| Saints and Sinners | |
|---|---|
| Format | Newspaper drama |
| Starring | Nick Adams John Larkin Richard Erdman Barbara Rush Sharon Farrell Robert F. Simon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | One-half |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | Black and white |
| Original run | September 17, 1962 – January 28, 1963 |
Saints and Sinners is an 18-episode American television series that appeared on NBC for the 1962-63 television season. The program starred 31-year-old Nick Adams (1931–1968) as newspaper reporter Nick Alexander, and John Larkin (1912–1965) as his mentor, newspaper editor Mark Grainger. The series also starred Richard Erdman (born 1925) as Kluge, the staff photographer and office philosopher, and Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), a character actor in the role of copy editor Dave Tabak. Glamorous Barbara Rush appeared as Lizzie Hogan. Sharon Farrell starred in three segments as Polly.[1]
The first episode has the unusual title, "Dear George, the Siamese Cat Is Missing"; the final segment is entitled "New Lead Berlin".
Guest stars were Leon Askin, Red Buttons, Frank Sutton, Jack Albertson, Ray Walston, Irene Dunne, Tab Hunter, Charles Ruggles, Barbara Eden, Ron Hagerthy, Cloris Leachman, Scott Marlowe, Elizabeth Montgomery, Paul Lambert, Judson Pratt, and Robert Lansing, some of whom later became stars on other television series.[1]
Saints and Sinners, like Burke's Law, was a spin-off of The Dick Powell Show with Nick Adams playing Nick Alexander is the episode entitled Savage Sunday.[2] The series showed New York City life through the eyes of the taff of a fictional newspaper, The New York Bulletin. The series, whose executive producer, Adrian Spies, had himself been a newspaperman, had serious adult theme which featured moral dilemmas. Although well written, directed and performed, the series was quickly cancelled.[1]
Saints and Sinners faced competition from Chuck Connors's The Rifleman and Jack Lord's Stoney Burke on ABC and The Lucy Show and The Danny Thomas Show on CBS.[3]