• 1960
  • 30m
Dante

Summary Willie Dante carries his shady history, and old-time buddies Biff and Stewart, into the operation of his legit San Francisco nightclub. Neither the cops nor the bad guys really believe he's done with the underworld however. View more details

  • 1960
  • 30m

Dante

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Howard Duff Tom D'Andrea Alan Mowbray James Nolan

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Adventure Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 2, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Four Star Productions Satyr Productions

Summary Willie Dante carries his shady history, and old-time buddies Biff and Stewart, into the operation of his legit San Francisco nightclub. Neither the cops nor the bad guys really believe he's done with the underworld however. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Crime Drama

Release date : Oct 2, 1960

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production companies : Four Star Productions Satyr Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 02, 1960
One for the Birds
Stewart Styles the Maitre-D of Willie Dente's club is being blackmailed. Willie lends him the money to set a trap for the blackmailer. A package containing a pigeon and a note arrives. The pigeon is to take the money to the blackmailer. Willie intends to contact the delivery company but an attempted hit and run reveals Veronica Mizell. Rather than the mastermind behind the blackmail she is a fellow victim. Dente discovers a common link in a dentist, interviewing the man Dente becomes suspicious of his dental assistant, Nurse Barrow. Dante sets a trap for the assistant which she falls for and is over powered and arrested.
Episode 2 • Oct 09, 1960
Opening Night
Cops are swarming at opening night of Dante's Inferno because the D.A. refuses to believe Willie's really gone straight. An out-of-town mobster also figures the nightclub's a front for gambling and orders Willie to become his partner, or there will be a shooting in the club that night.
Episode 3 • Oct 16, 1960
The Feline Traveler
Things get perilous for Dante when he finds a gunshot victim in his office.
Episode 4 • Oct 30, 1960
Dante's Dilemma
Dante is given an offer he cannot refuse when some documents are left in his club.
Episode 5 • Nov 06, 1960
The Misfortune Cookie
A key hidden in a cake leads Dante to a smuggling ring.
Episode 6 • Nov 13, 1960
San Quentin Quill
Penelope Dare, a teenaged girl with an active imagination, writes the best-selling novel Wickedly Yours. The book appears to be a thinly-veiled Roman à clef about Dante's life of crime. Meanwhile, Vic and Manny, thieves who've just robbed a furrier, believe the book is true and set about to have Dante fence their stolen items, which the Inferno staff mistakenly accept on delivery.
Episode 7 • Nov 20, 1960
The Unclean Green
When the money in the club's safe is found to have been from a robbery, Dante needs to find out who has set him up.
Episode 8 • Nov 27, 1960
The Bavarian Barbarians
After he buys a seemingly average, nondescript painting, Dante finds that it has generated an unusual interest from strangers, including Princess Stephanie, who offers him a suspicious amount of money to buy it. Dante has the painting examined, which reveals that it's not what it seems to be. Meanwhile, the people who want to take possession of the painting are prepared to pull out all the stops to get it.
Episode 9 • Dec 04, 1960
My Pal, the Bullseye
Dante finds it hard to believe that Biff accidentally being locked in the refrigerator might actually be an attempt on Biff's life.
Episode 10 • Dec 18, 1960
The Jolly Roger Cocktail
A bookkeeper blackmails a crooked businessman who has strangled his partner.
Episode 11 • Dec 25, 1960
A Punch from Judy
When a girl who has been beaten turns up in the club, little does Dante know that he is being set up.
Episode 12 • Jan 01, 1961
Don't Come On'a My House
Dante inherits a large house in payment for an old gambling debt.
Episode 13 • Jan 08, 1961
Wine, Women and Willie
Dante is kidnapped by an old friend.
Episode 14 • Jan 15, 1961
Dial D for Dante
A wealthy man sets up a trust fund for Dante, but the catch is that a professional killer will inherit the money if the nightclub owner dies.
Episode 15 • Jan 22, 1961
The Devil to Pay
Dante learns an old friend, once a promising boxer, is managed poorly by a sleazy operator and decides to find out why.
Episode 16 • Jan 29, 1961
Dante Rides Again
Antony Carbone as "Chick Loomis" robs a bank and kills a cop then calls Nita Talbot as "Lily" to get Dante to help him.Lily tips the cops and Chick gets picked up.After Dante visits with Chick, the thugs think Dante knows where the money (100 large)is and that he ratted on Chick. Myron Healy "Johnny Poco",the fence shows and wants his share of the swag. Dante finds an old menu with clues to old ghost town and heads for it. When he gets there Lily is already there. Johnny Poco followed Dante and pulls a gun and Dante pulls on a rope that holds a chandelier and it knocks the gun from Johnny and the fight begins and ends with Dante the victor and the swag falls out of the chandelier with Lily gripping onto some of it, she goes for the gun and Dante shoes it and wins the day.Natch he turns the money in. Lily is sprung by a lawyer and meets with Dante for some fun. The End
Episode 17 • Feb 05, 1961
Dante's Fickle Fate
A man sneers at a fortune teller's predictions until the man informs him he will be killed by his wife's former boyfriend - Willie Dante.
Episode 18 • Feb 12, 1961
Aces and Eights
Dante plays for high stakes when he discovers that someone is using his name to con a gambler.
Episode 19 • Feb 19, 1961
Light Lady, Dark Room
Dante has to find out how an employee is photographing wealthy, married male customers with other women and then using the photos to try and blackmail them.
Episode 20 • Feb 26, 1961
Not as a Canary
Dante's former girlfriend, chanteuse Julie Miller, holds him to a previous promise to help her when her husband Monte disappears. On the run with unpaid gambling debts after scarring the face of Phil Diamond, the man he owes, Monte hides in San Francisco, where Dante agrees to locate him, placing his own life in danger.
Episode 21 • Mar 05, 1961
Pick a Peck of Diamonds
A young woman plans to marry an elderly man, obtain possession of a valuable necklace and then immediately divorce him to marry her sweetheart.
Episode 22 • Mar 12, 1961
Dante in the Dark
A young man and his fiancée visit The Inferno to give Dante the news that they've decided to wed. The engagement is short-lived because the young man is murdered leaving the nightclub.
Episode 23 • Mar 19, 1961
Hunter with a Badge
Dante feels the pressure when he employs the younger brother of a police officer.
Episode 24 • Mar 26, 1961
Friendly Assassin
After he becomes an eyewitness to an assassination, Dante is told by a young girl named Nina that he was actually the target of the assassin's bullet. She offers to explain the situation to him, but for a price which he refuses to pay. Shortly thereafter, another attempt is made on Dante's life.
Episode 25 • Apr 02, 1961
Sesame Key
A sudden rash of robberies in the area stymies the cops. The only thing each robbery appears to have in common is a connection to Dante's club. When the police infer he's culpable in the robberies, Dante is forced to try to solve the case himself.
Episode 26 • Apr 09, 1961
Around a Dark Corner
In the last episode of the series, Dante' friend Ramsey Collins seeks his assistance when his boozy step-daughter Marcy runs off to go on a binge. Dante agrees to help find the wayward girl, but he later regrets his decision when his involvement with Marcy's problems lands him in the middle of a murder investigation.
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