Manhunt (1959 TV series)

Manhunt is an American syndicated half-hour television crime drama starring Victor Jory as a San Diego police detective Lt. Howard Finucane, Charles Bateman as his partner Det. George Peters (in the first 13 episodes), and Patrick McVey as police beat newspaper reporter Ben Andrews, who also narrated the episodes. Seventy-eight episodes were broadcast<ref name="brooks">Template:Cite book</ref> between April 15, 1959, and 1961.

Filmed on location in San Diego, the series regularly showcased local sites such as the Pacific Highway district, Police Headquarters, the San Diego Zoo, the Star of India (ship), San Diego Bay, the Bali Hai Resort and the Hotel Del Coronado. A panorama of the cityscape was featured during the closing credits.

Recognition

In 1960 the National Conference of Police Commissioners recognized the program for depicting "an accurate and realistic picture of the modern police officer".<ref name="bn">Template:Cite news</ref>

Cast

• Victor Jory as Det. Lieutenant Howard Finucane<ref name=tt>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Patrick McVey as Ben Andrews<ref name=tt/>
• Charles Bateman as Det. George Peters (episodes 1-13)<ref name=brooks/>
• Rian Garrick as Det. Bruce Hanna (episodes 14–23)<ref name=brooks/>
• Chuck Henderson as Det. Dan Kramer (episodes 24–39)<ref name=brooks/>
• Michael Stefani as Det. Paul Kirk (episodes 40–52)<ref name=brooks/>
• Robert L. Crawford, Sr., as Det. Phil Burns (episodes 53–65)<ref name=brooks/><ref group=note>Crawford was the father of actors Robert L. Crawford, Jr., and Johnny Crawford.</ref>
• Todd Armstrong as Det. Carl Spencer (episodes 66–78)<ref name=brooks/>

Producer Robert Sparks said that actors who portrayed rookie policemen on the series were "taking on-the-air auditions" with the role increasing from one week to the next. Sparks said, "Everything from his attitude on the set to the nature of his fan mail is carefully checked."<ref name="bn" />

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