The Name of the Game Season 3

The Name of the Game Season 3: So Long Baby, and Amen
01. So Long Baby, and Amen
Sep 18, 1970

Dan Farrell (RS) reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl.

The Name of the Game Season 3: A Love To Remember
02. A Love To Remember
Sep 25, 1970

At his college class reunion, Howard (GB) meets a strange, beautiful woman who tells him how a crush she once had on him has ruined her life.

Susan Saint James
Susan Saint James

Peggy Maxwell

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Tom Bosley
Tom Bosley

Charlie Reid

Lee Grant
Lee Grant

Edwina Booker

Matt Clark
Matt Clark

Harris

The Name of the Game Season 3: Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
03. Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
Oct 02, 1970

Cynthia is a reclusive jet-setter who has of late become a political activist. She refuses all interviews and keeps hidden in a rambling house on the island of Avalon. At the urging of his pal, reporter Paul Tyler decides to make a name for himself by getting the exclusive story on Cynthia.

04. Battle at Gannon's Bridge
Oct 09, 1970

An ex-convict Eddie Gannon, who holds the lease on a converted church used as a halfway house for recently released prisoners,is endangered by a rash of unsolved crimes in the neighborhood. Gannon asks Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) to prove that none of his fellow ex-cons are responsible for the thefts.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Enemy Before Us
05. The Enemy Before Us
Oct 16, 1970

Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) is back in his old neighborhood in New York's ""Little Italy"", Dillon hopes to take a break from his hectic responsibilities and recapture ""something real"" from his younger days. Unfortunately, he is bombarded by pain and disillusionment from every side: his stepmother is gravely ill, and her son is deeply involved with drug dealing.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Time Is Now
06. The Time Is Now
Oct 23, 1970

Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The War Merchants
07. The War Merchants
Oct 30, 1970

Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.

The Name of the Game Season 3: Little Bear Died Running
08. Little Bear Died Running
Nov 06, 1970

When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.

The Name of the Game Season 3: All the Old Familar Faces
09. All the Old Familar Faces
Nov 13, 1970

Howard (GB) tries to find out who is behind a series of death threats levelled against him. He interviews several likely suspects who, in flashback, explain just what might have prompted them to kill.

The Name of the Game Season 3: I Love You, Billy Baker (1)
10. I Love You, Billy Baker (1)
Nov 20, 1970

Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews,is particularly close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to know why.

Barry Shear
Barry Shear

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
11. I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
Nov 27, 1970

Barry Shear
Barry Shear

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: Why I Blew Up Dakota
12. Why I Blew Up Dakota
Dec 04, 1970

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.

13. Aquarius Descending
Dec 11, 1970

Glenn Howard (GB), who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician. Seeking revenge, the politician orders a young hard-case to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece. The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Glory Shouter
14. The Glory Shouter
Dec 18, 1970

A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till. Dan Farrell (RS), investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations.

The Name of the Game Season 3: A Sister From Napoli
15. A Sister From Napoli
Jan 08, 1971

A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).

16. Los Angeles 2017
Jan 15, 1971

Glenn Howard finds himself suddenly plunged 46 years into the future only to learn that the people of Los Angeles are living underground to escape the pollution and under the thumb of a fascist government run by psychiatrists.

Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan

Dane Bigelow

Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien

John Bergman

Severn Darden
Severn Darden

Cameron

Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart

Dr. Rubias

Louise Latham
Louise Latham

Helen Bigelow

Sharon Farrell
Sharon Farrell

Sandrelle

Regis Cordic
Regis Cordic

Chairman Walt

Michael C. Gwynne
Michael C. Gwynne

Dr. Parker

Gloria Manon
Gloria Manon

Dr. Arnold

Jason Wingreen
Jason Wingreen

Hammond

Stuart Nisbet
Stuart Nisbet

Dr. Simmons

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford

Committee Member (uncredited)

Gene Barry
Gene Barry

Glenn Howard

Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie

Writer

Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Man Who Killed A Ghost
17. The Man Who Killed A Ghost
Feb 05, 1971

The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).

The Name of the Game Season 3: Seek and Destroy
18. Seek and Destroy
Feb 05, 1971

Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.

Robert Day
Robert Day

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: A Capitol Affair
19. A Capitol Affair
Feb 12, 1971

Howard Publications journalist intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist tries to destroy the career of a promising government official who happens to be her boyfriend.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Savage Eye
20. The Savage Eye
Feb 19, 1971

Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.

Leo Penn
Leo Penn

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: Appointment in Palermo
21. Appointment in Palermo
Feb 26, 1971

Howard (GB) goes to Italy to research a story, then finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud.

Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara

Director

The Name of the Game Season 3: Beware of the Watchdog
22. Beware of the Watchdog
Mar 05, 1971

Dan Farrell (RS) investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect.

23. The Broken Puzzle
Mar 12, 1971

The governor of an unnamed state though popular with his constituents runs the state like a banana-republic dictatorship, complete with uniformed thugs. Glenn Howard (GB) finds that the source of his power may have bigger political stakes in mind.

The Name of the Game Season 3: The Showdown
24. The Showdown
Mar 19, 1971

Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.

Dick Nelson
Dick Nelson

Writer

Daniel Petrie
Daniel Petrie

Director