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The Worst Episodes of Johnny Staccato

Every episode of Johnny Staccato ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Johnny Staccato!

Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"An Act of Terror" is the worst rated episode of "Johnny Staccato". It scored 6.3/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by John Brahm and written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld, it aired on 2/18/1960. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Nice Little Town".

  • An Act of Terror
    6.3/1028 votes
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    #1 - An Act of Terror

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1960

    Ventriloquist Thad Clinton drops in to ask Staccato if he'll help locate his missing wife. Johnny finds out that the woman has been murdered.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: Bernard C. Schoenfeld

  • A Nice Little Town
    6.5/1039 votes
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    #2 - A Nice Little Town

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/10/1960

    When a former soldier returns home after having defected to Red China, he is murdered by a group of vigilantes.

    Director: Paul Henreid

    Writer: N/A

  • Viva, Paco!
    6.7/1042 votes
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    #3 - Viva, Paco!

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1959

    When a Puerto Rican boxer goes missing just before a championship fight, Johnny suspects foul play.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Shop of the Four Winds
    7.0/1034 votes
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    #4 - Shop of the Four Winds

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1959

    Investigating the murder of a Japanese friend, Johnny uncovers a scheme to swindle immigrants by promising them citizenship papers.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • The Only Witness
    7.1/1028 votes
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    #5 - The Only Witness

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1960

    Wealthy racketeer Barney Buford calls Johnny Staccato to ask him to look after his young sister, Karen. As he approaches Buford's apartment, Staccato is shot at by a gunman. Then inside, he finds Buford dead.

    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

    Writer: Robert L. Jacks

  • An Angry Young Man
    7.1/1029 votes
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    #6 - An Angry Young Man

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1960

    Johnny becomes concerned when an ambitious young man, whose family he has known for years, starts working in a bookshop that is just a cover for a criminal enterprise.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • The Nature of the Night
    7.3/1046 votes
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    #7 - The Nature of the Night

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1959

    Dave, the new young bartender at Waldo's, comes under suspicion when a number of blonde women are slashed nearby. Johnny uncovers some darkly disturbing information.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Tempted
    7.3/1054 votes
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    #8 - Tempted

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1959

    Elizabeth Montgomery plays a rare pre-Bewitched role as a floozy jazz groupie who's the ex-wife of one of Staccato's former band mates. Out of the blue she shows up at Waldo's the jazz club (and Staccato's ""office"") to enlist Staccato's help, telling him she's almost just been robbed of expensive jewelry she was taking from work. What she was doing with the jewels and why she was taking them from the store she works at piques Staccato's interest (as does the fast-talking and shapely Ms. Montgomery). He's immediately suspicious, but cautiously takes on the case. While he's escorting her home (supposedly with the jewels) they're accosted by a mugger who knocks Staccato out, grabs the jewels, and takes off. The next morning, nursing the bump on his head, Staccato gets a visit from an insurance adjuster who reads him the riot act. Unfazed, Johnny tells the adjuster to take a hike, goes into the bathroom and viola! pulls the jewels out from the soap dispenser. Who set him up? Could it have

    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

    Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

  • The Return
    7.3/1033 votes
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    #9 - The Return

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1959

    Korean War veteran Eddie Dasko escapes from a mental hospital. Dasko is sure that his wife has been seeing another man, and he intends to kill her,

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Man in the Pit
    7.3/1029 votes
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    #10 - Man in the Pit

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1960

    A young man enters Waldo's and attacks Pete, the trumpet player. Johnny Staccato learns that the youth thinks Pete is his father, who deserted the family years before.

    Director: Sidney Lanfield

    Writer: Jameson Brewer

  • Double Feature
    7.3/1038 votes
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    #11 - Double Feature

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1960

    A bowling-alley proprietor is found murdered, and Johnny Staccato is identified as the killer.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Shimon Wincelberg

  • The List Of Death
    7.3/1026 votes
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    #12 - The List Of Death

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1960

    A hunted criminal hires Staccato as a bodyguard and promises to turn himself over to police in exchange for letting him visit family members.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Unwise Men
    7.4/1031 votes
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    #13 - The Unwise Men

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1959

    Johnny tries to help a musician who, while moonlighting as a department-store Santa Claus, is being pressured by his ex-con brother to help set up a robbery at the store.

    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

    Writer: N/A

  • The Naked Truth
    7.5/1068 votes
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    #14 - The Naked Truth

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1959

    A young singer is faced with the loss of his promising career because of a scandal magazine's blackmail scheme.

    Director: Joseph Pevney

    Writer: N/A

  • Parents
    7.5/1054 votes
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    #15 - Parents

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1959

    ""The parents"" have agreed to sell their child to a black-market racketeer. Now they tell Johnny they want to keep the child.

    Director: Robert B. Sinclair

    Writer: N/A

  • Evil
    7.5/1050 votes
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    #16 - Evil

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1959

    Johnny Staccato learns from his friend Barney that Barney's sister has given all her money to a local mission house. Knowing that the mission wouldn't ordinarily accept so much, Staccato suspects a bunco scheme.

    Director: John Cassavetes

    Writer: N/A

  • The Poet's Touch
    7.5/1038 votes
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    #17 - The Poet's Touch

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1959

    Working on a murder case, Johnny Staccato trails two suspects to their hideout. With them is beatnik poet Dick Potter, whom the men attempt to implicate in the crime.

    Director: Robert Parrish

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wild Reed
    7.5/1038 votes
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    #18 - The Wild Reed

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/1960

    When Frankie Aspen's saxophone-playing takes a sudden turn for the worse, Johnny determines to find out what is bothering him.

    Director: Boris Sagal

    Writer: N/A

  • Collector's Item
    7.5/1031 votes
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    #19 - Collector's Item

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1959

    A man called Red Top kills Hannah Green, but pianist Romeo Jefferson is the chief suspect until Staccato suspects that Romeo has been framed.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder in Hi-fi
    7.6/1041 votes
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    #20 - Murder in Hi-fi

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1959

    An underworld boss forces Waldo to hire singer Barbara Ames. Then Johnny gets interested in the girl--and is beaten up by a couple of thugs.

    Director: Bernard Girard

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mask of Jason
    7.6/1036 votes
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    #21 - The Mask of Jason

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/1960

    Johnny is hired to bodyguard an aspiring actress who is being terrorized by a man with a horribly scarred face.

    Director: Paul Henreid

    Writer: N/A

  • Murder for Credit
    7.7/1062 votes
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    #22 - Murder for Credit

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1959

    A bandleader, making a comeback, learns that someone is trying to poison him. But four people might want him killed...

    Director: John Cassavetes

    Writer: N/A

  • Swinging Long Hair
    7.7/1028 votes
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    #23 - Swinging Long Hair

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/17/1960

    Staccato is mistaken for a concert pianist who has come to the United States to avoid his repressive government.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night of Jeopardy
    7.8/1035 votes
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    #24 - Night of Jeopardy

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1960

    To evade Federal agents, a gang of counterfeiters hide their plates. Convinced that Waldo knows the hiding place, they threaten his life.

    Director: John Cassavetes

    Writer: N/A

  • Solomon
    7.9/1038 votes
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    #25 - Solomon

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1960

    Jessica Winthrop, a noted pacifist, is accused of killing her husband. Solomon Bradshaw, the lady's lawyer, comes to Johnny Staccato for help.

    Director: John Cassavetes

    Writer: N/A