21 Beacon Street | |
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Format | Detective drama |
Starring | Dennis Morgan |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | NBC |
21 Beacon Street was an American detective television series that originally aired on NBC from July 2 to September 10, 1959.
Produced by Filmways, the summer replacement series consisted of 11 black-and-white 30-minute episodes starring Dennis Morgan as private investigator Dennis Chase. Other cast members included Joanna Barnes as Lola, his aide; Brian Kelly as Brian, a law school graduate; and James Maloney as Jim, a scientific and dialect specialist.
The title was the Boston address of Chase, who would pass each case to the police after solving the crime.
The show aired on Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and was then carried by ABC-TV in reruns on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from December 27, 1959 to March 20, 1960 as a replacement for Dick Clark's World of Talent. The producer was Al Simon.