Rocky King, Detective

Jan 14, 1950 (en) Crime, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 14, 1950
  • Production
    Stark-Layton, DuMont Television Network
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Rocky King, Detective
  • Release
    Jan 14, 1950
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Overview

Rocky King, Inside Detective is an American television series broadcast on the DuMont Television Network on Sundays at 9pm ET from January 15, 1950 to December 26, 1954. This series was one of DuMont's most popular programs, and was a live crime series set in New York City. The show not only kept Roscoe Karns from retirement, but cast him opposite his son, Todd Karns. The DuMont offices and corridors were used as sets. At the end of each program, King would exchange telephone small talk with his unseen wife Mabel and, after hanging up, say to no one in particular, "Great girl, that Mabel".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Roscoe Karns

    Police Inspector Rocky King

Full Casts & Crew

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Season 1 ( 1950-01-14)

Pilot

Episode: 1

Episode 2

Episode: 2

Episode 3

Episode: 3

Episode 4

Episode: 4

Episode 5

Episode: 5

The Name Thief

Episode: 6

Episode 7

Episode: 7

The Carnival Dancer

Episode: 8

Shakedown

Episode: 9

Too Tall for Love

Episode: 10

Case of the Gambler's Blonde

Episode: 11

Blind to Murder

Episode: 12

The April Fool Murder

Episode: 13

Episode 14

Episode: 14

Spotlight on Revenge

Episode: 15

Such a Nice Young Man

Episode: 16

The Old Handkerchief Game

Episode: 17

The Man Who Bragged about Murder

Episode: 18

I'll Know My Mother's Killer

Episode: 19

The Dancing Killer

Episode: 20

Lowest Man in the World

Episode: 21

Strange Obsession

Episode: 22

The Case of the Crooked Brothers

Episode: 23

The Deadly Mouse

Episode: 24

Take a Small Dose of Murder

Episode: 25

The Hit & Run Killer

Episode: 26

The Beauties & the Beast

Episode: 27

Season 2 ( 1950-09-08)

Trigger Happy

Episode: 1

3 Time Loser

Episode: 2

The Redhead & the Robbers

Episode: 3

The Schoolteacher & the Killers

Episode: 4

Episode 5

Episode: 5

You Can't Hang a Man Twice

Episode: 6

The Goofball Murders

Episode: 7

Gang Fight

Episode: 8

You Can't Buy Your Way Out

Episode: 9

The Frightened Witness

Episode: 10

Trail of Vengeance

Episode: 11

The Case of the Unfaithful Wife

Episode: 12

The Hold-Up Man

Episode: 13

The Looters

Episode: 14

The Case of the Christmas Card Clue

Episode: 15

Adventure of the Unhappy Bride

Episode: 16

Gun Moll

Episode: 17

The Mad Sniper

Episode: 18

Web of Deceit

Episode: 19

Where the Death Flowers Grow

Episode: 20

The Muscle Man

Episode: 21

Allotment Annie

Episode: 22

Your Number's Up

Episode: 23

They'll Never Take Me Alive

Episode: 24

Shooting Script

Episode: 25

The Lead Pipe Cinch

Episode: 26

Big Sadie

Episode: 27

The Fire in the East

Episode: 28

Murder Gums the Works

Episode: 29

The Careless Killer

Episode: 30

Murder of a Mannequin

Episode: 31

Frame for Murder

Episode: 32

Murder with a Punch

Episode: 33

The Tablet Spells Murder

Episode: 34

Teen Age Terror

Episode: 35

The Lion Roared Murder

Episode: 36

Murder on the Dotted Line

Episode: 37

Right Shoe, Wrong Foot

Episode: 38

Murder by the Serpent's Tooth

Episode: 39

The Black Spots

Episode: 40

Murder is a Chinese Puzzle

Episode: 41

The Knife & the Number

Episode: 42

Death in the Harbor

Episode: 43

A Permanent Curl

Episode: 44

The Telltale Murder

Episode: 45

Swing Low, Sweet Life

Episode: 46

The Mad Sniper

Episode: 47

All Tied Up

Episode: 48

The House on Bleak Street

Episode: 49

No Soap

Episode: 50

Season 3 ( 1951-09-02)

