The Case of the Dangerous Robin

All Episodes 1960 - 1961

  • Ended
  • 1960-10-18T04:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 19h (38 episodes)
  • Leo Gordon + 1 more, John Abernathy
  • United States
  • English
  • Crime, Drama
The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication from October 1960, to July 1961. The series stars Rick Jason. It was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.

38 episodes

Series Premiere

1960-10-18T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Golden Jade Chop

Series Premiere

1x01 The Golden Jade Chop

  • 1960-10-18T04:00:00Z30m

The opening episode is about the recovery of a $200.000 jade piece in Acapulco by Robin Scott, insurance investigator extraordinaire.

1960-10-24T04:00:00Z

1x02 Guatemalan Gambit

1x02 Guatemalan Gambit

  • 1960-10-24T04:00:00Z30m

Investigating one of many Insurance frauds perpetrated in Guatemala, Robin Scott faces unexpected hazards. Robin runs afoul of big game hunter Mentolmo and a beautiful local businesswoman who claim they were robbed and demand redress from the insurance company currently hiring Robin.

1x03 To Coin a Crime (aka On Consignment)

  • 1960-10-31T05:00:00Z30m

In Geneva, a masked band of thieves steal a valuable coin collection at gunpoint. Robin is put on the case, and finds out among other things, the stolen ducats were fakes.

Insurance agent Robin Scott is assigned to investigate an airplane, carrying half a million dollars in gold in payment for Arabian oil, which has been hijacked at the Tripoli airport. The quest leads him to a Spanish beauty and an ex-Nazi officer.

1960-11-15T05:00:00Z

1x05 Nightmare

1x05 Nightmare

  • 1960-11-15T05:00:00Z30m

A bus carrying a number of people including Emma Stroud has been blown up by a bomb planted in her luggage by her son, Gilbert. Robin, investigating the case, is convinced that Gilbert is guilty. As he uncovers vital evidence, he is knocked unconscious by the boy and imprisoned and threatened with a terrible death.

Robin goes to Paris to try to find two highly insured emeralds belonging to Caroline Agoura, which ostensibly went overboard with her late husband, Paul. By working with Tou Tou, a clumsy Parisian second-story man, Robin learns that Agoura is not dead, is a vague but notorious smuggler, who uses the emeralds as collateral for his deals.

1960-11-28T05:00:00Z

1x07 The Bard Disappears

1x07 The Bard Disappears

  • 1960-11-28T05:00:00Z30m

A heavily insured Shakespeare First Folio is stolen from London University. Robin Scott is hired to Investigate the theft. His probe points to a collector and a shady character named Begstone. Robin tricks the two men into a meeting, learns they had a deal, but neither has the folio.

1960-12-05T05:00:00Z

1x08 Heart of Buddha

1x08 Heart of Buddha

  • 1960-12-05T05:00:00Z30m

Robin Scott makes a strange alliance with a robber baron. Kang, the robber chieftain, who is accused of stealing the fabulous "Heart of Buddha" ruby. Robin contrives to be captured by Kang. How Robin carries out a strange bargain with the bandit, for his life, makes a fast-moving and exciting climax.

1960-12-12T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Pay Off

1x09 The Pay Off

  • 1960-12-12T05:00:00Z30m

Robin Scott becomes a sniper's target because he drives a sports car identical to that of the assassin’s intended victim. The victim turns out to be a famous rock-and-roll singer and Robin and his fiancee are involved in a double indemnity case.

1960-12-19T05:00:00Z

1x10 Zippered Notebook

1x10 Zippered Notebook

  • 1960-12-19T05:00:00Z30m

When Anthony McCord, an American scientist, is attacked and highly sensitive research papers are stolen, insurance investigator Robin Scott (Rick Jason) decides to force the culprit into action by bluffing all the suspects with pointed accusations.

