21 Beacon Street

Season

1959

7.8

Private eye Dennis Chase and his team - Lola, Brian, Jim - use unconventional methods to identify culprits, leaving prosecution to police in an unnamed city.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Rub Out

To protect an important witness, Chase devises a plan to fool the mob's hit man into believing he has successfully offed the witness.

S1 • E2

Safety Deposit

To avoid being blackmailed for $100,000, an engineer with friends in high places asks Dennis and his team to recover some indiscreet letters from his youth which he wrote to a former lover.

S1 • E3

The Payoff

Dennis and his team attempt to entrap a crooked boxing promoter who roughs up anyone who crosses him.

S1 • E4

Double Vision

When a reporter is murdered, Dennis and his team must access a syndicate payroll which incriminates certain mobsters and politicians.

S1 • E5

The Swindle

The team retaliates against a Lonely Hearts con artist by staging a horse-race con.

S1 • E6

The Execution

The team tries to stop the execution of an innocent man. With two days remaining, options are limited.

S1 • E7

Break In

An exiled prince is plotting to assassinate his nephew. Dennis plans to replace the prince and call off the prince's hired guns.

S1 • E8

The Trojan Horse

Chinese communists kidnap a nuclear scientist. To rescue him, Dennis hides in a shipping container bound for the import facility where the scientist is being held.

S1 • E9

The Hostage

A gang after the receipts of a mail order targets its head cashier George Manning. These robbers kidnap his wife Lois and promise to release her when George delivers the cash.

S1 • E10

The Trap

In an attempt to nab a drug kingpin, Dennis impersonates a British dealer. The plan goes quickly awry when Brian and Joanna lose track of Dennis.

S1 • E11

Dilemma

A killer is found not guilty. He confesses to his new fiancee, who then fears for her life. Since he cannot be arrested by the police due to double jeopardy, she calls on the folks at 21 Beacon Street for help.

S1 • E12

Nothing is Impossible

When both owners of a jet engine company are mysteriously murdered, the chief suspect is a notorious con artist. However, Dennis thinks it looks too obvious.