• 1959
  • 30m
Markham

Summary A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City. View more details

  • 1959
  • 30m

Markham

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ray Milland Henry Corden Barney Phillips Simon Scott

All cast & crew

8.2

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : May 1, 1959

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Revue Studios Markham Productions

Summary A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : May 1, 1959

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Revue Studios Markham Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • May 01, 1959
A Princely Sum
Upon hearing that Roy Markham's (Ray Milland's) good friend, Jim Donovan, has been shot and killed on the steps of U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Markham and his partner John Riggs (Simon Scott) fly to Washington to investigate. Markham believes Boris Vascou (Anthony Eustrel), the "Vanishing Assassin," murdered his friend over information Donovan planned to share with the U.S. government about the country where he had been working as an oil engineer: "Kaleda," a small, oil-rich kingdom on the Persian Gulf. Its ruler, Prince Hassan III, is due to arrive in Washington shortly on a diplomatic visit. After crashing the right cocktail party, Roy meets the Prince's emissary, Ramik Sarid (Arnold Moss), and deduces that an assassination is in the works. He guesses it will take place at a riverside home where a beautiful French actress named Renee Compante (Jacqueline Beer) awaits the Prince. With the help of a friendly socialite boater, Diana Rogers (Betsy Jones-Moreland), Markham, Riggs and Sarid waylay Vascou and kill him.
Episode 2 • May 08, 1959
Woman of Arles
A priceless painting by "van Goff" is stolen from a New York museum and a watchman is killed. The insurance company hires Markham to find it, and a mysterious letter lures him to a town called Santa Maria. Will he find the painting there?
Episode 3 • May 15, 1959
Paris Encounter
During a revolution in Costa Dora, a casino magnate was murdered by a crime syndicate because they thought he had half a million dollars in cash. Afterwards, his daughter attracts the attention of the U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue by spending money lavishly in Paris. Markham is approached by the Bureau to investigate and find the money.
Episode 4 • May 22, 1959
The Marble Face
A young woman contacts Markham after moving in with an elderly aunt she hadn't seen since childhood. The niece fears that the old lady is being robbed by an unscrupulous medium whose séances bring back the spirit of the woman's long-dead son. Markham attends one of the sittings and immediately pegs the spiritualist as a phony; he also finds the aunt to be a little too theatrical to be a sheltered old hermit.
Episode 5 • May 29, 1959
The Human Factor
A modest clerk working for an international mining company is stalked and beaten on the streets of Montreal. She accuses one of the executives in her office of doing it. Did he?
Episode 6 • Jun 05, 1959
The Seamark
A consigliere has retired from the mob -- which you can't do -- and has been in hiding for years. Consequently, he has missed out on his daughter growing up. Now, he wants to see her one last time before his former clients catch up to him.
Episode 7 • Jun 12, 1959
Three Steps to Murder
Markham must find out what connects three crank bombings?
Episode 8 • Jun 19, 1959
The Glass Diamond
Markham is engaged by an insurance firm to investigate a series of jewel robberies. The thieves appear to be following directions given in a newspaper gossip column, which gives Markham a solid lead until his potential informant falls victim to the criminals.
Episode 9 • Jun 26, 1959
Vendetta in Venice
A beautiful woman comes to Markham's hotel room at night toting a gun and offering him a wad of cash to prove she didn't kill a man. Next day, Markham is arrested for murder. To prove his innocence, he will have to find the real killer.
Episode 10 • Jul 03, 1959
The Last Bullet
Nicky Schueller, a supposedly successful financier, kills himself while hosting a party in his home the night before his wedding. His employer hires Markham to find the money he embezzled.
Episode 11 • Jul 10, 1959
Forty-Two on a Rope
Markham is asked to protect a young girl.
Episode 12 • Jul 17, 1959
The Duelists
A young wife is cleared of foul play in the disappearance of her abusive husband. But what happened to the husband? And why are objects suddenly disappearing from the house?
Episode 13 • Jul 26, 1959
The Counterfeit Stamp
Several months after an expert stamp counterfeiter is found dead, counterfeit stamps are still being found that resemble his work. Also, two men are found murdered at his former boarding house.
Episode 14 • Jul 31, 1959
We Are All Suspect
A refined gentleman meets a young blonde on an NYC street when they suddenly witness a murder. The gentleman is also quickly dispatched while the blonde flees. The gentleman's wife calls in Markham to find her missing husband.
Episode 15 • Aug 07, 1959
The Bay of the Dead
Roy travels to Mexico to help an old Priest friend who's boy is falsely charged with murder.
Episode 16 • Aug 16, 1959
The Other Side of the Wall
Episode 17 • Aug 21, 1959
Deadline Date
Markham goes undercover as a carpenter at a Hollywood studio to catch a saboteur.
Episode 18 • Aug 28, 1959
Girl on the Rocks
Markham travels to Portugal to investigate the death of a young American woman.
Episode 19 • Sep 18, 1959
Grave and Present Danger
Markham is called upon when a famous actress is being stalked by an unknown man. She believes the stalker is her former protege and lover, but Markham will have to figure out if this is true.
