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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Vega$' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Vega$':


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

September 20, 1978: Centerfold
Season 1, episode 1
W: Burton Armus   D: Harry Falk

With John Ericson (Mr. Smith), Dane Clark (Nat Finer), Abe Vigoda (Max), Morey Amsterdam (Izzy), Vic Tayback (Bruno), Richard Roat (Smith's Assistant), Cristina Ferrare (Shawn Adams). America's most famous model, an ex-Miss America, goes to Las Vegas for a fashion layout and becomes the victim of an extortion plot involving obscene photos.

September 27, 1978: The Games Girls Play
Season 1, episode 2
W: Fred Freiberger   D: Sutton Roley

With Shelley Fabares (Linda Stockwood), Ed Nelson (Jonathan Stockwood), Don Porter (Senator William Mitchell), Alex Trebek (Arthur Martin), Linda Thompson (Helen Martin), Tiffany Bolling (Doris Howard), Troy Donahue (Teddy Howard), Skip Homeier (Jason), John Carradine (Mr. Goody), George Jessel (Eulogist). Three married women doubling as Las Vegas call girls become involved in a deadly game of celebrity blackmail.

October 11, 1978: Mother Mishkin
Season 1, episode 3
W: Ron Friedman   D: Bernard McEveety

With Anne Francis (Lillian Ross), Molly Picon (Mother Mishkin), Antonio Fargas (Fast Freddie Tibbs), Ross Martin (Werner Worthmeyer), John Durren (Omar), Rex Holman (Gaylord), Sid Caesar (General), Joe Kapp (Elija Two-Leaf), Richard Changey (Sorti), Taaffe O'Connell (M.J. Schultz). Det. Dan Tanna tries to help an elderly woman get out of a real estate swindle.

October 18, 1978: Love, Laugh And Die
Season 1, episode 4
W: Richard Carr   D: Don Chaffey

With Andrew Duggan (William Virgil), Don Galloway (Brad Thomas), Robert Mandan (Lou Smith), Bobby Van (Eddie Banning), Dorothy Malone (Mrs. Gardner), Gene Dynarski (Simon), Milton Selzer (Tenny), Bill Dana (Danny), Jonathan Harris (Used Car Salesman), Jenny Sherman (Carol), Jordan Michaels (Lexy Gardner). Dan Tanna is hired to find the murderer of a well-known call girl patronized by the rich and famous.

October 25, 1978: Yes, My Darling Daughter
Season 1, episode 5
W: Milt Rosen   D: Don Chaffey

With Lauren Tewes (Cindy Smalley), Strother Martin (Hank Jenner), Lloyd Bochner (Lyle Galen), Christine De Lisle (Linda), Whitman Mayo (Lick Smith), Barbara McNair (Beverly), Slim Pickens (Ben Handler), Randy Powell (Jim Smalley), Frank Corsentino (Tony), Paul Valentine (Minister). A young woman who believes her famous father has been dead for 10 years hires Dan Tanna to untangle the puzzling mystery of how Dad could turn up at her recent wedding.

November 1, 1978: Lady Ice
Season 1, episode 6
W: Burton Armus   D: Marc Daniels

With Kim Basinger (Allison Jordan), Cameron Mitchell (Willie 'Sparrow' Salters), Richard Bakalyan (Marvin Hale), Nehemiah Persoff (Sheik), Barbara McNair (Beverly), Lee Parrish (Detective), Rozelle Gayle (Bodyguard). Dan falls in love with a glamorous young lady who turns out to be one of the world's greatest jewel thieves and is presently masterminding a multi-million dollar heist.

November 8, 1978: Milliken's Stash
Season 1, episode 7
W: Larry Alexander   D: Lawrence Doheny

With Pernell Roberts (Pete Sedgewick), Shelley Berman (Mickey), Anthony James (Dwight Tully), Isabel Sanford (Mae), Henry Jones (Fitz), John Marley (Marty Trafalgar), Raymond St. Jacques (Lt. Hansen). Dan Tanna takes on the mob and a "retired" crime magnate in his search for a quantity of cocaine.

November 15, 1978: The Pageant
Season 1, episode 8
W: E. Nick Alexander   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Robert Reed (Mike Logan), Maureen McCormick (Jenny Logan), Dolly Martin (Annabelle), Peter Brown (Richie), Michael Callan (Ben Summers), Julie Casey (Mary), Michael Swan (David Lansford), Inga Swenson (Producer), Tony Ballen (Sammy). Dan goes after a masked rapist who has assaulted three young beauty pageant contestants.

