Manhunt

Seasons

1959

7.3

Finucane is a hard-nosed policeman with the San Diego, California Police Department while Ben Andrews is a reporter with the Chronicle newspaper. Both men worked well together while Finucane was assisted by young cops in 10 to 15 of the 78 episodes. The musical score was up-to-date jazz.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Killer in Blue

Finucane is hunting a sailor who murdered a woman while robbing a charity auction. Meanwhile, Ben is under pressure from his editor to trash Peters for allowing the same suspect to escape an earlier incident.

S1 • E2

Fishing Expedition

A couple make a grisly discovery while on their weekly fishing excursion: a wrecked car, a dead man, and a live baby.

S1 • E3

Three Boys and a Girl

A mentally disturbed man is accused of murder.

S1 • E4

The Rug Man

Lieutenant Finucane tries to track down a confidence team.

S1 • E5

A Decent Burial

S1 • E6

The Visitor

A baby sitter, suspicious when the child's parents fail to return, sends for the police.

S1 • E7

The Gun Smugglers

When a night watchman is killed during a robbery at a firearms plat, Ben Andrews starts a search for the culprits and discovers another murder.

S1 • E8

Hold Up

Finucane is hunting for a man and pregnant woman who are robbing stores at closing time.

S1 • E9

Man in the Panama Hat

A man is attacked in his home and it is ransacked. The man claims to have amnesia after the blow to his head. Finucane doubts he really has amnesia.

S1 • E10

Pacification of Ghent

The detectives track down a slasher who preys on women attending a college dances and leaves a note with the victims: "somebody catch me before I do it again"

S1 • E11

The Yellow Dog

Trio of young hoodlums and their dog are violently mugging random passers-by.

S1 • E12

The Lost

S1 • E13

Hair Trigger

Lt. Finucane sets out to find a psychopath disguised as a sailor who preys on marines.

S1 • E14

Traffic Ticket

An ex-convict guns down a motorcycle policeman who stops him for speeding.

S1 • E15

The Fire Bombers

S1 • E16

Just a Few Thousand

A highway construction crew finds the body of an old woman. Finucane's initial investigation reveals that her name was Nellie, that she was a recluse, and that she apparently had no friends and no money. So why was she murdered?

S1 • E17

Killer Car

S1 • E18

The Quarrel

S1 • E19

Bird of Death

A box of dead parakeets are salvaged from a plane that crashed in the ocean, which provides Lt. Finucane with a clue in the mysterious death of a woman.

S1 • E20

Misguided Mother

S1 • E21

The Reward

Finucane sets a trap for a murderous band of bank robbers by making them think he has pilfered their stolen loot for himself.

S1 • E22

The Hearing Aid

S1 • E23

Run, Thief, Run

A high society thief poses as a hired pianist in an attempt to rob the unsuspecting guests.

S1 • E24

Target Practice

S1 • E25

The Man with the Pouch

S1 • E26

The Luau

Thief is robbing valuables of guests at a variety of large social gatherings. Whenever he gets caught in the act, he violently assaults the witness. Finucane becomes convinced the thief will hit a particular luau next.

S1 • E27

Passport to Death

When a murder suspect is found dead in an hermetically sealed coffin floating in the sea, Finucane's suspicions turn to the dead man's shady business partner.

S1 • E28

The Ice Caper

A skater is accidentally shot when a robber takes a large sum from the arena box office. Lieutenant Finucane discovers that. a stalled truck played a big role in the robbery.

S1 • E29

The Seeing Eye Dog Caper

A jewel thief poses as a blind man when casing his targets. As part of his disguise, he uses a seeing eye dog which he had earlier stolen from a real blind man.

S1 • E30

The Payoff Man

S1 • E31

Double Identity

S1 • E32

The Man with the Matchbook Cover

A man steals a widower's savings, ear-marked for his crippled son's operation .

S1 • E33

Matinee Mobster

A man is burglarizing homes during the afternoon when the housewives are out. When some of the housewives return home and catch him in the act, the man violently attacks them.