The Investigators
Russ Andrews and Steve Banks
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RUSS ANDREWS, STEVE BANKS, and junior operative Bill Davis, were hotshot investigators for the prestigious, swanky New York-based Investigators, Inc., in this 1961 TV show that attempted to milk the popularity of 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, et al. They specialized in investigating fradulent or suspicious high-priced insurance claims, and often enlisted the aid of their secretary and sometime undercover op, Maggie Peters.

Although the show was short-lived (only 13 episodes), James Franciscus, who played Russ, must have picked up ba few pointers on the insurance investigation racket. A decade later, he popped up again, as another insurance investigator, Mike Longstreet.

TELEVISION

• THE INVESTIGATORS
  (1961, CBS)
  13 60-minute episodes
  Directed by Joseph H. Lewis  
  Original music: Pete Rugolo
  Produced by Michael Garrison
  Executive Producer: Richard Irving
  Starring James Franciscus as RUSS ANDREWS
  James Philbrook as STEVE BANKS
  and Al Austin as BILL DAVIS
  Also starring Mary Murphy as Maggie Peters
  and June Kenny as June Polly
  Guest stars: Jane Wyman, Claire Trevor, Ida Lupino, Gavin McLeod, Robert Webber, Mickey Rooney, Alan Mowbray, Otto Kruger, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis Hopper, Lee Marvin
  

• "Murder on Order" (October 5, 1961)
• "The Oracle" (October 12, 1961)
• "New Sound for the Blues" (October 19, 1961)
• "I Thee Kill" (October 26, 1961)
• "Quite a Woman" (November 2, 1961)
• "Style of Living" (November 9, 1961)
• "In a Mirror, Darkly" (November 16, 1961)
• "De Luca" (November 23, 1961)
• "Death Leaves a Tip" (November 30, 1961)
• "Panic Wagon" (December 7, 1961)
• "The Mind's Own Fire" (December 14, 1961)
• "Something for Charity" (December 21, 1961)
• "Dead End Man, The" (December 28, 1961)

Report respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.