Front Page Detective stars Edmund Lowe as David Chase, a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name. Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30 p.m. ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, and in October and November 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter.
| Front Page Detective | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Directed by | Arnold Wester |
| Starring | Edmund Lowe Paula Drew Frank Jenks |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 46 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jerry Fairbanks Riley Jackson |
| Cinematography | Lester Shore |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Jerry Fairbanks Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | DuMont |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | July 6, 1951 – November 13, 1953 |
Episode status
UCLA Film and Television Archive has 17 episodes of this series. Internet Archive and TV4U also have one episode each, and of course we have 4 episodes here. Unlike many other programs which aired on DuMont, the series was produced on film by an outside production company. A few episodes are available on DVD and online, usually as part of early TV compilations. source wikipedia
