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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Brooch

    • September 28, 1957
    • CBS

    Jane mistakes brooch Dick recovers for a client as a gift to her.

  • S01E02 The Dress

    • October 5, 1957
    • CBS

    A specially-woven Italian silk dress worn by his wife leads an insurance investigator to a $100,000 shipment, which the owner claimed was sunk.

  • S01E03 The Club

    • October 12, 1957
    • CBS

    Insurance investigator Dick Starrett is hired to recover the famous Pantheon Club Trophy which is stolen, but it remains for his lovely wife to resolve matters in her own fashion. Best scene has luscious Janet enticing a crook, elegant 'Arry, over the telephone. Plot concerns Dick's entry into a stuffy British club.

  • S01E04 The Painting

    • October 19, 1957
    • CBS

    When a heavy cold forces him to bed, insurance claims investigator Dick Starrett falls into a deep sleep while his lovely wife, Jane, proceeds to solve the theft of a valuable work of art.

  • S01E05 The Swedish Story

    • October 26, 1957
    • CBS

    The appearance of a ruddy-cheeked British Romeo with eyes for "The Duchess " brightens this half hour. The plot, about a series of jewel robberies on the continent, is skimpy .

  • S01E06 The Kissing Bandit

    • November 2, 1957
    • CBS

    An epidemic of robberies staged by a bandit who kisses his women victims is solved in a clever and hilarious manner by Jane Starrett.

  • S01E07 An American

    • November 9, 1957
    • CBS

    A waterfront looting racket, operated by a gang with international connections, reaches staggering proportions until the mob is led into a neat trap by Jane Starrett.

  • S01E08 The Car Accident

    • November 16, 1957
    • CBS

    Dick and his wife borrow a car from a friend and wind up on a merry-go-round of events including an accident and a police investigation.

  • S01E09 The New Secretary

    • November 23, 1957
    • CBS

    Dick Starrett and his partner hire a beautiful blonde secretary but Jane Starrett brings about a few "changes" in the office personnel.

  • S01E10 Jealousy

    • November 30, 1957
    • CBS

    Funniest scenes in this episode are provided by an eager-beaver insurance sleuth, delightfully played by Ronnie Stevens. In the course of his gumshoe work, young Stevens turns up such "criminal" suspects as a sweet, old French padre and a shapely girl in a bath towel. The basic story line, about Dick Statrett's jealous nature, is routine—there are a few very bright moments.

  • S01E11 The Missing Earring

    • December 7, 1957
    • CBS

    Jane's lost earring leads to arrest of jewel thieves. Jane Starrett loses one of her earrings in a dress shop and the utter confusion that follows when another customer loses an earring results in the arrest of a combine of jewel thieves.

  • S01E12 The Nottingham Case

    • December 14, 1957
    • CBS

    Jane manages to get a Job with Dick's insurance company as her husband's secretary.

  • S01E13 Maude

    • December 21, 1957
    • CBS

    A generally bright episode. Dick and his pal Peter, fight with their wives and move out. There's a fine slapstick scene with Dick and a bumbling doctor, and another nice "bit'' when Dick and Peter pretend they're at a "wild party." Richard Golden's performance as the doctor who can't tell a stethescope from a telephone is good nonsense.

  • S01E14 Rodney's Romance

    • December 28, 1957
    • CBS

    A cute episode. An overimaginative stenographer gets a crush on Dick Starrett. and goes to his wife with "the awful truth". Dick, is a nervous wreck trying to fend off the hot-blooded girl's passes.

  • S01E15 The Hospital

    • December 28, 1957
    • CBS

    Insurance sleuth Dick Starrest masquerades as a hospital patient to trap a thief, but wife Jane suspects he's chasing other women. Some appealing screwball characters, including an absent-minded doctor and a patient with a fondness for apples, spark this episode.

  • S01E16 The Italian Maid

    • January 11, 1958
    • CBS

    A new maid prove satisfactory to the Starretts until they find the girl's whole family living under their roof.

  • S01E17 The Perfect Crime

    • January 18, 1958
    • CBS

    Dick goes on shopping spree with Jane's money, then hires thief to return it.

  • S01E18 The Coin Collection (aka The Dog Collar)

    • January 25, 1958
    • CBS

    Insurance investigator Dick Starrett and his pert wife Jane allow Rollo, a lovable sheepdog, to help them solve the mystery of the stolen Gainsborough coins.

  • S01E19 The Wild Party

    • February 1, 1958
    • CBS

    Insurance claims investigator Dick Starret has to do a lot of explaining to his wife when an old American chum gets him involved innocently with two gorgeous girls during a visit to London.

  • S01E20 The Alibi

    • February 8, 1958
    • CBS

    Husbands will appreciate a lesson on how to fool the little woman when you come home in the wee hours. It's the most charming scene in a mild episode. Jane becomes curious over Dick's interest to the rich and beautiful owner of an Italian shipping line. To get even with her for her curiosity, Dick confesses an infatuation to for other woman,

  • S01E21 Aunt Winifred

    • February 15, 1958
    • CBS

    A spinster aunt who is a living advertisement for her theories about dieting lends invaluable aid to insurance claims investigator Dick Starrett in solving the theft of valuable bonds from a rich client.

  • S01E22 The Convention

    • February 22, 1958
    • CBS

    When Jane Starrett learns that other wives are making a company business trip to Paris and she is to be left home, her husband finds himself in hot water,

  • S01E23 The Armoured Car

    • March 1, 1958
    • CBS

    Jane Starrett's playboy cousin is held responsible for losing large sums of money in his new job as bank messenger until her husband Dick comes up with the solution.

  • S01E24 The Courtroom

    • March 8, 1958
    • CBS

    If the snail's pace doesn't get you, wait tor the courtroomscene and watch Jane act as attorney in her own defense. She befuddles the minds of stately English judges till they believe that North is South and vice versa, and she'll even get you to believe it too. The traffic rules almost have to be rewritten when Jane Starred is permitted to drive her own car and winds up with a record number of summonses.

  • S01E25 Bank Robbery

    • March 15, 1958
    • CBS

    A car that vanishes within a truck is the clue that leads to the solution of a bank robbery.

  • S01E26 The Candlesticks

    • March 22, 1958
    • CBS

    The transformation of Jane Starrett from one of London's loveliest women into a pert southern belle helps her husband, an insurance investigator, solve the theft of valuable antiques.