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★ 7.0/10•1978•55m•TV-PG•Drama•Crime
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Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

StatusEnded
Runtime55m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 20, 1978

Episodes

Episode 1 - CenterfoldE144m

Centerfold

Model Shawn Adams' agent Nat Finer is a two-bit hustler whose shady friend Mr. Smith drugs Shawn, takes X-rated photos of her, then tries to blackmail her into a five-year contract.

Sep 20, 1978

Episode 2 - The Games Girls PlayE244m

The Games Girls Play

A senator gets photographed in a compromising position with three housewives whose husbands neglect them. When one girl is run down by a car, it's obvious that all three are in danger from a vengeful victim.

Sep 27, 1978

Episode 3 - Mother MishkinE344m

Mother Mishkin

Mother Mishkin tries to nail shady real estate developer Worthmeyer and thinks her life is in danger from him, so she hires Dan to protect her. Meanwhile, Dan recruits bumbling Binzer to repossess a car from deadbeat Freddie Tibbs.

Oct 11, 1978

Episode 4 - Love, Laugh and DieE444m

Love, Laugh and Die

Call girl Lexy Gardner is shot dead, so her mother hires Dan to find out who did it and how Lexy wound up hooking. The case expands to involve singer Eddie Banning, tennis pro Lou Spitz, and contractor William Virgil.

Oct 18, 1978

Episode 5 - Yes, My Darling DaughterE544m

Yes, My Darling Daughter

On her wedding day, Cindy Jenner Smalley sees. or thinks she sees, her dead father Hank, a famous country-western singer who vanished shortly after arranging his wife's mercy killing ten years before. Dan takes the case.

Oct 25, 1978

Episode 6 - Lady IceE644m

Lady Ice

A sheik who is staying at Roth's hotel doesn't realize that his female escort Allison Jordan is the one female in a trio of crooks who steal twelve rubies from him. Her romantic evening with Dan becomes her alibi for the crime.

Nov 1, 1978

Episode 7 - Milliken's StashE744m

Milliken's Stash

Cocaine smuggler Marty Trafalgar tries to retire, but his former partner Wendell Milliken from Miami won't allow him to do so.

Nov 8, 1978

Episode 8 - The PageantE844m

The Pageant

Mike Logan hires Dan to find his daughter Jenny's rapist. Bella discovers that the serial rapist targets slender blondes in their late teens. When the rapist kills a victim, Jenny becomes a witness and Bea becomes a decoy.

Nov 15, 1978

Episode 9 - Lost WomenE944m

Lost Women

Tanna investigates the mysterious disappearances of beautiful Las Vegas showgirls and discovers they have been abducted by a white slaver. When he gets caught trying to rescue them, Binzer and Roth try to rescue him.

Nov 22, 1978

Episode 10 - Second StanzaE1044m

Second Stanza

Faded singer Ginny Gordon's comeback is threatened, and her sanity imperiled, by attempts on her life. Is her former partner responsible for the attempts, or is a recent acquaintance terrorizing her?

Dec 6, 1978

Episode 11 - Serve, Volley and KillE1144m

Serve, Volley and Kill

Temperamental tennis pro Bobby Howard has been receiving threatening phone calls. His coach Sid Green hires Dan to protect Bobby, who doesn't want it. Meanwhile, Binzer tries to stop Tommy Cirko's petty larceny: impersonating a minister.

Dec 20, 1978

Episode 12 - Ghost of the RipperE1244m

Ghost of the Ripper

Psychotic Jack Schulman is killing prostitutes. Amateur criminologist Philiip Graykirk sees a pattern similar to the Jack-the-Ripper murders and predicts more deaths to come.

Jan 10, 1979

Episode 13 - The Eleventh EventE1344m

The Eleventh Event

A benefit telethon is planned for Leon Hazlett, a five-time Olympic gold medalist who was crippled in a car crash. But emcee Paul Baker is kidnapped and a $200,000 ransom is demanded.

Jan 17, 1979

Episode 14 - Kill Dan TannaE1444m

Kill Dan Tanna

When Dan was in Vietnam, he once defied the orders of Captain North, who wound up crippled. North hires goons to help him take revenge by terrorizing Dan and the people around him.

Jan 24, 1979

Episode 15 - Death MountainE1544m

Death Mountain

Chief Gray Bear is trying to stall a Japanese businessman's construction project on the reservation.

Jan 31, 1979

Episode 16 - Best FriendsE1644m

Best Friends

Dan's childhood friend visits Vegas. Unknown to Dan, he is the felon who kills Erwin Levy and wounds Roth in the process. Will Philip Roth be the next victim?

Feb 7, 1979

Episode 17 - Demand and SupplyE1744m

Demand and Supply

A teenager gets assaulted at the seedy Pinecrest Hotel. Her mother's friend, begs Dan to take the case. Meanwhile, the pimp threatens to harm another teenage girl if she doesn't turn tricks.

Feb 14, 1979

Episode 18 - Everything I TouchE1844m

Everything I Touch

Dan's love interest Christy Winters is strangled in her hotel room. Her friend tries to help him solve the case and becomes the next victim. Both girls were with Dan right before their murders, leaving Dan badly grief-stricken.

Feb 28, 1979

Episode 19 - Doubtful TargetE1944m

Doubtful Target

Savings and loan president Tyler Dickinson murders investment counselor Cy Winters and then Binzer's girlfriend Kim Sarrason. Binzer is first devastated and then vindictive. Can Dan prevent Binzer from exacting vigilante justice?

Mar 7, 1979

Episode 20 - Touch of DeathE2044m

Touch of Death

Newlywed Gary Cole goes to buy some jewelry for his wife Wendy, and disappears. When Wendy realizes he's missing, nobody that she questions seems to recognize the couple. Her hysteria only hampers Dan's investigation.

Mar 14, 1979

Episode 21 - The Way to LiveE2144m

The Way to Live

Daredevil Shara Stanley's drunken mechanic Bill Woods tries to talk her out of a dangerous stunt because her beneficiaries plan to sabotage it and have her killed so they can collect on her insurance.

May 2, 1979

Episode 22 - The VisitorE2244m

The Visitor

Dan is hired to be the escort and bodyguard of Princess Zara during her stay in Las Vegas. But political problems follow her. Fanatic Lucille tries to kill both Dan and Zara before she herself is shot dead in Zara's hotel room.

May 9, 1979

Actors

Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Dan Tanna

Bart Braverman

Bart Braverman

Bobby 'Binzer' Borso

Phyllis Davis

Phyllis Davis

Beatrice Travis

Greg Morris

Greg Morris

Lt. David Nelson

Naomi Stevens

Naomi Stevens

Sgt. Bella Archer

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Roth

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