The Name of the Game Season 1

The Name of the Game Season 1: Fear of High Places
01. Fear of High Places
Sep 20, 1968

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates the death of a beautiful model. The murder involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post.

Robert Webber
Robert Webber

William McKendricks

Claudine Longet
Claudine Longet

Lianne Jevret

Jeanne Crain
Jeanne Crain

Mrs. McKendricks

John Payne
John Payne

Russ (FBI Agent)

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor

Mira Retzyk

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

02. The Witness
Sep 27, 1968

When a Mafia informant is assassinated, Dan Farrell (RS), senior editor of Crime Magazine looks for the only other witness to a major mob crime. She allegedly committed suicide eight years earlier, Farrell discovers that she is living in a village under an assumed name; unfortunately, he is being followed by the mob assassin.

Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett

Jean Thorndyke

Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman

Bea Decker

Joseph Campanella
Joseph Campanella

Charles Thorndyke

Jack Carter
Jack Carter

Ernie Cori

Victor Jory
Victor Jory

Victor Foss

Dana Elcar
Dana Elcar

Hood

Paul Mantee
Paul Mantee

Father Minetti

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Taker
03. The Taker
Oct 04, 1968

Glen Howard (GB), Crime Magazine publisher, refuses to support a powerful businessman who backs a crooked political candidate and finds himself in a battle of wits in the takeover of his publishing empire.

Burl Ives
Burl Ives

Arthur Jellicoe

Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman

Earl Keith

Lois Nettleton
Lois Nettleton

Ruth Prochek

Laraine Day
Laraine Day

Grace Jellicoe

Estelle Winwood
Estelle Winwood

Henrietta Tate

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andrew Hill

Whit Bissell
Whit Bissell

Donald Merrick

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

William Link
William Link

Writer

Harvey Hart
Harvey Hart

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: Collector's Edition
04. Collector's Edition
Oct 11, 1968

Jeff Dillon (TF), investigative reporter for Crime Magazine. Max, a phtographer, had once saved Dillon's life when the two were on assignment in Vietnam. Now Max is accused of murder, and he's counting on Dillon's help in clearing his name.

John Saxon
John Saxon

Peter Max

Nina Foch
Nina Foch

Angela Morgan

Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas

Baron Vincennes

Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia

Arnold

Don Gordon
Don Gordon

Art Panadero

Senta Berger
Senta Berger

Mariette Bern

Noah Keen
Noah Keen

Bob Miley

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Eric Peters
Eric Peters

Writer

Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens

Director

05. Nightmare
Oct 18, 1968

Dan Farrell (RS) patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.

Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam

Herb Witmer

Steve Ihnat
Steve Ihnat

Ralph Hoak

Troy Donahue
Troy Donahue

Norman Hoak

Julie Sommars
Julie Sommars

Barbara Ellis

Larry Storch
Larry Storch

James Kelso

John Agar
John Agar

Bert Walker

Laraine Stephens
Laraine Stephens

Lorraine Farrell

Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson

Millie Farrell

Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman

Vera Walker

Shannon Farnon
Shannon Farnon

Phyllis Hoak

Victoria Paige Meyerink
Victoria Paige Meyerink

Nancy Farrell

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Ed Adamson
Ed Adamson

Writer

Alvin Ganzer
Alvin Ganzer

Director

06. Incident in Berlin
Oct 25, 1968

Howard (GB)goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.

Anne Francis
Anne Francis

Carol Sherman

Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy

Carter Haines

Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks

Evelyn Smith

Dane Clark
Dane Clark

Brian Smith

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andy Hill

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
07. Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
Nov 01, 1968

Howard (GB) assigns Dillon and Peggy to investigate the complexities of small-town politics after a murder occurs. A woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.

Darren McGavin
Darren McGavin

Jesse Gil McCray

Juliet Prowse
Juliet Prowse

Aja Fowler

Gary Collins
Gary Collins

Sheriff Beal

Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy Rose Lee

Rosetta Stewart

Paul Fix
Paul Fix

Old Bob

Simon Scott
Simon Scott

Harbald

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: Lola in Lipstick
08. Lola in Lipstick
Nov 08, 1968

While in Rome, publisher Glenn Howard (GB) finds corruption, illicit romance and narcotics at every turn.

Ed Begley
Ed Begley

Gabe Sobel

Cesare Danova
Cesare Danova

Alfieri

Louis Jourdan
Louis Jourdan

Mario Lompardi

Harvey Lembeck
Harvey Lembeck

Jack Stephens

William Windom
William Windom

Charlie Ross

Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter

Countess Lompardi

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

09. The Protector
Nov 15, 1968

Howard (GB) goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.

