6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Crime drama Country of origin United States No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 13 November 1953 | 6/10 IMDb Directed by Arnold Wester Original language(s) English First episode date 6 July 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Edmund LowePaula DrewFrank Jenks Similar Man Against Crime, The Detectives, Racket Squad, Decoy, The Adventures of Ellery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Synopsis
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.
Episode status
UCLA Film and Television Archive has 17 episodes of this series. Internet Archive and TV4U also have one episode each.
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.