1960-12-26T05:00:00Z

1x11 Temporary Widow

1x11 Temporary Widow

  • 1960-12-26T05:00:00Z30m

Thelma Henderson is missing, and Rick discovers that her husband Walter has heavily insured her life.

1961-01-02T05:00:00Z

1x12 The Heartbreak Gang

1x12 The Heartbreak Gang

  • 1961-01-02T05:00:00Z30m

The theft of $100,000 worth of jewels from a Long Island socialite introduces Robin Scott to a gang of dangerous hoodlums disguised as playboys.

1961-01-09T05:00:00Z

1x13 Jungle Quest

1x13 Jungle Quest

  • 1961-01-09T05:00:00Z30m

Robin investigates the unlikely story by Addison Hanks, a famous author, that his heavily insured original manuscript has been stolen by Mozambique tribesmen.

1961-01-16T05:00:00Z

1x14 The Strad

1x14 The Strad

  • 1961-01-16T05:00:00Z30m

While inquiring into the theft of Maestro Ascoli's Stradivarius, Robin uncovers a fraud.

1961-01-23T05:00:00Z

1x15 The Key Man

1x15 The Key Man

  • 1961-01-23T05:00:00Z30m

As an expert in insurance murders, Robin is propositioned by a mysterious, but distinguished, gentleman named Graves to kill James Clayton. The job requires an expert because Clayton has turned his country estate into an impenetrable fortress. In hopes of determining which of the dead man's three partners is the guilty one.

1961-01-30T05:00:00Z

1x16 Policy of Murder

1x16 Policy of Murder

  • 1961-01-30T05:00:00Z30m

Robin is persuaded by an English insurance company friend to investigate a small oil company on the Dutch-owned island of Curacao, where an unusually high number of fatal accidents have occurred among newly hired employees.

1961-02-06T05:00:00Z

1x17 Spell of Danger

1x17 Spell of Danger

  • 1961-02-06T05:00:00Z30m

A wealthy heavily insured widow drowns in an Indian well in Arizona and Robin matches wits with a hypnotherapist in his search for a killer.

1961-02-09T05:00:00Z

1x18 Brink Of Disaster

1x18 Brink Of Disaster

  • 1961-02-09T05:00:00Z30m

After committing murder to win another man's wife and 100,000-dollar insurance money, the killer finds he must keep the dead man "alive" for three days.

1961-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x19 Baubles And Bullets

1x19 Baubles And Bullets

  • 1961-02-20T05:00:00Z30m

A notorious jewel thief turns up in New York just when a well-known jewelry shop is to open a display of some valuable gems.

1961-02-23T05:00:00Z

1x20 The Genuine Fake

1x20 The Genuine Fake

  • 1961-02-23T05:00:00Z30m

An ex-con is let out of prison after several years. His plan: to kill Robin, the man who sent him to jail.

1961-03-06T05:00:00Z

1x21 The Tunnel

1x21 The Tunnel

  • 1961-03-06T05:00:00Z30m

A dying man tips Robin off about the biggest bank robbery plan in history.

1961-03-13T05:00:00Z

1x22 The Dead Ringer

1x22 The Dead Ringer

  • 1961-03-13T05:00:00Z30m

A bird-watching expedition with Phyllis turns into a murder hunt for Robin Scott. Robin encounters a gang that specializes in a particular brand of fraud--the bodies of unknown transients are substituted for members of the gang who are insured.

1961-03-20T05:00:00Z

1x23 Doll of Death

1x23 Doll of Death

  • 1961-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

A heavily insured item is stolen from Harry Medford. The item: a cheap rag doll. Robin goes to Mexico City in hopes of recovering a stolen miniature cradle containing valuable cargo which is concealed in a rag doll.

1961-03-20T05:00:00Z

1x24 The Deadly Impersonation

1x24 The Deadly Impersonation

  • 1961-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

Robin Scott's apartment is burglarized and bugged by a clever gang of swindlers, headed by Fred Caine, an unscrupulous private eye, and Jack Hayes, who looks and talks like Robin.

1961-04-03T05:00:00Z

1x25 Amsterdam Lapidary

1x25 Amsterdam Lapidary

  • 1961-04-03T05:00:00Z30m

The demise of a famous locksmith and the disappearance of the Granada diamond brings Scott to Amsterdam. An Amsterdam jeweler is extremely upset, and for good reason. The fabulous Granada diamond has been stolen from his shop.

1961-04-10T05:00:00Z

1x26 China Passage

1x26 China Passage

  • 1961-04-10T05:00:00Z30m

Rumor has it that a valuable cargo of tin was thrown overboard during a storm. Robin heads for the Orient to check out the report.

1961-04-17T05:00:00Z

1x27 The Unthinkables

1x27 The Unthinkables

  • 1961-04-17T05:00:00Z30m

The State Unemployment Insurance Organization calls Robin to investigate a young boy found beaten to death with 5 Social Security cards in his pocket.

1961-04-24T05:00:00Z

1x28 The Big Baffle

1x28 The Big Baffle

  • 1961-04-24T05:00:00Z30m

Robin investigates when a heavily insured racehorse falls in a stakes race, killing both horse and jockey.

1961-05-01T04:00:00Z

1x29 The Patient Died

1x29 The Patient Died

  • 1961-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

A famous surgeon and a playboy are suspects in the death of a multi-millionaire.

1961-05-08T04:00:00Z

1x30 Design For Death

1x30 Design For Death

  • 1961-05-08T04:00:00Z30m

Robin is sent to investigate a disaster at sea that is covered very heavily by insurance.

1961-05-15T04:00:00Z

1x31 Wheel of Misfortune

1x31 Wheel of Misfortune

  • 1961-05-15T04:00:00Z30m

Three business partners plot a bizarre suicide scheme. The businessmen decide to gamble two of their lives, the survivor to collect on a mutual insurance policy

1961-05-22T04:00:00Z

1x32 A Matter of Life

1x32 A Matter of Life

  • 1961-05-22T04:00:00Z30m

Scott goes to Manila to investigate the theft of life-saving drugs intended for use in an epidemic of hepatitis on Mindanao.

1961-05-29T04:00:00Z

1x33 Destination: Jav-a

1x33 Destination: Jav-a

  • 1961-05-29T04:00:00Z30m

Robin investigates the possibility of foul play in a coffee plantation fire --and winds up as a murder suspect.

1961-06-05T04:00:00Z

1x34 Falling Star

1x34 Falling Star

  • 1961-06-05T04:00:00Z30m

Robin comes to Hollywood to investigate the accidental on-the-set shooting of a film star. Robin's investigation of an insurance hoax is made more urgent by the discovery of a corpse--actress Dominique Chan's.

1961-06-12T04:00:00Z

1x35 Man on the Run

1x35 Man on the Run

  • 1961-06-12T04:00:00Z30m

Robin is assigned to expose an insurance fraud ring. Caught by mob members, the investigator stays alive by blackmailing the racket "brains". An innocent man faces death in the electric chair

1961-06-19T04:00:00Z

1x36 The Fabulous Flopper

1x36 The Fabulous Flopper

  • 1961-06-19T04:00:00Z30m

Robin Scott investigates a National fraud ring which fakes personal injury claims.

1961-06-26T04:00:00Z

1x37 Missing Money

1x37 Missing Money

  • 1961-06-26T04:00:00Z30m

When convicted robber Al Martin is finally paroled, Robin sets out to recover the money Martin stole.

Season Finale

1961-07-01T04:00:00Z

1x38 Moment of Truth

Season Finale

1x38 Moment of Truth

  • 1961-07-01T04:00:00Z30m

Pepe Montillo, one of Spain's most famous matadors, has abruptly stopped fighting. Robin investigates the theft of a jewel laden image of The Virgin of Macarena in order to protect the insurance company and restore the bullfighter’s courage.

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