Robert Young
Robert Young

Herman Allison

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter

Magda Blain

Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker

Senator Goddard

Stephen McNally
Stephen McNally

Albert Lang

Jeff Morrow
Jeff Morrow

Dr. Wallace

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andy Hill

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Richard Irving
Richard Irving

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: Ordeal
10. Ordeal
Nov 22, 1968

A woman sits on death row hoping that Farrell (RS) can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.

Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter

Linda Ramsey

Farley Granger
Farley Granger

Hoagland Walters

Sean Garrison
Sean Garrison

Buck Hambleton

Lloyd Bochner
Lloyd Bochner

Tom Ramsey

David Opatoshu
David Opatoshu

Arthur Serokin

Martha Hyer
Martha Hyer

Billie Ramsey

Ken Renard
Ken Renard

William

Adrienne Marden
Adrienne Marden

Judge Davidson

Lloyd Kino
Lloyd Kino

Coroner

Jason Wingreen
Jason Wingreen

District Attorney Hammond

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

The Name of the Game Season 1: The White Birch
11. The White Birch
Nov 29, 1968

Howard (GB) travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont

Emilio Fazio

Pete Duel
Pete Duel

Andrei Chernin

Bethel Leslie
Bethel Leslie

Miss Haggblad

Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall

Philip Saxon

Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver

Tatiana Czaleynokis

Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff

Mikhail Orlov

Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel

Malchek

Louise Sorel
Louise Sorel

Marie Fazio

Lilia Skala
Lilia Skala

Madame Orlov

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: High On A Rainbow
12. High On A Rainbow
Dec 06, 1968

When drugs start appearing in the hands of school children, Farrell (RS)and Peggy pose as a truck driver and car-hop as they investigate a narcotics ring.

Van Johnson
Van Johnson

Sullivan

June Allyson
June Allyson

Joanne Robins

Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford

Harry Ricco

Scott Brady
Scott Brady

Marty Lench

Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright

Nancy Robins

Arch Johnson
Arch Johnson

Sgt. Cook

Ed Peck
Ed Peck

Capt. Charles Stein

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Black Answer
13. The Black Answer
Dec 13, 1968

Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon(TF)is investigating the fire-bombing death of a black newspaper editor who advocated nonviolence. The chief suspect is Joe X Lee, a leading black militant. The motive may have been that Lee was about to be exposed as a fraud, who'd sold out his brothers to the cops.

Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon

John X. Lee

Raymond St. Jacques
Raymond St. Jacques

Lieutenant Ross Cutler

Herb Jeffries
Herb Jeffries

W.B. Keys

Abbey Lincoln
Abbey Lincoln

Claudia Lee

James McEachin
James McEachin

Henderson

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: Pineapple Rose
14. Pineapple Rose
Dec 20, 1968

This time the focus is on researcher Peggy Maxwell, who is kidnapped while digging up information on a famous rock star. The series' regulars sit this one out, permitting correspondent Andy Hill (Cliff Potter) to investigate Peggy's disappearance. With the help of an FBI agent, Hill unearths a hotbed of mob-motivated intrigue.

Susan Strasberg
Susan Strasberg

Cheryl Bridges

Andrew Prine
Andrew Prine

Jigger

Nancy Ames
Nancy Ames

Louise Hahn

Don Stroud
Don Stroud

Lincoln Bridges

Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer

Roman Stepanak

Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé

Mort Binder

Richard Van Vleet
Richard Van Vleet

Hal Martin

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andy Hill

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Revolutionary
15. The Revolutionary
Dec 27, 1968

Howard(GB) helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

Clive Clerk
Clive Clerk

Tino Torres

Harry Guardino
Harry Guardino

Raul Oliva

Vera Miles
Vera Miles

Marisa Cummings

Simon Oakland
Simon Oakland

Luis Fierro

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: Swinger's Only
16. Swinger's Only
Jan 10, 1969

Farrell (RS) takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a ""Swinging Singles"" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.

Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing

Fred Martin

Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman

Frank Dovnik

Clu Gulager
Clu Gulager

Steve Heywood

Ann Blyth
Ann Blyth

Kay Martin

Nancy Kovack
Nancy Kovack

Linda Mathews

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Mark Rodgers
Mark Rodgers

Story

Barry Shear
Barry Shear

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Inquiry
17. The Inquiry
Jan 17, 1968

Howard (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.

Jack Kelly
Jack Kelly

Frank Fowler

Fritz Weaver
Fritz Weaver

Col. Walter Scharz

Gia Scala
Gia Scala

Renata Marino

Ray Danton
Ray Danton

Pietro Bertelli

Gene Evans
Gene Evans

Sgt. Ernest Maxwell

Edward Asner
Edward Asner

Cesare Marino

Richard Webb
Richard Webb

Col. Warren Travis

Carla Borelli
Carla Borelli

Lisa Bertelli

Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan

Sen. Creston Collins

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Incomparable Connie Walker
18. The Incomparable Connie Walker
Jan 24, 1968

Conway ""Connie"" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.