November 22, 1978: Lost Women
Season 1, episode 9
W: Burton Armus   D: Paul Stanley

With Cesar Romero (Christopher Vincente), Della Reese (Ernie), Moses Gunn (Domo), Charles Dierkop (Lenny), Peter Mark Richman (Grady), Brit Lind (Karen), Kim Hamilton (Lois Chambers), Wendy Hoffman (Sandy), Rhonda Hopkins (Joyce). Dan sets out to rescue a bevy of beautiful showgirls kidnapped for sale overseas by a white slave merchant.

December 6, 1978: Second Stanza
Season 1, episode 10
W: Jeff Myrow   D: Bob Kelljan

With Peter Breck (Walter Melford), Joseph Campanella (Stewie Wilson), Ronee Blakely (Ginny Gordon), Eugene Roche (Paul Dunniger), Johnny Seven (Buddy Johnson), Harvey Lembeck (Mike), Doc Severinsen, David Milton (Steve), Marc Cowell (Charlie). Dan is hired to find the person trying to stop the comeback of a problem-plagued singer.

December 20, 1978: Serve, Volley And Kill
Season 1, episode 11
W: Norman Lessing   D: Sutton Roley

With Randolph Mantooth (Bobby Howard), Pamelyn Ferdin (Katie Howard), Dawn Wells (Millie Farmer), Red Buttons (Tommy Cirko), Don DeFore (Sid Green), Philip Abbott (Harry Snyder), Christopher George (Nicky Trent), Lynda Day George (Sandra Wells), Mamie Van Doren (Spa Manager). A top tennis player is told to intentionally lose at a major tournament or be killed.

January 10, 1979: Ghost Of The Ripper
Season 1, episode 12
W: Larry Forrester   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Murray Matheson (Phillip Grayson), Pamela Hensley (Valerie Kemmet), Peter Lind Hayes (Brad Edelson), Courtney Pledger (Kate Crenshaw), Lee Travis (Martha), George Takei (Medical Examiner), John Larch (Jack the Ripper), Alan Manson (Assistant D.A.). Dan goes after a "Jack the Ripper" impersonator who is preying on Las Vegas prostitutes.

January 17, 1979: The Eleventh Event
Season 1, episode 13
W: Brian McKay   D: Don Chaffey

With Clifton Davis (Leon Hazlett), Michael Conrad (Albert Brown), Robert Loggia (Lou Voit), Vernee Watson (Dorothy), Jill Hayworth (Lily Baker), Squire Fridell (Paul Baker), Muhammad Ali, Walter Scott (Hank), Fred Lerner (Chuck). Dan arranges a telethon featuring boxing champ Muhammad Ali to raise funds for a crippled friend.

January 24, 1979: Kill Dan Tanna!
Season 1, episode 14
W: Larry Forrester   D: Curtis Harrington

With Byron Morrow (Dr. Rossmore), Julie Harris (Julie), Richard Lynch (Mr. North), Don Gordon (Willie), Kyle Richards (Yancey), Kathryn Daley (Nurse). Dan becomes the target of a Vietnam veteran who holds Dan responsible for his injuries.

January 31, 1979: Death Mountain
Season 1, episode 15
W: Larry Forrester   D: George McGowan

With Ken Curtis (Digger Dennison), Joan Van Ark (Dr. Haven Grant), Ron Castro (Jim Cloud), Keye Luke (Henry Matsimura), Dehl Berti (Gray Bear), John Tuell (Mozzie), Glenn R. Wilder (Ben), Gil Frye (Medical Examiner). Dan searches for the killer of a close friend, unaware that the vicitm's "grieving" grandson arranged the murder.

February 7, 1979: Best Friends
Season 1, episode 16
W: Robert Earll   D: Don Chaffey

With Abbe Lane (Elizabeth Kyle), John Rubinstein (Vance Gilroy), Harold J. Stone (Mr. Hunter), Ned Glass (Erwin Levy), Margolyn Curtis (Aludra), Victoria Ann Berry (Hooker). A boyhood friend of Dan's returns to Las Vegas with orders to kill Dan and Roth.

February 14, 1979: Demand And Supply
Season 1, episode 17
W: Gerry Davis   D: Cliff Bole

With William Smith (Jack Avery), John Fiedler (S.J. Henderson), Cindy Eilbacher (Jenny Miller), R.G. Armstrong (Wellman), Gregory Walcott (Halford), Michael D. Roberts (Chickie), Jean Allison (Sarah), Karlene Crockett (Tracy), Lynn Theel (Dahlia), Tom Williams (Grover). Dan goes after a crime ring which uses extortion and violence to force young girls into illicit activities.

