77 Sunset Strip

September 20, 1963

Stu's quest to solve the hit-and-run murder of an art collector's brother takes him to Europe and the Middle East. (Part 1 of 5)

September 27, 1963

Questioning various artists for clues to the killing, Bailey finds only further confusion in a mysterious blonde and a missing painting.

October 4, 1963

Stu discovers that he may be hunting for two killers rather than just one, but broadening his search results in two attempts to kill him, and his search for answers leads him to Italy.

October 11, 1963

Bailey's continuing search for two murderers leads him all over Europe, through Holland to France and an ambush on the river Seine.

October 18, 1963

Bailey's international search for murderers and missing treasure finally takes him back to New York for the startling conclusion.

October 25, 1963

Stu's search for the owner of some oil-rich land in Oklahoma takes him to Connecticut, and a black man who is passing for white.

November 1, 1963

Bailey is hired by wealthy Constance Wingate to protect her brother, whose life is being threatened. In the course of his investigation, Bailey encounters big-time gamblers and a piano player who is being framed because he is in love with Constance.

November 8, 1963

A woman hires Stu to get to the truth behind her daughter's near-fatal shooting.

November 15, 1963

Acquitted of murder, Max Dent confesses his guilt to his lawyer, who decides on vengeance.

November 29, 1963

Stu goes to New York to clear police lieutenant John Frazier, who is accused of corruption, but finds his client hates private detectives.

December 6, 1963

A husband's anxieties about his wife's double life leads to a drug ring.

December 13, 1963

Bailey is hired by his friend Diana to keep an eye on her husband, Charlie, so that he doesn't drink too much and lose his job. Charlie is then framed for murder by a colleague who wants his job, and Bailey must expose the murderer.

December 20, 1963

Stu investigates a paternity case involving bulldozers and baseball when Antonio Malfi hires him to find the son he deserted years ago.

December 27, 1963

Bailey is hired by the Clinton Paper Company to find Paul Keddy, an employee who has stolen a formula for a new product. Keddy needs money because he is being blackmailed; later, he is framed for murder. Bailey uncovers the blackmailing ring and identifies the murderer.

January 3, 1964

Politician Boss Gates hires Stu to clear his son Chuck, who is on death row for rape and murder but insists he was framed.

January 10, 1964

Eccentric millionaire Jerry Kenzie wants to remarry, and hires Stu to attend a meeting with his four ex-wives on his island retreat to negotiate alimony cutbacks—with deadly results.

January 17, 1964

Stu babysits an 11-year-old mathematical genius in Vegas, not realizing his client is the key to breaking the casino.

January 24, 1964

A woman hires Stu to protect her husband, an author on the verge of publishing a crime exposé, who has become the taget of an assassin while serving time himself.

January 31, 1964

Stu is hired to investigate a man's death at a dude ranch when his widow rejects the coroner's verdict of suicide.

February 7, 1964

A Philadelphia heiress hires Stu to find her long-lost mother.