Money Baits the Hook

Episode: 1

Jewel Song

Episode: 2

A Shot in the Dark

Episode: 3

Slightly Suicide

Episode: 4

The Missing Stranger

Episode: 5

Bottled Secret

Episode: 6

Obits, Please Copy

Episode: 7

Over the Counter

Episode: 8

The Comic Strip

Episode: 9

Bride of Fear

Episode: 10

Properly Booked

Episode: 11

The Relentless Doll

Episode: 12

Wanted Driver

Episode: 13

Diamonds in the Rough

Episode: 14

Message for Murder

Episode: 15

The Careless Chemist

Episode: 16

Yuletide Murder

Episode: 17

Face Powder Murder

Episode: 18

The Bearded Lady

Episode: 19

Take a Card

Episode: 20

Darkroom Murder

Episode: 21

Speedway to Death

Episode: 22

Judge for Yourself

Episode: 23

Corner on Murder

Episode: 24

Merder is Misprint

Episode: 25

Mr. Lazarus

Episode: 26

Murder Redoubled

Episode: 27

Past, Present and Future

Episode: 28

The Blind Tiger

Episode: 29

The Fine Art of Murder

Episode: 30

A Fine Display

Episode: 31

The Tie-Clip Murder

Episode: 32

Vault of Death

Episode: 33

The Pencil that Wrote Murder

Episode: 34

Sunlight & Murder

Episode: 35

Murder Keeps an Appointment

Episode: 36

Murder is Money

Episode: 37

Shares in Murder

Episode: 38

Poison's Too Slow

Episode: 39

The Gravel Murder

Episode: 40

The Homesick Shoemaker

Episode: 41

Murder on the Doorstep

Episode: 42

Zip Guns Don't Pay

Episode: 43

Love from a Strangler

Episode: 44

Dial M for Murder

Episode: 45

Murder Scores a Knockout

Episode: 46

Death Dissolves a Partnership

Episode: 47

Your Number is Up

Episode: 48

The Drinks are on Death

Episode: 49

Dressed for Death

Episode: 50

Love, Money and Murder

Episode: 51

Pressed to Kill

Episode: 52

The Hermit's Cat

Episode: 53

Season 4 ( 1952-09-07)

Murder Lays the Odds

Episode: 1

Model for Murder

Episode: 2

The Toy Dagger Murder

Episode: 3

One Minute for Murder

Episode: 4

Vagrant C-Note

Episode: 5

Personal Vendetta

Episode: 6

Death has Dark Hands

Episode: 7

Murder, Ph.D.

