Rocky King Detective

Rocky King Detective

Roscoe Karns as Rocky King
Also known as ''Inside Detective''
Genre Action/crime drama
Starring Roscoe Karns
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 6
Production company(s) Stark-Layton Production
Release
Original network DuMont Television Network
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monoaural
Original release January 15, 1950 – December 26, 1954

Rocky King Detective (also known as Inside Detective) is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast live on the DuMont Television Network on Sundays at 9pm ET. The series ran for six seasons, from January 15, 1950 to December 26, 1954.

Overview

Roscoe Karns stars as the title character who is the "chief of homicide" of Manhattan's 24th Precinct. During the first three seasons, Earl Hammond portrayed King's partner, Detective Sgt. Lane. During the final two seasons, Karns' real life son Todd portrayed King's partner Detective Hart. Rounding out the cast was Grace Carney who portrayed King's wife Mabel who is frequently heard but never seen.

The series was broadcast live from DuMont's offices and corridors which served as sets for the series. Despite its low budget and limited nationwide audience (the DuMont network owned a limited amount of stations), Rocky King was DuMont's most popular and long running shows.

Episode status

Some episodes still exist, including 37 at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Two episodes are held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.

The kinescopes for the four episodes released to DVD originate courtesy of Satellite Media Production. These episodes have been screened at the non-profit Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention held annually in Aberdeen, Maryland. The same four episodes were released to DVD on November 21, 2006, altered with a company logo superimposed on the screen and sound effects added to the soundtrack. The Satellite Media Production release contained no alterations.

See also

Bibliography

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