The Dick Powell Show

Seasons

1961

7.4

Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting (episode: 'The Court-Martial of Captain Wycliff').

Episode List

S1 • E1

Who Killed Julie Greer?

Amos Burke is an L.A. cop who's inherited millions and usually arrives at crime scenes in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. Investigating the death of actress Julie Greer, he finds lots of suspects - but the killer's identity surprises him.

S1 • E2

Ricochet

An army sergeant blames himself for causing a rookie's death during training.

S1 • E3

Killer in the House

A man on the run hides out at his brother's house - something the brother and his wife are most uneasy about.

S1 • E4

John J. Diggs

John J. Diggs appears to be a derelict, scrounging from tourists in a Mexican town. But Margo Haley thinks there's more to him than that.

S1 • E5

Doyle Against the House

Blackjack dealer Eddie Doyle needs money fast. Can he use his skill with the cards to beat the house?

S1 • E6

Out of the Night

In 1944, a revenge-obsessed pilot bombs a village to kill one man - who escapes.

S1 • E7

Somebody's Waiting

Augie, a sailor on shore leave, is just looking for his buddies. But there are two guys with knives who seem to want him hurt.

S1 • E8

The Geetas Box

A couple of linemen from the telephone company plan a robbery with a safe-cracker.

S1 • E9

Goodbye, Hannah

Tasked with finding Hannah Cole (missing for a year), Lt. Smith of the Missing Persons Bureau builds up an intriguing portrait of this woman he has never met.

S1 • E10

Up Jumped the Devil

When ambitious executive Jack Farmer hits a winning streak with his compulsive gambling, he decides to use the money entrusted to him at work by his boss.

S1 • E11

Three Soldiers

After the controversial Sgt. Marius is captured by the enemy in an Asian war zone, two very different soldiers share their memories of working with him.

S1 • E12

A Swiss Affair

A scientist aboard a Swiss train is pursued by the spies of three nations, all anxious to learn the information inside his head. But who's who?

S1 • E13

The Fifth Caller

A nurse, Anna Bardessy, is found with her wrists cut (but still alive) under a pier in an English coastal town. Her employer, the eccentric Dr. Whitehall, has been murdered in London and Inspector Marshall of Scotland Yard investigates.

S1 • E14

Open Season

Devery Shay is most anxious to prevent his wife from getting a quickie Mexican divorce - and even more anxious that she doesn't subsequently testify in court about his crooked activities.

S1 • E15

Death in a Village

An aged priest arrives at a Spanish village which is under constant threat from a bandit and his men.

S1 • E16

A Time to Die

A bizarre black comedy in which Burton Stevens, injured in a bad car crash, is told by mysterious people that he can select someone to die in his place.

S1 • E17

Price of Tomatoes

A truck driver on a very tight schedule stops to give a lift to a pregnant hitch-hiker; and then his life gets very complicated.

S1 • E18

Obituary for Mr.X

A cop's feelings of guilt over an affair leads to tragedy

S1 • E19

Squadron

The actions of a US bomber crew in WWII endanger the rest of the squadron.

S1 • E20

The Prison

A curious relationship develops between a political prisoner and his guard.

S1 • E21

Seeds of April

Lawyer Robert Thatcher would rather his wife didn't find out he was seeing another woman while she was in hospital. But then his mistress is murdered.

S1 • E22

The Legend

A reporter enlists the help of a one-eyed prizefighter to expose a boxing racket.

S1 • E23

The Hook

When McThane, a big-time gangster, gets out of prison, things get very dangerous for a lot of people.

S1 • E24

View from the Eiffel Tower

An American girl visiting Paris for the first time gets unwittingly involved with gun-runners and other dubious types.

S1 • E25

330 Independence S.W.

An investigator goes undercover, posing as a trucker to find out who's being smuggling illegal pep pills.

S1 • E26

The Clocks

A widow planning to re-marry insists she is being haunted - by the ghost of her first husband.

S1 • E27

Safari

The leading characters from "The African Queen", but in a new story-line.

S1 • E28

The Boston Terrier

An upper-crust Boston sleuth uses the very latest in scientific gadgetry when investigating a big-time gangster.

S1 • E29

No Strings Attached

On a point of principle, a top-flight attorney agrees to represent a stripper who works in a cheap club - something of which his boss does not approve.