
Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Season 4
About this season
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.
Episodes (26)
1. The Hoodlum
Aired 5 October 1959 • 30 min
A racketeer's bookkeeper gets Diamond involved in a blackmail scheme against his boss, when he asks him to find a book and gives him only one hour to do so.
2. Act of Grace
Aired 12 October 1959 • 30 min
An acquaintance of Diamond's is murdered. At his grave at a potter's field, Diamond sees a wealthy old woman laying flowers at some of the unmarked graves. Diamond tries to find the connection between her and his down-on-his-luck friend.
3. The Bookie
Aired 19 October 1959 • 30 min
A bookie decides to get rid of Lt. Kile, whose efforts to put a stop to the bookie's operation have begun to annoy him.
4. The Client
Aired 26 October 1959 • 30 min
A financier hires Diamond to search for his partner who has gone missing in Mexico.
5. The Runaway
Aired 2 November 1959 • 30 min
While briefly stopping in San Francisco, Diamond finds himself the target of a gunman.
6. No Laughing Matter
Aired 9 November 1959 • 30 min
Diamond finds himself in a deserted amusement park on the trail of a desperate fugitive murderer.
7. The Messenger
Aired 16 November 1959 • 30 min
Diamond is hired to deliver a note to a bank teller and is somewhat surprised when the teller screams after she reads the note.
8. The Counselor
Aired 23 November 1959 • 30 min
A marriage counselor whose life has been threatened hires Diamond to protect him.
9. The Image
Aired 30 November 1959 • 30 min
An old nemesis of Diamond's on the police force has Diamond arrested on murder charges after the girlfriend of an escaped convict is found murdered.
10. The Adjustor
Aired 7 December 1959 • 30 min
Diamond receives a tip that a man who has been presumed dead for over a year is still alive.
11. Marked for Murder
Aired 14 December 1959 • 30 min
Diamond finds himself in a lonely hearts club when he is hired to investigate the confusing circumstances surrounding a robbery and murder.
12. The Caller
Aired 21 December 1959 • 30 min
Diamond receives a mysterious telephone call which informs him that he will die at a specific time later that evening.
13. One Dead Cat
Aired 28 December 1959 • 30 min
A night club singer hires Diamond to protect her and her band leader from a disgruntled pianist who once played in their band.
14. Dead to the World
Aired 11 January 1960 • 30 min
A friend of Sam's wants Diamond to prove that her uncle's death was murder.
15. Seven Swords
Aired 18 January 1960 • 30 min
Summoned to a theater by a phone call, Diamond watches a magician thrust seven swords into a box containing his assistant. Is this the dangerous situation he was called to deal with?
16. The Fine Art of Murder
Aired 25 January 1960 • 30 min
An actress hires Diamond after she learns that a valuable painting which she purchased is a fake.
17. The Popskull
Aired 28 June 1960 • 30 min
Diamond follows a dog which is pursuing a bedraggled cat.
18. And Whose Little Baby Are You?
Aired 5 July 1960 • 30 min
After returning to his apartment with a date, Diamond finds an infant abandoned on his couch.
19. Fallen Star
Aired 19 July 1960 • 30 min
A journalist hires Diamond to look into the death of a singer who fell to her death, which he suspects was a murder but that the police have ruled a suicide.
20. Coat of Arms
Aired 2 August 1960 • 30 min
A landlady finds one of her tenants dead in his room and shortly afterwards is greeted by a gun-wielding stranger looking for the man.
21. Double Trouble
Aired 9 August 1960 • 30 min
A diplomat who does not want the police to be involved, asks Diamond to find his missing fiancee.
22. The Lovely Fraud
Aired 16 August 1960 • 30 min
Shortly after a dancer takes out a large insurance policy on her legs, she gets injured by a hit and run driver and is forced to collect on the policy.
23. Accent on Murder
Aired 23 August 1960 • 30 min
A woman is killed after hiring Diamond to protect ""a young lady from France"" who turns out to be a poodle.
24. East of Danger
Aired 30 August 1960 • 30 min
A woman hires Diamond when her father is attacked after he finds heroin hidden in his antique store warehouse.
25. Running Scared
Aired 6 September 1960 • 30 min
A man is concerned about his daughter, whom he feels has been spending too much time brooding over her husband's death.
26. The Mouse
A French woman gets threats from a supposedly dead war criminal who knows the whereabouts of a fortune in smuggled diamonds.