The Case of the Dangerous Robin

Season 1

38 episodes · Oct 18, 1960

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  • S1E1

    The Golden Jade Chop

    Oct 18, 196030m

    The opening episode is about the recovery of a $200.000 jade piece in Acapulco by Robin Scott, insurance investigator extraordinaire.

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  • S1E2

    Guatemalan Gambit

    Oct 24, 196030m

    Investigating one of many Insurance frauds perpetrated in Guatemala, Robin Scott faces unexpected hazards. Robin runs afoul of big game hunter Mentolmo and a beautiful local businesswoman who claim they were robbed and demand redress from the insurance company currently hiring Robin.

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  • S1E3

    To Coin a Crime (aka On Consignment)

    Oct 31, 196030m

    In Geneva, a masked band of thieves steal a valuable coin collection at gunpoint. Robin is put on the case, and finds out among other things, the stolen ducats were fakes.

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  • S1E4

    Flight to the Desert (aka Arabian Gold)

    Nov 7, 196030m

    Insurance agent Robin Scott is assigned to investigate an airplane, carrying half a million dollars in gold in payment for Arabian oil, which has been hijacked at the Tripoli airport. The quest leads him to a Spanish beauty and an ex-Nazi officer.

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  • S1E5

    Nightmare

    Nov 15, 196030m

    A bus carrying a number of people including Emma Stroud has been blown up by a bomb planted in her luggage by her son, Gilbert. Robin, investigating the case, is convinced that Gilbert is guilty. As he uncovers vital evidence, he is knocked unconscious by the boy and imprisoned and threatened with a terrible death.

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  • S1E6

    Savage Street (aka Man in the Shadows)

    Nov 21, 196030m

    Robin goes to Paris to try to find two highly insured emeralds belonging to Caroline Agoura, which ostensibly went overboard with her late husband, Paul. By working with Tou Tou, a clumsy Parisian second-story man, Robin learns that Agoura is not dead, is a vague but notorious smuggler, who uses the emeralds as collateral for his deals.

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  • S1E7

    The Bard Disappears

    Nov 28, 196030m

    A heavily insured Shakespeare First Folio is stolen from London University. Robin Scott is hired to Investigate the theft. His probe points to a collector and a shady character named Begstone. Robin tricks the two men into a meeting, learns they had a deal, but neither has the folio.

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  • S1E8

    Heart of Buddha

    Dec 5, 196030m

    Robin Scott makes a strange alliance with a robber baron. Kang, the robber chieftain, who is accused of stealing the fabulous "Heart of Buddha" ruby. Robin contrives to be captured by Kang. How Robin carries out a strange bargain with the bandit, for his life, makes a fast-moving and exciting climax.

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  • S1E9

    The Pay Off

    Dec 12, 196030m

    Robin Scott becomes a sniper's target because he drives a sports car identical to that of the assassin’s intended victim. The victim turns out to be a famous rock-and-roll singer and Robin and his fiancee are involved in a double indemnity case.

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  • S1E10

    Zippered Notebook

    Dec 19, 196030m

    When Anthony McCord, an American scientist, is attacked and highly sensitive research papers are stolen, insurance investigator Robin Scott (Rick Jason) decides to force the culprit into action by bluffing all the suspects with pointed accusations.

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  • S1E11

    Temporary Widow

    Dec 26, 196030m

    Thelma Henderson is missing, and Rick discovers that her husband Walter has heavily insured her life.

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  • S1E12

    The Heartbreak Gang

    Jan 2, 196130m

    The theft of $100,000 worth of jewels from a Long Island socialite introduces Robin Scott to a gang of dangerous hoodlums disguised as playboys.

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  • S1E13

    Jungle Quest

    Jan 9, 196130m

    Robin investigates the unlikely story by Addison Hanks, a famous author, that his heavily insured original manuscript has been stolen by Mozambique tribesmen.

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  • S1E14

    The Strad

    Jan 16, 196130m

    While inquiring into the theft of Maestro Ascoli's Stradivarius, Robin uncovers a fraud.

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  • S1E15

    The Key Man

    Jan 23, 196130m

    As an expert in insurance murders, Robin is propositioned by a mysterious, but distinguished, gentleman named Graves to kill James Clayton. The job requires an expert because Clayton has turned his country estate into an impenetrable fortress. In hopes of determining which of the dead man's three partners is the guilty one.

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  • S1E16

    Policy of Murder

    Jan 30, 196130m

    Robin is persuaded by an English insurance company friend to investigate a small oil company on the Dutch-owned island of Curacao, where an unusually high number of fatal accidents have occurred among newly hired employees.

