The Judge and the Champ
A columnist's murder leads Craig into political corruption, fixed fights, and a judge's threatened career.
William Gargan was a film, radio and television actor whose easy authority made him particularly effective as detectives and working professionals. Born in Brooklyn, he worked in sales and private investigation before establishing himself on stage and screen. He earned an Academy Award nomination for They Knew What They Wanted and became widely known as the title detective in Martin Kane, Private Eye on radio and television. From 1951 to 1955 he starred as Barrie Craig, a New York private investigator whose cases emphasized observation, persistence and humane judgment as much as gunplay. Gargan's conversational delivery gave Craig the credibility of an experienced professional rather than an exaggerated hardboiled hero. Throat cancer ended his acting career and required the removal of his larynx, after which he became an advocate and lecturer for the American Cancer Society. The Screen Actors Guild honored him with its Life Achievement Award in 1967.
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A columnist's murder leads Craig into political corruption, fixed fights, and a judge's threatened career.
A tailor's murder draws Craig into a protection racket whose leader is unexpectedly powerful.
A body deposited in Craig's office connects murder, revenge, and a missing racketeer.
A borrowed weapon exposes a conspiracy involving a marriage, a dead informant, and organized crime.
Craig follows a murder trail surrounding a priceless historical diary and the greed it inspires.
A parrot's cry sends Craig to a wax museum, where an old faked death and hidden fortune resurface.
A routine necklace recovery turns into a frame-up when Craig arrives to find murder.
A stolen prize manuscript leads Craig through literary fraud, hidden identities, and murder.
A bizarre purple-cow clue pulls Craig into murder, stolen jewels, and overlapping deceptions.
Craig investigates a supposed death and uncovers insurance fraud, a missing body, and betrayal.
After rescuing a drowning woman, Craig uncovers blackmail and staged crimes surrounding a valuable song.
A fellow investigator's death connects to an old smuggling case and a secretive wealthy widow.
Blackmail and an island recluse draw Craig into a killer's carefully constructed deception.
A woman's murder confession conflicts with evidence pointing toward her husband, forcing Craig to untangle both stories.
A jeweled boxing belt revives the mystery of a champion who vanished years earlier.
Delivering a puppet leads Craig into counterfeit money, multiple murders, and a trap.
A rural series of claw-like murders appears tied to rumors of buried treasure.
Helping an eccentric woman pulls Craig into stolen jewels, deception, and a troubled mind.
While protecting a rich heir, Craig uncovers deception built around a surprising switch of identities.
Craig investigates a bank robber's wife and discovers a murderous scheme involving an underworld figure.
A baking contest becomes the center of a murder case involving a killer with a concealed past.
A husband hires Craig because he fears his wife will kill him, exposing darker family secrets.
A murder victim's crimson chess piece becomes Craig's key clue to theft and fratricide.
A suspicious death and a mysterious red-haired woman lead Craig toward a deadly plot.
A woman convinced her returning husband is an impostor draws Craig into a sinister scheme.
A dog-walking job becomes a murder case involving deceit, wealth, and a dangerous love triangle.
Craig is hired to guard a client's glamorous wife, who then vanishes during an ordinary shopping trip.
Repeated attacks on a former boxer conceal a far more serious crime than they first suggest.
A masquerade murder leads Craig through blackmail, planted evidence, and an elaborate frame-up.
A surveillance target's murder exposes infidelity, business intrigue, and a second killing.