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Johnny Staccato

TV Show 1959 5.3/10 27 episodes
Crime Drama Mystery

Synopsis

Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

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Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
The Naked Truth

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

Episode 2 EP 2
Murder for Credit

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

Episode 3 EP 3
Parents

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

Episode 4 EP 4
Shop of the Four Winds

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

Episode 5 EP 5
The Nature of the Night

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

Episode 6 EP 6
Viva, Paco!

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

Episode 7 EP 7
Evil

Johnny Staccato learns from his friend Barney that Barney's sister has given all her money to a local mission house. Knowing that the missi…

Episode 8 EP 8
Murder in Hi-fi

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.

Episode 9 EP 9
Fly, Baby, Fly

A millionaire hires Johnny as part of a plan to murder his wife (Gena Rowlands).

Episode 10 EP 10
Tempted

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…

Episode 11 EP 11
The Poet's Touch

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

Episode 12 EP 12
The Wild Reed

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

Episode 13 EP 13
A Piece of Paradise

A dance-hall girl is murdered, and Police Sergeant Joe Gillan suspects ex-jockey Stash McGill, a friend of the dead girl. Gillan asks Johnn…

Episode 14 EP 14
The Return

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 k…

Episode 15 EP 15
The Unwise Men

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…

Episode 16 EP 16
Collector's Item

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

Episode 17 EP 17
Man in the Pit

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

Episode 18 EP 18
The Only Witness

Wealthy racketeer Barney Buford calls Johnny Staccato to ask him to look after his young sister, Karen. As he approaches Buford's apartment…

Episode 19 EP 19
Night of Jeopardy

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

Episode 20 EP 20
Double Feature

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

Episode 21 EP 21
The List Of Death

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

Episode 22 EP 22
Solomon

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

Episode 23 EP 23
An Act of Terror

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

Episode 24 EP 24
An Angry Young Man

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

Episode 25 EP 25
The Mask of Jason

Johnny is hired to bodyguard an aspiring actress (Mary Tyler Moore) who is being terrorized by a man with a horribly scarred face.

Episode 26 EP 26
A Nice Little Town

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

Episode 27 EP 27
Swinging Long Hair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes of Johnny Staccato are there?

The series consists of 27 episodes, airing from 1959 to 1960.

What is the setting of Johnny Staccato?

The show is set in New York City's Greenwich Village, often featuring performances at Waldo's jazz club.

Who composed the theme for Johnny Staccato?

The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein, a renowned composer for film and television.

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