The Best Episodes of Bourbon Street Beat

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   9.0/10(17 votes)

   #1 - Portrait of Lenore

   S1:E1312/28/1959

   Rex searches for a stolen painting, becoming involved in a missing persons case and a murder.

   Director:Robert Gordon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Robert Gordon

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   8.6/10(14 votes)

   #2 - The 10% Blues

   S1:E192/8/1960

   Cal and Rex go up against imported killers to find the elusive power behind a talent agency using gangster tactics to get clients.

   Director:William J. Hole Jr.

   Writer:Dick Nelson

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   Director:William J. Hole Jr.

   Writer:Dick Nelson
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   8.6/10(16 votes)

   #3 - Last Exit

   S1:E305/2/1960

   Rex flies to the Caribbean to find a client's missing daughter and the man he believes killed his son.

   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.4/10(22 votes)

   #4 - Woman in the River

   S1:E410/26/1959

   Rex and Cal investigate a disappearance in a wealthy New Orleans family.

   Director:William J. Hole Jr.

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:William J. Hole Jr.

   Writer:Unknown
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   8.4/10(16 votes)

   #5 - Find My Face

   S1:E161/18/1960

   Rex and Cal try to identify an accident victim, who refuses to accept his wife and doctor's assurances that he's a wealthy executive and instead claims to be someone else entirely.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.4/10(18 votes)

   #6 - Target of Hate

   S1:E223/7/1960

   An assassin uses Rex and Cal's office to set up a political killing. Trapped, the detectives try to goad the killer into a confession that could turn his crony against him.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Unknown

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   8.2/10(21 votes)

   #7 - Torch Song for Trumpet

   S1:E310/19/1959

   Cal takes on a murder case to prove a hot-tempered ex-con didn't beat his boss to death with a trumpet.

   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:James Barnett

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   Director:Leslie H. Martinson

   Writer:James Barnett
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   8.2/10(17 votes)

   #8 - Invitation to a Murder

   S1:E811/23/1959

   Rex is invited to witness a murder by an enigmatic killer who switches victims and leaves the detectives trying to sort out a houseful of straying wives, night club operators, newsmen, and other New Orleans characters, each with a motive for the murder.

   Director:Reginald Le Borg

   Writer:Stephen Lord

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   Director:Reginald Le Borg

   Writer:Stephen Lord
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   8.2/10(14 votes)

   #9 - Six Hours to Midnight

   S1:E294/25/1960

   Cal has six hours to uncover evidence that a condemned man is innocent of murder.

   Directors:Charles R. Rondeau, Arthur Hiller

   Writer:Lee Loeb

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   Directors:Charles R. Rondeau, Arthur Hiller

   Writer:Lee Loeb
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    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #10 - The Taste of Ashes

    S1:E110/5/1959

    A New Orleans private eye searches for the killers of his partner and turns to a local police officer for help bringing the murderers to justice.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Charles Hoffman

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    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Charles Hoffman
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    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #11 - The House of Ledezan

    S1:E212/22/1960

    Rex is hired to prove an heiress innocent of her father's murder.

    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

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    8.1/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Wall of Silence

    S1:E253/28/1960

    Investigating a client's suspicious suicide leads Rex to a strange island under the sway of a mysterious blackmailer.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #13 - The Missing Queen

    S1:E233/14/1960

    Cal searches for a missing beauty contestant.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
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    8.0/10(14 votes)

    #14 - Neon Nightmare

    S1:E243/21/1960

    Cal is hired to break up a political gang with a stranglehold on a small town, but must end his partnership with Rex to avoid suspicion.

    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Dean Riesner

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    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Dean Riesner
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    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Suitable for Framing

    S1:E325/16/1960

    A beautiful woman hires Rex when she suspects her husband of trying to kill her, but when he goes to check out her mansion he finds himself at the wrong end of a murder investigation.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writers:Gerald Drayson Adams, Charles Hoffman

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    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writers:Gerald Drayson Adams, Charles Hoffman
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    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Inside Man

    S1:E151/11/1960

    Rex goes undercover in a prison gang and joins a prison break.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Howard Browne

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    Director:Leslie H. Martinson

    Writer:Howard Browne
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    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Secret of Hyacinth Bayou

    S1:E711/16/1959

    Cal becomes entangled in a blackmail/murder plot when he is savagely beaten and framed for murder by an old swamp-dweller hiding a secret.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #18 - Mrs. Viner Vanishes

    S1:E911/30/1959

    Hired to find a missing wife, Cal soon becomes caught up in a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

    Director:Paul Henreid

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Paul Henreid

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #19 - The Black Magnolia

    S1:E1212/21/1959

    Cal uncovers a family's skeletons when he searches for a missing fortune and a secret killer.

    Director:Reginald Le Borg

    Writer:Earl Baldwin

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    Director:Reginald Le Borg

    Writer:Earl Baldwin
20. 

    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #20 - Interrupted Wedding

    S1:E376/20/1960

    Rex helps a lovely young private eye investigate a bomb discovered at a society wedding and ends up in the clutches of a pair of siblings intent on avenging their parents' long-ago deaths at the hands of a trucking magnate.

    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

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    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Girl in Trouble

    S1:E511/2/1959

    Cal sets out to prove a friend is innocent of murder and investigates a gangland killing.

    Director:Reginald Le Borg

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:Reginald Le Borg

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    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #22 - The Golden Beetle

    S1:E1112/14/1959

    A missing man, a stolen talisman and some vanished letters are all connected as the detectives search for answers and find pirate treasure.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.7/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Teresa

    S1:E397/4/1960

    Rex runs into gangsters and a hurricane while searching for a missing playboy at an island casino.

    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:William J. Hole Jr.

    Writer:Unknown
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    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Key to the City

    S1:E182/1/1960

    Cal and Kenny search for killers aboard a riverboat bound for New Orleans.

    Director:James V. Kern

    Writers:Robert C. Dennis, James Barnett

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    Director:James V. Kern

    Writers:Robert C. Dennis, James Barnett
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    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #25 - Melody in Diamonds

    S1:E202/15/1960

    Melody is targeted by a con artist when she borrows a valuable necklace for Mardi Gras.

    Director:James V. Kern

    Writer:Unknown

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    Director:James V. Kern

    Writer:Unknown