Synopsis & Context
Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30pm ET from July 6, 1951 to September 19, 1952, with a few more episodes shown in 1953. The program was then in broadcast syndication for several years thereafter. It chronicles the stories of David Chase a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.
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Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Front Page Detective
- Release
- July 6, 1951
- Screen Time
- 1 season · 30min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Gene Levitt, Robert Mitcher
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Ended
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