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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Big Shamus, Little Shamus' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Big Shamus, Little Shamus':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

September 29, 1979: The Canary
Season 1, episode 1
W: Dick Robbins, Don Heckman
Series premiere. Arnie Sutter, a house detective at an Atlantic City casino, and his son Max search for the person threatening a nightclub singer's life. Stars Brian Dennehy, Doug McKeon.

October 6, 1979: The Abduction
Season 1, episode 2
W: Norman Katkov

With Darleen Carr, Gary Swanson (Bolt), Brion James (Denker), Michael Twaine, William Sylvester (Nelson Milgrim), David Himes (Gardener), Ed Griffith (Harper). Arnie and an heiress are taken captive by a group of vengeful kidnappers.

October 2, 1979: The Loser
Season 1, episode 3
W: Norman Katkov   D: Nicholas Sgarro

With Jack Carter (Crawford), Louise Latham (Eleanor), Amanda McBroom (Kim Crowley), Jared Martin (Vic Harrison), Ty Henderson (Jerry Wilson), Anne Bellamy (Mrs. Franks). The cousin of the hotel's assistant manager, arrested for robbery, agrees to lead police to a drug dealer in exchange for his freedom.

October 19, 1979: The Reubens
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jackson Gillis, Meyer Dolinsky
Insurance agents, museum officials and thieves pursue a stolen Reubens painting that turns up at the Ansonia.

October 25, 1979: The Bar Mitzvah
Season 1, episode 6
W: David P. Harmon
A wealthy woman is confronted by blackmailers who have a porno film she made in her youth.

November 15, 1979: The Cover
Season 1, episode 7
W: Eric Kaldor, D.K. Krzemien
A woman living under an assumed identity after testifying against mobsters visits the hotel for her daughter's wedding.

November 21, 1979: The Assassin
Season 1, episode 8
W: Ray Brenner, Leo Rifkin
Max stumbles onto a plot involving the murder of a hotel employee for revenge.

December 4, 1979: The Fanatics
Season 1, episode 9
W: Fred Freiberger
Stephanie, Jingles and Max become hostages when two fanatics plan to kill a civil-rights leader staying at the hotel. (Last show of the series.)


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