Checkmate (1960)

Checkmate

SERIE • 2 Staffeln • Drama, Krimi, Mystery & Thriller • Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika • 1960
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„Checkmate“ ist eine amerikanische Krimiserie mit Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot und Doug McClure in den Hauptrollen. Die Serie lief von 1960 bis 1962 auf CBS Television mit insgesamt 70 Folgen und wurde von Jack Bennys Produktionsfirma „JaMco Productions“ in Zusammenarbeit mit Revue Studios produziert. Zu den Gaststars zählten unter vielen anderen namhaften Schauspielern Charles Laughton, Peter Lorre und Lee Marvin.

Originaltitel
Checkmate
Produktionsland
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Originalsprache
Englisch
Regie
Herman Hoffman
FSK
6
Untertitel
Nein
Besetzung
Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, Doug McClure, Elizabeth Allen, Julie Adams, Charles Seel, Ed Nelson, Barney Phillips, Dorothy Green, Milton Selzer

Episoden-Guide

1. Staffel 1 (48 Episoden)
Auch die traumhaften Strände des Mittelmeers können die Schachgroßmeister von Checkmate nicht ablenken. Zehn der weltbesten Schachspieler liefern sich spannende Duelle, während die Moderatoren Anna und Simon die Wettkämpfe mit ihren scharfsinnigen Kommentaren begleiten.
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Checkmate comes to the aid of a woman with a traumatic past when it becomes evident that someone is trying to make it appear she's mentally unstable. discrediting her eye-witness testimony at a murder trial.
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Attorney Emory Olivant invites Corey, Sills and Dr. Hyatt to a party. Once all the guests have arrived, Olivant announces that they are going to play a game—a murder game in which he will be the killer.
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2. Staffel 2 (34 Episoden)
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Sid Caesar appears as Johnny Wilder, a highly popular but guilt-ridden, somewhat neurotic San Francisco disk jockey who believes that a former rival whose own career went on the skids blames Johnny and wants to kill him. The station's owner hires Checkmate to protect Johnny- maybe from himself.
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Eddie Phillips is a gifted but troubled young art student with an anger management problem. After being informed of his father's arrest on embezzlement charges, he attacks Dr. Hyatt and is put on a year's probation. Laura Hammond, an art teacher, takes an interest in Eddie and tries to help him with his anger problem by encouraging his painting, but must take care he doesn't misunderstand their relationship.
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Aging theater star Richard Gilmore is nearly killed in an apparent accident during a rehearsal. His wife, actress Beatrice Lawlor, suspects it was no accident, and consults Checkmate. A subsequent attempt on his life confirms her suspicions, but the culprit turns out to be an unlikely suspect.
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Checkmate is hired by a woman to protect her husband, Stephen Jordan, who publishes a newspaper opposed to a referendum on legalized gambling in the city of Midvale. He has been receiving death threats and, thanks to Dr. Hyatt, survived an attempt to kill him by poisoning. The culprit at first is thought to be a supporter of the referendum, but there may be something in Jordan's past that could shed light on a different motive.
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Wealthy industrialist Frederick Haley, who has been appointed to an important position at a humanitarian foundation, asks Checkmate to find out who has been threatening his mistress, whom he plans to marry after leaving his wife.
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