Episode 20 • Sep 25, 1959
Double Negative
A young English girl has a large account in a Swiss bank and is anxious to withdraw the money without letting the British treasury department know about it.
Episode 21 • Oct 02, 1959
The Nephews
Episode 22 • Oct 09, 1959
The Long Haul
Episode 23 • Oct 16, 1959
Mutation
An unknown disease infects the crew of a research ship.
Episode 24 • Oct 30, 1959
The Father
A wealthy shipping tycoon kills his young lover in a jealous rage. He uses his power to frame one of the victim's young lovers, but a wrench is thrown in his plan when the police suspect his son, who is yet another of the woman's lovers.
Episode 25 • Nov 06, 1959
Incident in Bel Air
A law school friend asks Roy Markham to quash rumors that his lady friend, the Bel-Air resident, killed her husband. The coroner ruled her husband's death a suicide. Roy is able to warn his friend that it was murder.
Episode 26 • Nov 13, 1959
Round Trip to Mozambique
Markham goes undercover as a diamond thief to retrieve a beautiful woman back to the U.S. from Mozambique so that she can testify against her mobster boyfriend.
Episode 27 • Nov 20, 1959
Strange Visitor
Markham comes home to find an unconscious, rich heiress and her three armed kidnappers. The crooks demand $500,000 for her return and know that her father will contact Markham for help since he'd worked for the family before. Knowing that they'll be killed after the ransom is paid, Roy schemes to overtake their captors with a well-timed explosion.
Episode 28 • Dec 04, 1959
The Altar
Markham is enjoying a Hawaiian vacation on Oahu when he meets up with an old friend who believes his young wife is trying to kill him.
Episode 29 • Dec 18, 1959
No Flies on Friday
A wealthy man hires Markham to protect him from an assassin by impersonating him. This also means Markham gets to escort his wife Friday, which proves to be an endless source of temptation.
Episode 30 • Jan 08, 1960
The Candy Store Jungle
Markham is hired by an ex-convict to help him find his daughter, who he has never seen. All he knows is that the girl is living in a New York City slum.
Episode 31 • Jan 15, 1960
Sing a Song of Murder
A young boy is the only witness to a mob hit, and now it is up to Markham to save the boy and his mother from the thugs.
Episode 32 • Jan 22, 1960
The Ambitious Wife
Markham flies to Honolulu to help Mary Cunningham, who lives in fear of her husband.
Episode 33 • Jan 27, 1960
Events Leading Up to the Crime
Markham is attacked and wounded by an unknown assailant and he begins a search to discover who tried to kill him.
Episode 34 • Feb 03, 1960
A Coffin for Cinderella
Roy Markham anticipates a peaceful vacation in Florida, but a girl disturbs his tranquility and claims her life is in danger.
Episode 35 • Feb 10, 1960
Deadly Promise
A wealthy family hires Markham to watch their young daughter who they fear will either kill herself or have herself killed.
Episode 36 • Feb 24, 1960
One for the Money
Patricia Donahue plays a small-town girl working in the big city who falls for a married man with murder on his mind.
Episode 37 • Mar 02, 1960
Image of Love
Private investigator Roy Markham (Ray Milland) helps a woman, Nancy Booth (uncredited), once a famous actress, test her husband's faith in her by allowing her to use his engraved lighter and a handwritten letter from him. She leaves them in her penthouse and purse respectively, and her husband, a famous sculptor named Philip Booth (Robert H. Harris), finds them and kills her in a jealous rage. Booth then invites Markham over for dinner, and they play cat and mouse during cocktails, all of which culminates in Markham's discovering Nancy's dead body. The viewer then learns that Markham anticipated a confrontation with Booth, but never Nancy Booth's death. Markham had been in love with her for years, and when she came to him for help with her husband, he thought triggering a confrontation among all three parties would enable the Booths to disperse the jealousy and suspicion in their marriage. Booth has every intention of killing Markham, but Markham escapes. By maliakapalena.
Episode 38 • Mar 09, 1960
The Long Search
Markham is aboard The Arab Queen en route to Athens where he must figure out who is carrying a priceless scroll.
Episode 39 • Mar 23, 1960
The Shape of Evil
Markham is hired to remove ghosts from a haunted house.
Episode 40 • Apr 06, 1960
The Searing Flame
Markham is in Paris looking for an old friend's missing daughter. At an art museum, he is tipped off that she is holed up on the Normandy coast with an artist.
Episode 41 • Apr 13, 1960
Fateful Reunion
Episode 42 • Apr 20, 1960
The Last Oasis
Episode 43 • Apr 27, 1960
Anxious Angel
Episode 44 • May 04, 1960
The Sitting Duck
Episode 45 • May 11, 1960
The Snarled Web
Episode 46 • May 25, 1960
Coercion
A D.A. is forced to drop his case against a known mobster when his daughter is kidnapped. The D.A. calls on Markham to find his daughter.
Episode 47 • Jun 01, 1960
The Man from Salzburg
Episode 48 • Jun 08, 1960
The Silken Cord
Someone is strangling rookie cops in an unnamed city. To quell accusations of inside corruption, independent investigator Roy Markham is brought in to solve the murders.
Episode 49 • Jun 15, 1960
Escorts a La Carte
Markham arrives in Rome to visit a friend only to find him murdered. To solve the murder, he infiltrates an escort service.
Episode 50 • Jun 29, 1960
The Cruelest Thief
Eight-year-old Judy Frost hasn't spoken a word or walked a step since her father died in a car accident. A poodle named "Sampson" is coaxing her out of her state of shock. But, one night, Sampson runs off. Can Markham find him?
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