriously hurt, beaten to a pulp by a massive man named Le Pas who wears a ring meant to inflict horrible damage to a victim's face. At the root of the trouble was a plot to start a civil war in an African country to allow a seller of nitrates to renege on a contract to get a better price.
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The Violent Virtuoso
Episode S1-19, first aired 09/04/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
A gorgeous woman calls on Frank Race's apartment to talk to him about a stolen ring, taken by a friend. The friend is also a dear friend of Race so he is reluctant to take the case. The alleged thief is a renowned actress involved in a situation that will lead to jealously leading to murder.
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The Fourth Round Knockout
Episode S1-20, first aired 09/11/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Mark Donovan drags Frank Race to a boxing match in Brooklyn to see a young heavyweight, Freddie Natchez, who is an up-and-comer. The young man is handling his opponent with ease until the 4th round when a simple blow by the other guy knocks Natchez out. Donovan was suspecting a dive until it is learned that Freddie was dead, a victim of poisoning. This is just the first death for this case.
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The Three On A Match
Episode S1-21, first aired 09/18/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race is in Bordeaux heading to a bar late in the evening when Mark Donovan and another man race up to him, followed by a gunshot. The man is being hunted by a beautiful woman and three henchmen. The matter deals with a cache of brand-new £1000 notes.
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The Roughnecks Will
Episode S1-22, first aired 09/25/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
An old college and OSS buddy makes a desperate call to Frank Race for help. The man is a partner in a large law firm. The matter deals with an old man named Collins who is a recluse and one of the country's 10 richest men. Race's lawyer friend is concerned because someone broke into his office and took a look at the rich man's will. It was a short testament listing four names and decreeing simply that the vast fortune go to the last surviving member of the group. The lawyer called it "an invitation to murder!"
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The Green Doubloon
Episode S1-23, first aired 10/02/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Frank Race and Mark Donovan had just flown into Calan, a city along the Panama Canal. He is there to see if he could convince an embezzler to part with $300k in exchange for his freedom.
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The Sobbing Bodyguards
Episode S1-24, first aired 10/09/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
Mark Donovan is in a terrible bind as he hauls a body into Frank Race's apartment. Race's help is needed because the deceased is a gangster boss that Donovan had had a run-in with months before which ended up with Donovan being beaten. Now the leader is dead and Donovan knows he is a prime suspect.
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The Divers Loot
Episode S1-25, first aired 10/16/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
In London, Frank Race is looking forward to heading back to NYC when a new case drops in his lap. An accidental death case needs to be investigated since the deceased was shot to death! Accident? How is a sunken ship off England with a nice stash of gold coins involved?
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Adventure In Mormon Country
Episode S1-26, first aired 10/23/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Brooklyn Accent
Episode S1-27, first aired 10/30/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Six Week Cure
Episode S1-28, first aired 11/06/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Fairway Beauty
Episode S1-29, first aired 11/13/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Runway Queen
Episode S1-30, first aired 11/20/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Lady In The Dark
Episode S1-31, first aired 11/27/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Silent Tongue
Episode S1-32, first aired 12/04/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Kandy Killing
Episode S1-33, first aired 12/11/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Undecided Bride
Episode S1-34, first aired 12/18/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Gold Worshipper
Episode S1-35, first aired 12/25/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The House Divided
Episode S1-36, first aired 01/01/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Pharaohs Staff
Episode S1-37, first aired 01/08/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Count Trefanno Crest
Episode S1-38, first aired 01/15/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Night Crawler
Episode S1-39, first aired 01/22/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Kettle Drum
Episode S1-40, first aired 01/29/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Loveable Character
Episode S1-41, first aired 02/05/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Black Friars Bridge
Episode S1-42, first aired 02/12/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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The Big Top
Episode S1-43, first aired 02/19/1949
Director: Buckley Angel
Writer: Joel Murcott
[plot unknown]
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