Ivan Dixon
Ivan Dixon

Mayor Conway 'Connie' Walker

Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton

Doc Cullen

Dina Merrill
Dina Merrill

Nancy Devlin

Larry D. Mann
Larry D. Mann

Max Korbell

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Abner Biberman
Abner Biberman

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: Love-In At Ground Zero
19. Love-In At Ground Zero
Jan 31, 1968

Howard (GB) is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons.

Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn

Ed Wallaby

Tisha Sterling
Tisha Sterling

Niobe Redsmith

Henry Jones
Henry Jones

The Reverend Mr. McKim

Jordan Christopher
Jordan Christopher

Bruce Roxton

Bo Svenson
Bo Svenson

G.B. Mosbie

Jeff Morrow
Jeff Morrow

Col. Malcolm Parks

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andy Hill

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

20. The Suntan Mob
Feb 07, 1969

Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

The Name of the Game Season 1: Keep the Doctor Away
21. Keep the Doctor Away
Feb 14, 1969

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

Robert Goulet
Robert Goulet

Dr. Claude Evenhauer

Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence

Janice Ridgely

David Brian
David Brian

Elton Wakefield

Vera Miles
Vera Miles

Tracy Cannon

Harold J. Stone
Harold J. Stone

Harry Mudd

George Murdock
George Murdock

Dr. George Bertrand

Pierre Jalbert
Pierre Jalbert

Dr. Nieves

Anthony Franciosa
Anthony Franciosa

Jeff Dillon

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Barry Shear
Barry Shear

Director

22. The Bobby Currier Story
Feb 21, 1969

Currier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.

Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest

Sheriff A.J. Ward

Brandon De Wilde
Brandon De Wilde

Bobby Currier

Tisha Sterling
Tisha Sterling

Alice Ward

Julie Harris
Julie Harris

Verna Ward

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter

Betty-Jean Currier

Lonny Chapman
Lonny Chapman

Ralph Currier

Stanley Adams
Stanley Adams

Mr. Stephens

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

The Name of the Game Season 1: A Wrath of Angels
23. A Wrath of Angels
Feb 28, 1969

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a powerful Mafioso.

Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban

Father Bernard Torres

John Kerr
John Kerr

Father Billy Keaton

Burr DeBenning
Burr DeBenning

Harry Ward

Anne Helm
Anne Helm

Maria Ward

David Sheiner
David Sheiner

Lieutenant Martinez

Edward Andrews
Edward Andrews

Milton Spencer

Felice Orlandi
Felice Orlandi

Angelito Fidel

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

The Name of the Game Season 1: The Third Choice
24. The Third Choice
Mar 07, 1969

Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones

Jackie Harding

Alan Caillou
Alan Caillou

Graham

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis

Kubani

Jonathan Hole
Jonathan Hole

Victor Masters

John Marley
John Marley

Frank Chaney

Frank Marth
Frank Marth

Carl Lund

Cliff Potts
Cliff Potts

Andy Hill

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Seymour Robbie
Seymour Robbie

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: Breakout To A Fast Buck
25. Breakout To A Fast Buck
Mar 14, 1969

Dan Farrell (RS ) is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor, who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed.

Barry Nelson
Barry Nelson

Frank Sandler

Arthur O'Connell
Arthur O'Connell

Charlie Sherwin

Lorraine Gary
Lorraine Gary

Carla Frazier

Shelly Novack
Shelly Novack

Russ Dickson

Jack Hogan
Jack Hogan

Richter

Robert Stack
Robert Stack

Dan Farrell

Ben Murphy
Ben Murphy

Joe Sample

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Sy Salkowitz
Sy Salkowitz

Writer

Michael Caffey
Michael Caffey

Director

The Name of the Game Season 1: An Agent of the Plaintiff
26. An Agent of the Plaintiff
Mar 21, 1969

Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman

Bethany Cromwell

Maurice Evans
Maurice Evans

Harold Wyler

Brian Bedford
Brian Bedford

Anthony Malcolm

Murray Matheson
Murray Matheson

Dave Rogers

Anthony Caruso
Anthony Caruso

Eddie Clark

Eric Christmas
Eric Christmas

Alfred Crammidge

Lester Matthews
Lester Matthews

Sir Winston More

Patrick O'Moore
Patrick O'Moore

Lord Lansdale

Richard Peel
Richard Peel

Martin Ross

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard