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The Best Episodes of Surfside 6

Every episode of Surfside 6 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Surfside 6!

The Best Episodes of Surfside 6

Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a...

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  1. Background image for Invitation to a Party
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Invitation to a Party

    S1:E26

    A young woman feels she is being blackmailed to keep an accident from making headlines and ruining her father's chance at political office. To prove her case Sandy poses as the wild son of a millionaire who is in danger of having his inheritance cut off if he gets into trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Impractical Joker
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #2 - The Impractical Joker

    S1:E24

    No description available

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  3. Background image for Bride and Seek
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Bride and Seek

    S1:E13

    Dave is asked by a woman to find her missing husband. While investigating he discovers he's not the only one looking for the missing man -- and the woman who hired him isn't really the bride she claims to be.

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  4. Background image for Facts on the Fire
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #4 - Facts on the Fire

    S1:E16

    A woman has an unusual request of Ken: she wants him to prove that she's guilty of murdering her husband, although she was cleared of wrongdoing by an inquest. Before he begins investigating in earnest Ken is beaten up by some ""admirers"" of the dead man and ordered to make certain his investigation does prove her guilty. The more Ken digs, the more he uncovers that makes it appear that the woman did murder her husband.

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  5. Background image for License to Steal
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #5 - License to Steal

    S1:E19

    A former USO singer who knew Dave in Korea is trying to make a name for herself. To help, she gets a ""gimmick"" - $130,000 worth of jewelry to attract publicity. The ""gimmick"" indeed attracts publicity -- thieves, who rob the nightclub during the show.

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  6. Background image for One for the Road
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #6 - One for the Road

    S2:E3

    When Daphne falls in love with a mysterious young nomad, the detectives are suspicious of his past.

    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Midnight for Prince Charming
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Midnight for Prince Charming

    S2:E40

    As part of the latest scheme of a husband and wife con artist team the husband seeks to hire Ken, portraying his wife as cheating on him with the intended scam victim. Ken refuses to take the job because the man named is a friend and frequent client, but he becomes involved when a cohort of the couple turns up dead.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Inside Job
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #8 - Inside Job

    S1:E25

    A man suspects that his bank is going to be robbed because he has seen the pattern before. The police cannot act on hunches, so the man hires Dave to gather information and to possibly infiltrate the group planning the robbery.

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  10. Background image for The Old School Tie
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #9 - The Old School Tie

    S2:E10

    Jersey State, Dave's alma mater, is holding its class of 1951 reunion at the Fontainebleau Hotel. The reunion opens up old wounds that lead to murder.

    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Love Song for a Deadly Redhead
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Love Song for a Deadly Redhead

    S2:E32

    Jeff, a private investigator from L.A. and friend of the SurfSide detectives, is called to Miami to investigate a threatening note left for a lounge singer. He meets a redhead, who takes him to her home. He passes out and wakes up the prime suspect in the murder of the redhead's husband, leaving his SurfSide friends to clear him.

    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for High Tide
    7.4/10(20 votes)

    #11 - High Tide

    S1:E2

    A woman, who identifies herself as a ""boring stenographer on vacation"", shows up at the houseboat with three thugs after her. After Sandy and Ken fend off the men, Sandy takes the woman for a drink -- and she promptly disappears on him. He's out to find out where the ""boring stenographer"" went and why men were tailing her.

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  13. Background image for Local Girl
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #12 - Local Girl

    S1:E5

    A woman is on the run with $20,000 that was intended as a bribe. She hires Ken as a bodyguard to accompany her back to her hometown, unaware that the brother of the man the bribe is intended to free is on their tail.

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  14. Background image for Power of Suggestion
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Power of Suggestion

    S1:E8

    The girl in a mind-reading act hires Dave to look after her because she feels that the star of the show has given her a post-hypnotic suggestion to kill someone.

    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for A Slight Case of Chivalry
    7.4/10(12 votes)

    #14 - A Slight Case of Chivalry

    S2:E13

    Dave is the focal point in the hunt for Dan Castle, Dave's one-time employer in a private investigative office in New York. People inquiring as to the man's whereabouts include a bounty hunter who is out for the $5,000 reward on Castle's head on a murder charge in New York and a woman who claims to be his wife. Dave tries to sort out who is telling the truth about his one-time co-worker before the bounty hunter makes Castle his sixth victim.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for An Overdose of Justice
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #15 - An Overdose of Justice

    S1:E34

    No description available

    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Deadly Male
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #16 - Deadly Male

    S1:E7

    A woman, having an affair, turns up dead after her lover attempts to blackmail her. The woman's husband, who suspected the affair, is the prime suspect, and asks Dave to find the truth.

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  18. Background image for Ghost of a Chance
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Ghost of a Chance

    S1:E23

    A Treasury Department engraver retiree disappears from Bass Creek on his honeymoon. A federal agent thinks he's being forced to work with conterfeiters so she hires Ken, who vacations frequently at Bass Creek. When they arrive, posing as newlyweds, Ken discovers that his old friends have been replaced by new, unfriendly owners.

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  19. Background image for Count Seven!
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #18 - Count Seven!

    S2:E1

    Ken is hired to investigate theft at an amusement park. He befriends a little girl while there, then finds himself between the girl's divorced parents when the man's fiancee turns up murdered and the little girl's stuffed birthday present is stolen at gunpoint from her home.

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  20. Background image for Daphne, Girl Detective
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Daphne, Girl Detective

    S2:E4

    Daphne invites a friend of hers and her actor husband to a party on the houseboat. The couple argue and leave separately. He waits for Daphne's friend and kills her. Daphne strongly suspects this, but since Lt. Plehn and the SurfSide detectives refuse to listen to her theories she decides to take matters into her own hands.

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  21. Background image for Vendetta Arms
    7.2/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Vendetta Arms

    S2:E25

    Daphne befriends five retired old crooks sharing a house together. A young crook is staying there and is stealing things and threatening everyone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The International Net
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #21 - The International Net

    S1:E10

    A theatrical producer's wife receives a note implicating her husband as a killer. He intercepts a second note and asks Ken and Sandy to find who sent the message. A man the producer hated, a former love rival, turns up dead, and there are no shortage of suspects.

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  23. Background image for Portrait of Nicole
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Portrait of Nicole

    S2:E27

    An insurance company hires the boys to find the beneficiary of a life insurance policy named Nicole Johnson. Things get complicated when the boys find three Nicole Johnsons.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Elegy for a Bookkeeper
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Elegy for a Bookkeeper

    S2:E28

    A former client of Ken's is murdered in prison before he can be released to testify against a racket boss. In order to prove the boss was behind the murder, Ken must make everyone think the murdered man is still alive -- and that Ken and Dave have split up in an argument over the man's daughter.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Squeeze Play
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #24 - Squeeze Play

    S2:E34

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Country Gentleman
    7.0/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Country Gentleman

    S1:E1

    An ex-con moves to Miami from New York with his muscle man. No one believes he's gone straight, especially when a yacht club commodore turns up dead after denying him access to the yacht club.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Invitation to a Party" is the best rated episode of "Surfside 6". It scored 7.9/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/27/1961. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Impractical Joker".