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  • S1E17

    Spell of Danger

    Feb 6, 196130m

    A wealthy heavily insured widow drowns in an Indian well in Arizona and Robin matches wits with a hypnotherapist in his search for a killer.

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  • S1E18

    Brink Of Disaster

    Feb 9, 196130m

    After committing murder to win another man's wife and 100,000-dollar insurance money, the killer finds he must keep the dead man "alive" for three days.

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  • S1E19

    Baubles And Bullets

    Feb 20, 1961

    A notorious jewel thief turns up in New York just when a well-known jewelry shop is to open a display of some valuable gems.

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  • S1E20

    The Genuine Fake

    Feb 23, 196130m

    An ex-con is let out of prison after several years. His plan: to kill Robin, the man who sent him to jail.

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  • S1E21

    The Tunnel

    Mar 6, 196130m

    A dying man tips Robin off about the biggest bank robbery plan in history.

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  • S1E22

    The Dead Ringer

    Mar 13, 196130m

    A bird-watching expedition with Phyllis turns into a murder hunt for Robin Scott. Robin encounters a gang that specializes in a particular brand of fraud--the bodies of unknown transients are substituted for members of the gang who are insured.

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  • S1E23

    Doll of Death

    Mar 20, 196130m

    A heavily insured item is stolen from Harry Medford. The item: a cheap rag doll. Robin goes to Mexico City in hopes of recovering a stolen miniature cradle containing valuable cargo which is concealed in a rag doll.

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  • S1E24

    The Deadly Impersonation

    Mar 20, 196130m

    Robin Scott's apartment is burglarized and bugged by a clever gang of swindlers, headed by Fred Caine, an unscrupulous private eye, and Jack Hayes, who looks and talks like Robin.

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  • S1E25

    Amsterdam Lapidary

    Apr 3, 196130m

    The demise of a famous locksmith and the disappearance of the Granada diamond brings Scott to Amsterdam. An Amsterdam jeweler is extremely upset, and for good reason. The fabulous Granada diamond has been stolen from his shop.

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  • S1E26

    China Passage

    Apr 10, 196130m

    Rumor has it that a valuable cargo of tin was thrown overboard during a storm. Robin heads for the Orient to check out the report.

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  • S1E27

    The Unthinkables

    Apr 17, 196130m

    The State Unemployment Insurance Organization calls Robin to investigate a young boy found beaten to death with 5 Social Security cards in his pocket.

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  • S1E28

    The Big Baffle

    Apr 24, 196130m

    Robin investigates when a heavily insured racehorse falls in a stakes race, killing both horse and jockey.

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  • S1E29

    The Patient Died

    May 1, 196130m

    A famous surgeon and a playboy are suspects in the death of a multi-millionaire.

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  • S1E30

    Design For Death

    May 8, 196130m

    Robin is sent to investigate a disaster at sea that is covered very heavily by insurance.

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  • S1E31

    Wheel of Misfortune

    May 15, 196130m

    Three business partners plot a bizarre suicide scheme. The businessmen decide to gamble two of their lives, the survivor to collect on a mutual insurance policy

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  • S1E32

    A Matter of Life

    May 22, 196130m

    Scott goes to Manila to investigate the theft of life-saving drugs intended for use in an epidemic of hepatitis on Mindanao.

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  • S1E33

    Destination: Jav-a

    May 29, 196130m

    Robin investigates the possibility of foul play in a coffee plantation fire --and winds up as a murder suspect.

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  • S1E34

    Falling Star

    Jun 5, 196130m

    Robin comes to Hollywood to investigate the accidental on-the-set shooting of a film star. Robin's investigation of an insurance hoax is made more urgent by the discovery of a corpse--actress Dominique Chan's.

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  • S1E35

    Man on the Run

    Jun 12, 196130m

    Robin is assigned to expose an insurance fraud ring. Caught by mob members, the investigator stays alive by blackmailing the racket "brains". An innocent man faces death in the electric chair

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  • S1E36

    The Fabulous Flopper

    Jun 19, 196130m

    Robin Scott investigates a National fraud ring which fakes personal injury claims.

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  • S1E37

    Missing Money

    Jun 26, 196130m

    When convicted robber Al Martin is finally paroled, Robin sets out to recover the money Martin stole.

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  • S1E38

    Moment of Truth

    Jul 1, 196130m

    Pepe Montillo, one of Spain's most famous matadors, has abruptly stopped fighting. Robin investigates the theft of a jewel laden image of The Virgin of Macarena in order to protect the insurance company and restore the bullfighter’s courage.

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