About this season
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
Episodes (39)
1. The Conway Case
Aired 26 December 1959 • 30 min
2. The Carrington Case
Aired 2 January 1960 • 30 min
3. The Dimitrios Case
Aired 9 January 1960 • 30 min
4. The Cumberland Case
Aired 16 January 1960 • 30 min
5. The Winthrop Case
Aired 23 January 1960 • 30 min
6. The Whitley Case
Aired 30 January 1960 • 30 min
Ken Franklin and the International Detective Agency operatives assist the Paris police when a baby is stolen from a local hospital and held for ransom. The search for the kidnappers sends the detectives scrambling from Marseille, Lucerne and the Montmartre District of Paris in search of the child.
7. The Prescott Case
Aired 6 February 1960 • 30 min
8. The Dudley Case
Aired 13 February 1960 • 30 min
9. The Rose Bowl Case
Aired 20 February 1960 • 30 min
The Burns International Detective Agency is hired to track down the criminals who printed scores of fake Rose Bowl tickets. The trail leads to England where the crooks pulled the same scam at Wembley Stadium. Franklin discovers the gang is now moving to bigger things - forging Belgian gold certificates.
10. The Steibel Case
Aired 27 February 1960 • 30 min
11. The Brenner Case
Aired 6 March 1960 • 30 min
When a woman engaged to be married to a pilot repeatedly flees from her home, her fiance engages the International Detective Agency to find her and learn what is causing her fear. They decide to look into her past and discover she was put up for adoption by her Austrian parents. The detective follow her parents from Vienna to Paris and ultimately to the United States to discover the roots of her unhappy past.
12. The Dennison Case
Aired 13 March 1960 • 30 min
13. The Barnaby Case
Aired 20 March 1960 • 30 min
14. The Oakland Case
Aired 27 March 1960 • 30 min
15. The Carter Case
Aired 3 April 1960 • 30 min
16. The Marino Case
Aired 10 April 1960 • 30 min
17. The Daniels Case
Aired 17 April 1960 • 30 min
18. The Kempton Case
Aired 24 April 1960 • 30 min
19. The Stevenson Case
Aired 1 May 1960 • 30 min
20. The Raffael Case
Aired 8 May 1960 • 30 min
When an employee of a movie theater chain represented by the International Detective Agency is shot, the company steps in to assist the police with their investigation. The gang responsible goes on to steal tommy guns from National Guard armories, rob banks and kill cops in the process. The private detectives discover a link between the crooks and confederates in Rome and pursue the gang leader to Italy.
21. The Bristol Case
Aired 15 May 1960 • 30 min
22. The Joplin Case
Aired 22 May 1960 • 30 min
23. The Santino Case
Aired 29 May 1960 • 30 min
24. The Bismarck Case
Aired 5 June 1960 • 30 min
25. The Marlowe Case
Aired 12 June 1960 • 30 min
26. The Raschid Case
Aired 19 June 1960 • 30 min
27. The Rosario Case
Aired 10 December 1960 • 30 min
28. The Rainis Case
Aired 17 December 1960 • 30 min
29. The Medina Case
Aired 31 December 1960 • 30 min
30. The Orlando Case
Aired 21 January 1961 • 30 min
31. The Sheridan Case
Aired 9 April 1961 • 30 min
32. The Somerset Case
Aired 16 April 1961 • 30 min
33. The Anthony Case
Aired 23 April 1961 • 30 min
34. The Delores Case
Aired 30 April 1961 • 30 min
35. The Stanton Case
Aired 7 May 1961 • 30 min
36. The Dunster Case
Aired 21 May 1961 • 30 min
37. The Martos Case
Aired 28 May 1961 • 30 min
38. The Washington Case
Aired 6 June 1961 • 30 min
39. The Madison Case
Aired 13 June 1961 • 30 min