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CITY DETECTIVE: "Man Down, Woman Screaming"

CITY DETECTIVE:
"MAN DOWN, WOMAN SCREAMING" (aka: "Man Down")
City Detective, episode # 63, television series.
Revue Productions / MCA / First-Run Syndication, 1954
Black & White, 30 minutes
Story by: Louis L'Amour (story published under the title "Police Band" in the short story collection "With These Hands" in May 2002)
Directed by: Herschel Daugherty
Produced by: Richard Irving
Teleplay by: Lawrence Kimble
Cast: Rod Cameron as Detective Lt. Bart Grant.
Guest Cast: Beverly Garland, Jack Kelly, Lee Van Cleef, Frank Ferguson, Tom Daly.
Air date: December 31, 1954
Synopsis: A woman takes refuge in a man's apartment after a neighborhood murder. The man is held captive by the woman and her boyfriend. Detective Lt. Bart Grant investigates the murder and the man's dissapearence. His only clue is a radio.
Note: City Detective was a syndicated television series that ran from 1953 - 1955. Revue Productions made 65 episodes, promoted heavily by it's parent MCA talent agency and their client Rod Cameron. As a result the series was seen on over 170 stations -- A record at the time for a non-network TV series.
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