February 28, 1979: Everything I Touch
Season 1, episode 18
W: E. Nick Alexander   D: Paul Stanley

With Adam West, Vivian Blaine (Leonora), Heather Menzies (Lisa), Jo Ann Harris (Christy), Fawne Harriman (Shannon). A woman secretly in love with Dan masquerades as a male to murder Dan's girlfriends.

March 7, 1979: Doubtful Target
Season 1, episode 19
W: E. Nick Alexander   D: Lawrence Doheny

With Louise Sorel (Jackie), Leslie Nielsen (Tyler Dickerson), Anne Jeffreys (Cynthia), Woodrow Parfrey (Cy Winters), Gary Pagett (Dealer). Dan's sidekick Binzer and his girlfriend become the targets of a killer who thinks the couple saw him commit a murder.

March 14, 1979: Touch Of Death
Season 1, episode 20
W: James Schmerer   D: Don Chaffey

With Stephen Elliott (Col. Mitchell), Sondra West (Wendy Cole), Charles Lucia (Gary Cole), Paul Mantee (Sgt. Ross), Alan Oppenheimer (Mr. Stein), John Randolph (Oscar Duncan), Sarah Cunningham (Clara), Jerry Ayres (Alex), Noah Keen (Dr. Richards), Sandy Freeman (Maggie), Barbara Baldavin (Mrs. Stein). A young woman enlists Dan's aid when her husband disappears as a result of his involvement with illegal biological warfare.

May 2, 1979: A Way To Live
Season 1, episode 21
W: Burton Armus   D: Don Chaffey

With Marlyn Mason (Sarah Stanley), Tom Urich (Grant Packer), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Matt Tolan), Norman Alden (Coleman), Kenneth Tobey (Bill Woods), Robert Lussier (Fields), Jason Wingreen (Drake), Jeff Bruce (Clerk), Richard S. Calvert (Announcer). A female daredevil plans one last spectacular feat, unaware that her death will mean $1 million in insurance money for her promoter.

May 9, 1979: The Visitor
Season 1, episode 22
W: Burton Armus   D: Lawrence Doheny

With Kim Cattrall (Princess Zara), Michael Ansara (Hamaad), Victor Campos (Ali Hadj), Eduard Franz (Jafai), Dave Cadiente (Kemel), Aharon Ipale (Omar), Charles Picerni (Mustapha), Belinda Balaski (Lucille), Natalie Core (Secretary), Henry Darrow (Shopkeeper). Dan Tanna falls in love with the Mid-Eastern princess he was hired to protect.





September 19, 1979: Red Handed
Season 2, episode 1
W: Gerry Davis   D: Don Chaffey

With Laraine Stephens (Merrill Wayne), Andrew Duggan (Dr. Barrow), Denny Miller (Lyle Kemp), Melanie Griffith (Dawn Peters), Jo Ann Pflug (Cheryl Morrison), William Watson (Shining), Lola Falana, Chase Cordell (Chuck). Season premiere. Dan fights to clear a friend, Chief Harlan Twoleaf, of charges that he murdered a former call girl.

September 26, 1979: The Usurper
Season 2, episode 2
W: Valerie Allen   D: Don Chaffey

With Robert Reed (Johnny Roth), Sherry Jackson (Denise), Rosemary Forsyth (Elizabeth), Norman Alden (Lou Meakin), Hedley Mattingly (Oscar), Scatman Crothers (Rosey), Dean Martin, Minnesota Fats. When Roth mysteriously disappears, Dan finds himself working for a new boss with underworld connections who wants him dead.

October 3, 1979: Mixed Blessing
Season 2, episode 3
W: David P. Harmon   D: Cliff Bole

With Cassie Yates (Sister Callahan), James Luisi (Rico), David Huddleston (Diamond Jim), Tracey Walter (Jimmy Potter), Eugene Peterson (Doctor), Tony Ballen (Pawnbroker), Joe Tomaszewski (Pit Boss). Dan rushes to find a stolen cross being demanded by a killer who is holding a nun in exchange for the priceless artifact.

October 24, 1979: Runaway
Season 2, episode 4
W: Leo Garen   D: Cliff Bole

With Terri Nunn (Ally), John Quade (Dominic), Pat Hingle (Caleb Tucker), Pamela Susan Shoop (Maryann), Walter Brooke (Dr. Faber), Cynthia Harrison (Elaine), Sandy Freeman (Dr. Beck), Cynthia Woll (Imogene), Larry Duran (Chui), Michael Stearns (Pete). The syndicate uses Dan as bait to flush out a young woman who knows potentially destructive information about their operation.

