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Front Page Detective

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Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30pm ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, with a few more episodes shown in 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter. It chronicles the stories of David Chase a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.

Jul 6, 19511 seasons36 episodesEndedEN

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Edmund Lowe

David Chase

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Seasons

Season 1

36 episodes

Premiered Jul 6, 1951

Episodes

1–6 of 36

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Ep 1

Honey for Your Tea

Jul 6, 1951

30m

David Chase, newspaperman and amateur sleuth, writes a column on famed dramatic coach, Allan Rubio, who is disabled and has a side hobby of beekeeping. When the fiance of one of the coach's students is murdered, Chase uncovers a solution.

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Ep 2

The TV Murder Mystery

Jul 13, 1951

30m

A perfect crime is committed during the filming of a television drama about a murder taking place. David Chase witnesses the occurrence and using his reporter skills uncovers the person who is responsible.

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Ep 3

Alibi for Suicide

Jul 20, 1951

Don Lawton needs to spend the night with David and Sharon to establish an alibi. He needs the alibi because he says someone is going to die and he knows he will be a suspect. He is serious enough to hold them at gunpoint.

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