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The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

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IMDB:

6.8
The Name of the Game

Released

9/20/1968

Duration

1h 30m

Genre

Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Country

United States of America

Cast

N/A

Overview

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.

Episodes

Fear of High PlacesEP 1Available

Fear of High Places

75m0.0

Jeff Dillon investigates the death of a beautiful model, which involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post.

The WitnessEP 2Available

The Witness

73m0.0

When a Mafia informant is assassinated, Dan Farrell, senior editor of Crime Magazine, looks for the only other witness to a major mob crime. She allegedly committed suicide eight years earlier.

The TakerEP 3Available

The Taker

75m0.0

Crime Magazine publisher Glenn Howard refuses to support a powerful businessman who backs a crooked political candidate and finds himself in a battle of wits over the takeover of his publishing empire.

Collector's EditionEP 4Available

Collector's Edition

75m0.0

Photographer Peter Max had once saved Jeff Dillon's life when the two were on assignment in Vietnam. Now Max is accused of murder, and he's counting on Dillon's help in clearing his name.

NightmareEP 5Available

Nightmare

75m0.0

Dan Farrell patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.

Incident in BerlinEP 6Available

Incident in Berlin

74m0.0

Glenn Howard goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors, who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.

Shine On, Shine On, Jesse GilEP 7Available

Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil

75m0.0

A woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.

Lola in LipstickEP 8Available

Lola in Lipstick

74m0.0

While in Rome, publisher Glenn Howard finds corruption, illicit romance and narcotics at every turn.

The ProtectorEP 9Available

The Protector

74m0.0

Glenn Howard goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.

OrdealEP 10Available

Ordeal

75m0.0

A woman sitting on death row hopes that Dan Farrell can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.

The White BirchEP 11Available

The White Birch

75m0.0

Glenn Howard travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.

High On A RainbowEP 12Available

High On A Rainbow

75m0.0

When drugs start appearing in the hands of schoolchildren, Dan Farrell and Peggy pose as a truck driver and car-hop as they investigate a narcotics ring.

The Black AnswerEP 13Available

The Black Answer

75m0.0

Jeff Dillon is investigating the fire-bombing death of a black newspaper editor who advocated nonviolence. The chief suspect is Joe X. Lee, a leading black militant.

Pineapple RoseEP 14Available

Pineapple Rose

73m0.0

Peggy Maxwell is kidnapped while digging up information on a famous rock star.

The RevolutionaryEP 15Available

The Revolutionary

75m0.0

Glenn Howard helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

Swinger's OnlyEP 16Available

Swinger's Only

73m0.0

Farrell (RS) takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a ""Swinging Singles"" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.

The InquiryEP 17Available

The Inquiry

75m0.0

Howard (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.

The Incomparable Connie WalkerEP 18Available

The Incomparable Connie Walker

75m0.0

Conway ""Connie"" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.

Love-In At Ground ZeroEP 19Available

Love-In At Ground Zero

75m0.0

Howard (GB) is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons.

The Suntan MobEP 20Available

The Suntan Mob

75m0.0

Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

Keep the Doctor AwayEP 21Available

Keep the Doctor Away

75m0.0

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

The Bobby Currier StoryEP 22Available

The Bobby Currier Story

75m0.0

Currier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.

A Wrath of AngelsEP 23Available

A Wrath of Angels

75m0.0

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a powerful Mafioso.

The Third ChoiceEP 24Available

The Third Choice

75m0.0

Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

Breakout To A Fast BuckEP 25Available

Breakout To A Fast Buck

75m0.0

Dan Farrell (RS ) is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor, who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed.

An Agent of the PlaintiffEP 26Available

An Agent of the Plaintiff

75m0.0

Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

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