The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Leo Gordon John Abernathy
Starring	Rick Jason
Theme music composer	David Rose
Composer(s)	David Rose
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producer(s)	Frederick Ziv
Production location(s)	Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 mins.
Production company(s)	Ziv Television Programs United Artists Television
Distributor	MGM Television Peter Rodgers Organization
Release
Original network	Syndication
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 18, 1960 (1960-10-18) – July 1, 1961 (1961-07-01)
External links
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The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series which aired in syndication from October 1960, to July 1961. The series stars Rick Jason. It was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Highway Patrol and Sea Hunt.

Overview

The series follows an insurance investigator, Robin Scott (Jason), who worked big cases for a ten per cent finder's fee. The series also features Jean Blake Fleming as Phyllis Collier. The half-hour black and white shows ran in syndication from 1960 to 1961.

The series was the first to feature karate with Ed Parker as a technical adviser. According to actor Rick Jason in his autobiography Scrapbooks of My Mind, "I said I would do the show if I could use Karate, not carry a gun. 'The man,' I proposed, 'will be his own moving weapon.'"

The show was often tongue-in-cheek, showing Rick Scott as a ladies' man who spent as much time looking for women as for retrieving the stolen goods.

Cancellation

The series was cancelled after one season due to the illness of star Rick Jason. He was in traction after the first season to treat his sciatica. The following year Rick Jason was hired for his best remembered role: 2nd Lt. Gil Hanley in the ABC series Combat! (1962–1967).

External links

• The Case of the Dangerous Robin at IMDb