Series 1
1959 · 39 episodes
Episodes
1. The Thirteen Innocents
September 13, 1959
Sukru runs a trading company to front a drug smuggling operation, using carrier pigeons to carry the drugs.
2. The Money Game
September 20, 1959
Some conmen convince financial journalist Brownley that leading financier Untermeyer is dead. His report throws the stock market into confusion, allowing the conmen to clear up on the markets. Brownley is then murdered.
3. The Sleeping Giant
September 27, 1959
An unexploded bomb from World War II is found by a dam, and only the makers will know how to defuse it.
4. The Two-Headed Monster
October 4, 1959
An ex-con deported to Italy after serving a prison sentence in the U.S.A., has invited a group of protection racketeers to join him in Naples.
5. The Long Weekend
October 11, 1959
The body of a merchant seaman, reported lost overboard in the Mediterranean, is washed up on the south coast of England with a bullet in his head.
6. You Can't Die Twice
October 18, 1959
Duval investigates the death of an illegal immigrant killed after he disembarked from a freighter at New York.
7. Diamond S.O.S.
October 25, 1959
Duval investigates the death of an illegal immigrant killed after he disembarked from a freighter at New York.
8. Private View
November 1, 1959
Duval investigates the theft of a valuable old master from the collection of Sir Isaac Spendler.
9. Dead on Arrival
November 8, 1959
Duval investigates the apparently motiveless murder of a N.A.T.O. courier found in a sleeping compartment on the Black Sea Express
10. Air Switch
November 15, 1959
Duval investigates the disappearance of a valuable antibiotic somewhere between New York and the World Health Organization in Sweden.
11. The Angola Brights
November 22, 1959
Duval investigates the theft of four uncut matched stones from an Angolan diamond mine.
12. The Chinese Mask
November 29, 1959
Duval investigates the theft of a cargo of valuable platinum from a flight from Rangoon to Hong Kong after the airplane is forced down by a passenger.
13. Slave Ship
December 6, 1959
Duval looks into the slave trading racket, investigating the mysterious disappearance of many thousands of natives from Mombasa during the annual pilgrimages to Mecca.
14. The Man's a Clown
December 13, 1959
Duval is on the trail of forger Eddie Keflik, who has blackmailed a clown in a traveling circus into working for him.
15. Last Man Lucky
December 20, 1959
Duval investigates the death of a gang member in Paris and uncovers a murder list.
16. No Flowers for Onno
December 27, 1959
Author Andrew Slater, writing a book about the war, discovers that Onno van Veer, remembered as a hero of the Dutch resistance, was not executed by the S.S. after all. Duval unearths a tale of treachery and murder.
17. Mr. George
January 3, 1960
A man extorts a large sum of money from an insurance company. Interpol begin a tireless operation to track the man through countries that don't have Interpol agreements.
18. The Thousand Mile Alibi
January 10, 1960
Duval investigates a murder. The victim's husband appears to have the perfect alibi: he was leading the Italian Mille Migla motor race at the time of her death.
19. Act of Piracy
January 17, 1960
Duval investigates the theft of a million dollars worth of platinum by three men posing as a U.S. Navy Patrol, who killed the passengers and crew of the S.S. Jensen.
20. Game for Three Hands
January 24, 1960
In Montreal for Interpol's annual conference, Duval catches up with a wanted man who escaped his clutches back in 1939.
21. The Collector
January 31, 1960
Gangster Mike Marko amassed a fortune from the rackets, but did not live to spend it. Duval is on the trail of his right-hand man, Pavone.
22. The Heiress
February 7, 1960
Ronald Millais is a gigolo, living off women who fall for his easy charm. Duval investigates claims that Millais has kidnapped a millionaire's daughter.
23. Payment in Advance
February 14, 1960
Schroeder was erroneously convicted of the murder of his business partner, Kaltmann. Duval orders that the ex-convict be watched when he hints at committing the crime for which he has already been punished.
24. Checkmate
February 21, 1960
Duval goes to Madrid on the trail of a young couple who have robbed a Tel Aviv bank, using the female's threat to commit suicide as a diversionary tactic.
25. Fingers of Guilt
February 28, 1960
Diamond dealer Jacob Moltz and his accomplice, girl magician Frankie Silver, devise a foolproof plan to rob the biggest diamond house in Amsterdam, and frame safe-cracker Sash Moran.
26. The Girl with Grey Hair
March 6, 1960
The value of paintings by Hugo Ballard begins to soar after his death, so why would his widow slash one of his paintings?
27. Trial at Cranby's Creek
March 13, 1960
A policeman is shot in the back in the opal mining settlement of Cranby's Creek, in the Australian outback, and the townsfolk claim the shooting was carried out by Emil Brock, who is wanted for murder by Interpol.
28. Ascent to Murder
March 20, 1960
Insp. Duval is in pursuit of American financier Pearce Clyde, who is wanted for questioning by the U.S. Treasury. When he arrives at Clyde's hotel in the Himalayas, Duval sets off a booby-trap.
29. Slow Boat to Amsterdam
March 27, 1960
Duval is held up in a small canal town when a strange death occurs. The local authorities think the death is a straight forward suicide, but Duval sees evidence of something more sinister.
30. White Blackmail
April 3, 1960
Duval responds to a tip-off from an American reporter about a possible organized blackmail racket in a Swiss ski resort and goes to Switzerland posing as his Paris banker friend, Count de Regny. When he arrives in Switzerland he realizes that he has been set up as the next victim.
31. A Foreign Body
April 10, 1960
Interpol is called in when the police find the body of a French girl in the boot of an American car. Everything points to Ben Stack as the murderer, but Duval is not convinced.
32. In the Swim
April 17, 1960
Lars Lukas, a French swimmer, is shot after completing a cross-Channel swim from France. It appears to be a motiveless murder until Duval hears a tape recording of Lukas's last words, a lead to a smuggling ring.
33. The Three Keys
April 24, 1960
Duval is on the trail of Thackeray, an international forger who robs safes and substitutes forged bills for the real thing.
34. Eight Days Inclusive
May 1, 1960
The driver and hostess of a coach tours company have a profitable sideline carrying out armed robberies in the towns that they visit. Duval investigates the shooting of a Paris jeweler.
35. Dressed to Kill
May 8, 1960
Duval agrees to help his old friend, Bernarde, the owner of a Paris salon, to keep his latest creations under wraps until the big fashion show, but Harry Grayson and Mamie Bryant have other ideas.
36. Cargo of Death
May 15, 1960
Duval flies to Delhi to locate a consignment of live cholera vaccine stolen from a laboratory in Karachi.
37. Desert Hi-Jack
May 22, 1960
Duval is asked to investigate a gun-running racket in North Africa, and suspects archaeologist Professor Velard of involvement.
38. Pipeline
May 29, 1960
Duval goes to South America to pick up Dave Carson, who is wanted for murder. He walks into the middle of a revolution, and has to work side-by-side with his quarry.
39. The Absent Assassin
June 5, 1960
Duval is called in after an assassination of an American diplomat. Evidence seems to point to a recently released Nazi seeking revenge. What does puzzle Duval is how he constructs the assassinations.