List of episodes of the series «The Case of the Dangerous Robin»

  • Seasons count: 1
  • Episodes count: 38
  • Total viewing time: 18 h. 30 m.
The Golden Jade Chop
Release date: 10/18/1960

The Golden Jade Chop

  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    The opening episode is about the recovery of a $200.000 jade piece in Acapulco by Robin Scott, insurance investigator extraordinaire.
Guatemalan Gambit
Release date: 10/24/1960

Guatemalan Gambit

  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
To Coin a Crime (aka On Consignment)
Release date: 10/31/1960

To Coin a Crime (aka On Consignment)

  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Flight to the Desert (aka Arabian Gold)
Release date: 11/7/1960

Flight to the Desert (aka Arabian Gold)

  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Nightmare
Release date: 11/15/1960

Nightmare

  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Savage Street (aka Man in the Shadows)
Release date: 11/21/1960

Savage Street (aka Man in the Shadows)

  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Bard Disappears
Release date: 11/28/1960

The Bard Disappears

  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Heart of Buddha
Release date: 12/5/1960

Heart of Buddha

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Pay Off
Release date: 12/12/1960

The Pay Off

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Zippered Notebook
Release date: 12/19/1960

Zippered Notebook

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Temporary Widow
Release date: 12/26/1960

Temporary Widow

  • Episode number: 11
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Thelma Henderson is missing, and Rick discovers that her husband Walter has heavily insured her life.
The Heartbreak Gang
Release date: 1/2/1961

The Heartbreak Gang

  • Episode number: 12
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Jungle Quest
Release date: 1/9/1961

Jungle Quest

  • Episode number: 13
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Robin investigates the unlikely story by Addison Hanks, a famous author, that his heavily insured original manuscript has been stolen by Mozambique tribesmen.
The Strad
Release date: 1/16/1961

The Strad

  • Episode number: 14
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    While inquiring into the theft of Maestro Ascoli's Stradivarius, Robin uncovers a fraud.
The Key Man
Release date: 1/23/1961

The Key Man

  • Episode number: 15
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Policy of Murder
Release date: 1/30/1961

Policy of Murder

  • Episode number: 16
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Spell of Danger
Release date: 2/6/1961

Spell of Danger

  • Episode number: 17
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Brink Of Disaster
Release date: 2/9/1961

Brink Of Disaster

  • Episode number: 18
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Baubles And Bullets
Release date: 2/20/1961

Baubles And Bullets

  • Episode number: 19
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Genuine Fake
Release date: 2/23/1961

The Genuine Fake

  • Episode number: 20
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    An ex-con is let out of prison after several years. His plan: to kill Robin, the man who sent him to jail.
The Tunnel
Release date: 3/6/1961

The Tunnel

  • Episode number: 21
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A dying man tips Robin off about the biggest bank robbery plan in history.
The Dead Ringer
Release date: 3/13/1961

The Dead Ringer

  • Episode number: 22
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Doll of Death
Release date: 3/20/1961

Doll of Death

  • Episode number: 23
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Deadly Impersonation
Release date: 3/20/1961

The Deadly Impersonation

  • Episode number: 24
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Amsterdam Lapidary
Release date: 4/3/1961

Amsterdam Lapidary

  • Episode number: 25
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
China Passage
Release date: 4/10/1961

China Passage

  • Episode number: 26
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Unthinkables
Release date: 4/17/1961

The Unthinkables

  • Episode number: 27
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    The State Unemployment Insurance Organization calls Robin to investigate a young boy found beaten to death with 5 Social Security cards in his pocket.
The Big Baffle
Release date: 4/24/1961

The Big Baffle

  • Episode number: 28
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Robin investigates when a heavily insured racehorse falls in a stakes race, killing both horse and jockey.
The Patient Died
Release date: 5/1/1961

The Patient Died

  • Episode number: 29
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    A famous surgeon and a playboy are suspects in the death of a multi-millionaire.
Design For Death
Release date: 5/8/1961

Design For Death

  • Episode number: 30
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Robin is sent to investigate a disaster at sea that is covered very heavily by insurance.
Wheel of Misfortune
Release date: 5/15/1961

Wheel of Misfortune

  • Episode number: 31
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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
A Matter of Life
Release date: 5/22/1961

A Matter of Life

  • Episode number: 32
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Scott goes to Manila to investigate the theft of life-saving drugs intended for use in an epidemic of hepatitis on Mindanao.
Destination: Jav-a
Release date: 5/29/1961

Destination: Jav-a

  • Episode number: 33
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Robin investigates the possibility of foul play in a coffee plantation fire --and winds up as a murder suspect.
Falling Star
Release date: 6/5/1961

Falling Star

  • Episode number: 34
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Man on the Run
Release date: 6/12/1961

Man on the Run

  • Episode number: 35
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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
The Fabulous Flopper
Release date: 6/19/1961

The Fabulous Flopper

  • Episode number: 36
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    Robin Scott investigates a National fraud ring which fakes personal injury claims.
Missing Money
Release date: 6/26/1961

Missing Money

  • Episode number: 37
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    When convicted robber Al Martin is finally paroled, Robin sets out to recover the money Martin stole.
Moment of Truth
Release date: 7/1/1961

Moment of Truth

  • Episode number: 38
  • Episode duration: 30 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.