Episode: 8

Murder by Natural Death

Episode: 9

Cop Killer

Episode: 10

Sucker Bait

Episode: 11

Recoil

Episode: 12

Death Does a Double Take

Episode: 13

Prowler in the Night

Episode: 14

The Stain of Murder

Episode: 15

Double Jeopardy

Episode: 16

Docked for Murder

Episode: 17

Double Cross

Episode: 18

The Grapevine

Episode: 19

Checkmate

Episode: 20

Canceled Out

Episode: 21

The Pay Off

Episode: 22

The Gentle Murder

Episode: 23

The Needle's Eye

Episode: 24

Stranger's Doom

Episode: 25

King's Gambit

Episode: 26

The Abandoned House

Episode: 27

The Fatal Sign

Episode: 28

Arsenic for Two

Episode: 29

The Lethal Ratio

Episode: 30

Murder Goes to College

Episode: 31

Ordeal by Fire

Episode: 32

Caged

Episode: 33

Thy Will Be Done

Episode: 34

The Trunk

Episode: 35

The Old Mansion

Episode: 36

Win, Place and Murder

Episode: 37

Playback

Episode: 38

The Ledger

Episode: 39

Room Service

Episode: 40

Door to Happiness

Episode: 41

Dead Weight

Episode: 42

Deadly Target

Episode: 43

Hook, Line & Sinker

Episode: 44

Breakout

Episode: 45

The Silencer

Episode: 46

Jack of Diamonds

Episode: 47

Money & Murder

Episode: 48

The Best of References

Episode: 49

Murder on the Downbeat

Episode: 50

The Final Curtain

Episode: 51

Time Table

Episode: 52

Season 5 ( 1953-09-06)

Cold Fire

Episode: 1

Under the Skin

Episode: 2

Acid Test

Episode: 3

Open & Shut

Episode: 4

Change of Ownership

Episode: 5

The Final Game

Episode: 6

Hot Water

Episode: 7

Stamped for Murder

Episode: 8

Linked with Murder

Episode: 9

The Missing Ticket

Episode: 10

Marked for Murder

Episode: 11

Murder in Fashion

Episode: 12

The Last Drink

Episode: 13

Wake Up & Die

Episode: 14

Number's Up

Episode: 15

The Rare Edition

Episode: 16

Weapon of Murder

Episode: 17

The Invisible Man

Episode: 18

Wrench of Death

Episode: 19

Room for Murder

Episode: 20

Gunning for Trouble

Episode: 21

Blood from a Turnip

Episode: 22

Death & Taxes

Episode: 23

Murder by Mistake

Episode: 24

Time for Murder

Episode: 25

The Frame Up

Episode: 26

The Spirit's Willing

Episode: 27

Tele-View to Murder

Episode: 28

Murder Suits Me

Episode: 29

The Wrong Choice

Episode: 30

The Eyes Have It

Episode: 31

The Pearls of Death

Episode: 32

A Will to Murder

Episode: 33

Fire of Death

Episode: 34

Murder Will Out

Episode: 35

Danger, Radiation

Episode: 36

Return for Death

Episode: 37

Bored from Within

Episode: 38

A Ticket to Murder

Episode: 39

Scared to Death

Episode: 40

Red is for Blood

Episode: 41

For Love or Money

Episode: 42

Miss Murder 1954

Episode: 43

Dyeing Can Sometimes be Deadly

Episode: 44

Live Bait

Episode: 45

Death Dive

Episode: 46

In the Bag

Episode: 47

A Pressing Matter

Episode: 48

Portrait of Death

Episode: 49

Final Payment

Episode: 50

Season 6 ( 1954-09-05)

The Diamond Murder

Episode: 1

Three Motives for Murder

Episode: 2

Too Many Wives

Episode: 3

Key to Murder

Episode: 4

Death Wears a White Carnation

Episode: 5

Seen of the Crime

Episode: 6

All Cats are Gray

Episode: 7

Design for Murder

Episode: 8

The Sound of Murder

Episode: 9

Mute Evidence

Episode: 10

Pattern for Death

Episode: 11

Death Set to Music

Episode: 12

Bullet Proof

Episode: 13

Payment Deferred

Episode: 14

Death of a Heel

Episode: 15

The Eye of Death

Episode: 16
Jan 14, 1950 (en)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 14, 1950
  • Production
    Stark-Layton, DuMont Television Network
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title Rocky King, Detective
en

Overview

Rocky King, Inside Detective is an American television series broadcast on the DuMont Television Network on Sundays at 9pm ET from January 15, 1950 to December 26, 1954. This series was one of DuMont's most popular programs, and was a live crime series set in New York City. The show not only kept Roscoe Karns from retirement, but cast him opposite his son, Todd Karns. The DuMont offices and corridors were used as sets. At the end of each program, King would exchange telephone small talk with his unseen wife Mabel and, after hanging up, say to no one in particular, "Great girl, that Mabel".

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer