Nightbeat

                                                                                                            

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First show date: 06/02/1950

Last show date: 25/09/1952

Number of shows: 111 (+ 5 specials)

 

                                                                                                                                                   

 

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Broadcast on NBC, Nightbeat ran from 1949 to 1952 and starred Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone, a tough and streetwise reporter who worked the Nightbeat for the Chicago Star looking for human interest stories. He met an assortment of people, most of them with a problem, many of them scared, and sometimes he was able to help them, sometimes he wasn’t. It is generally regarded as a ‘quality’ show and it stands up extremely well. Frank Lovejoy (1914-1962) isn’t remembered today, but he was a powerful and believable actor with a strong delivery, and his portrayal of Randy Stone as tough guy with humanity was perfect. The scripts were excellent, given that they had to pack in a lot in a short time, and there was a good supporting cast, orchestra, and sound effects. ‘The Slasher’, broadcast on November 10th 1950, the last show of season one, has a very loosely Ripper-derived plot in which Stone searches for an artist.

NIGHTBEAT was produced and directed by Warren Lewis. Supporting roles were portrayed by Lorain Tuttle, Joan Banks, Herb Butterfield and Peter Leeds. The series was unsponsored, except for brief times by Wheaties and Pabst.

 

 

episodes

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 EPISODE

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 13/01/50

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 The elevator caper

 

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 06/02/50

 1

 Zero

 

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 13/02/50

 2

 The night is a weapon

 

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 20/02/50

 3

A world of his own

 

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 27/02/50

 4

The girl in the park

 

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 06/03/50

 5

Number 13

 

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 13/03/50

 6

Am I my brothers keeper

 

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 20/03/50

 7

The man who claimed to be dead

 

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 27/03/50

 8

Flowers in the water

 

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 03/04/50

 9

the night is a weapon

 

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 10/04/50

 10

I know your secret

 

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 17/04/50

 11

Tong war

 

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 24/04/50

 12

world of his own

 

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 01/05/50

 13

Mentallo, the mental marvel

 

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 08/05/50

 14

Elevator caper

 

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 15/05/50

 15

The night watchman

 

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 22/05/50

 16

I wish you were dead

 

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 29/05/50

 17

Harlan Mathews, stamp dealer

 

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 05/06/50

 18

The girl from Kansas

 

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 12/06/50

 19

Football player and the syndicate

 

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 19/06/50

 20

Vincent and the painter

 

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 26/06/50

 21

The juvenile gangster

 

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 03/07/50

 22

Marty

 

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 10/07/50

 23

Twill be the death of me

 

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 17/07/50

 24

Molly Keller

 

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 24/07/50

 25

The devils bible

 

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 31/07/50

26

City at your fingertips

 

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 07/08/50

 27

Old blind pop

 

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 14/08/50

 28

Gunners last fight

 

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 21/08/50

 29

Doctors secret

 

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 28/08/50

 30

Lorraine Adams Execution

 

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 04/09/50

 31

Old home week

 

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 11/09/50

 32

The hunter becomes the hunted

 

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 18/09/50

 33

Wanna buy a story

 

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 25/09/50

 34

A case of butter

 

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 06/10/50

 35

The Kenny Day amnesia case

 

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 13/10/50

 36

Einar Pierce and family

 

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 20/10/50

 37

Judge Arnold's daughter

 

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 27/10/50

 38

The doctors daughter

 

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 03/11/50

 39

The black cat

 

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 10/11/50

 40

The slasher

 

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 04/03/51

 

Big John McMasters

 

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 18/05/51

 41

Juke box romance

 

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 25/05/51

 42

Fear

 

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 01/06/51

 43

Will or Mrs Orloff

 

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 08/06/51

 44

The search for Fred

 

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 15/06/51

 45

The music man

 

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 22/06/51

 46

Sanctuary

 

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 29/06/51

 47

By–line for Frank

 

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 06/07/51

 48

Bill Perrin amnesia case

 

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 13/07/51

 49

Antonio's return

 

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 20/07/51

 50

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 27/07/51

 51

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 03/08/51

 52

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 10/08/51

 53

The city at your fingertip

 

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 17/08/51

 54

They

 

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 24/08/51

 55

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 31/08/51

 56

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 07/09/51

 57

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 14/09/51

 58

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 21/09/51

 59

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 28/09/51

 60

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 05/10/51

 61

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 12/10/51

 62

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 19/10/51

 63

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 26/10/51

 64

Mr and Mrs Corothers

 

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 02/11/51

 65

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 09/11/51

 66

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 16/11/51

 67

Lost souls

 

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 23/11/51

 68

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 30/11/51

 69

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 07/12/51

 70

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 14/12/51

 71

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 21/12/51

 72

Five days off for Christmas

 

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 28/12/51

 73

Expectant father

 

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 04/01/52

 74

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 11/01/52

 75

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 18/01/52

 76

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 25/01/52

 77

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 01/02/52

 78

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 08/02/52

 79

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 15/02/52

 80

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 22/02/52

 81

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 29/02/52

 82

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 07/03/52

 83

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 14/03/52

 84

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 21/03/52

 85

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 28/03/52

 86

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 04/04/52

 87

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 11/04/52

 88

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 18/04/52

 89

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 25/04/52

 90

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 01/05/52

 91

Pay up or die

 

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 08/05/52

 92

Long live the clown

 

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 15/05/52

 93

Death of Riley

 

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 22/05/52

 94

Target for a week

 

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 29/05/52

 95

The jockey brothers

 

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 05/06/52

 96

Marvelous machine

 

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 19/06/52

 97

Railroaded

 

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 26/06/52

 98

Reformer

 

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 03/07/52

 99

The old itch

 

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 10/07/52

 100

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 17/07/52

 101

Taste of peaches

 

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 24/07/52

 102

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 31/07/52

 103

Flight from fear

 

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 07/08/52

 104

Somebody stop Ann

 

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 14/08/52

 105

His name was Luke

 

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 21/08/52

 106

The man with the red hair

 

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 28/08/52

 107

Title Unknown

 

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 04/09/52

 108

Ellen

 

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 11/09/52

 109

Larry the understudy

 

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 18/09/52

 110

Policy wheel racket

 

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 25/09/52

 111

The bug killings

 

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The Bill Talmidge story

 

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The carefullest driver

 

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Stone's Christmas eve

 

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The white zombie

 

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Johhny Liggets wife Paula

 

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