Michael Shayne: The Badge -- ComicWeb Classic TV

Michael Shayne: The Badge
ComicWeb Classic TV
released 1960 mystery/detective tv show

Michael Shayne on Television

(1960-61) One-hour Miami detective series starring Richard Denning ("Mr. and Mrs. North") who was perfect casting for the red headed, Irish private detective, who had a taste for cognac, brawls and broads. Shayne had a voluptuous blond secretary named Lucy Hamilton (Patricia Donahue). Lucy's younger brother Dick Hamilton (Gary Clarke) sometimes got involved in Shayne's cases. Tim Rourke (Jerry Paris) was a reporter friend, and another friend was Miami chief of police Will Gentry (Herbert Rudley).

Michael Shayne: The Badge:
When patrol officer McQuiston is murdered in a gang controlled slum, Detectives Shayne and Gentry put pressure on gang leader Joey Bell for the identity of the killer.