October 31, 1979: Design For Death
Season 2, episode 5
W: Ken Pettus   D: Phil Bondelli

With Eve Arden (Sarah Bancroft), Barbi Benton (Holly), Gary Crosby (Tom Bancroft), Frank Marth (George Crowley), Cliff Osmond (Henry Gates), Linda Thompson (Rita Mason), Paul Mantee (Roy), Pepper Davis (Manny). Dan is hired to protect a bevy of bathing beauties from a gang of killers who are planning to use the women in a hideous scheme.

November 14, 1979: Shadow On A Star
Season 2, episode 6
W: Pat Dunlop, Carol Saraceno   D: Don Chaffey

With Lisa Hartman (Diane Payne), David Sheiner (Carl Septon), James Wainwright (Theo Latimer), Carol Rossen (Dr. Martin), Eric Server (Davos), Jenny Neumann (Judy Charles), James McKenna (Frank), Dennis Roberts (Burt). Dan, tracking down the attacker of a gorgeous superstar, is unaware that the assailant is one of the lady's bodyguards.

November 21, 1979: Dan Tanna Is Dead
Season 2, episode 7
W: Dallas L. Barnes   D: Alf Kjellin

With Peter Haskell (Dr. Taylor), Stephen Brooks (Dr. Connors), John Colicos (Dr. Durrand), Alex Henteloff (Dr. White), Don Diamond (Carney Hendricks), Michael V. Gazzo (Cruger), Todd Martin (Al), Tom Dunstan (Ted), Laurence Haddon (Captain). Dan desperately searches for a vengeance-seeking maniac who injected him with a poison with no known antidote.

November 28, 1979: The Macho Murders
Season 2, episode 8
W: David P. Harmon   D: Lawrence Doheny

With Shelley Winters (J.D. Fenton), Lynne Marta (Virginia Marshall), Cliff Emmich (Freddie Talberg), Fred Biletnikoff (Luke Manning), Lloyd Tarter (Walter Leonard), Marlena Giovi (Sue), Susan Kiger (Sally), Pepper Davis (Manny). After three local crime figures are murdered, Dan Tanna is hired to clear the militant feminist charged with the slayings.

December 12, 1979: The Day The Gambling Stopped
Season 2, episode 9
W: Robert E. Swanson   D: Cliff Bole

With Barry Sullivan (Clay Summer), Christopher Stone (Brad Summer), John Karlen (Eddie Stolvak), Wendy Rastattar (Cindy), Dian Parkinson (Nickie), John Fitzpatrick (Thatcher), Woodrow Parfrey (Head Cashier). The casinos are forced to shut down when millions of dollars in phony gambling chips flood the Las Vegas strip, and Dan Tanna sets out to find the counterfeiter.

December 19, 1979: Classic Connection
Season 2, episode 10
W: Dallas L. Barnes   D: Don Chaffey

With Wayne Newton (Justin Marsh), Eric Braeden (Arthur Rollins), Susan Howard (Laurie Turner), Tommy Farrell (Harmon Cox), Wells Tate (Frank Arno), Walter Scott (Garth), Charles Picerni (Ben), Roy Jenson (Assistant). A beautiful narcotics agent tells Dan that one of his best friends is head of a murderous dope-smuggling operation.

January 2, 1980: Night Of A Thousand Eyes
Season 2, episode 11
W: Jack Turley   D: Don Chaffey

With Gary Collins (Jack Prescott), Heather Menzies (Charlotte Henderson), Pamela Susan Shoop (Maryann Silverton), Bert Freed (Tony Regosi), Rhonda Bates (Jennifer), Paul Tuerpe (Tim Bradshaw), Joe Medalis (Eric). A gorgeous private eye decides to compete with Ben in tracking down a killer.

January 9, 1980: Lost Monday
Season 2, episode 12
W: Martin Roth   D: Phil Bondelli

With Tige Andrews (Benson), Mary Ann Mobley (Paula Conway), Dick Sargent (Farley), Mary Louise Weller (Jamie Randall), Phil Morris (Calvin Tate), Garry Marshall (Dr. Middleton). Dan races against time when a hypnotist programs Binzer into a human bomb set to explode at the final buzzer of a basketball game in a crowded arena.

January 16, 1980: Comeback
Season 2, episode 13
W: Robert Swanson   D: Lewis Teague

With Chick Vennera (Mitch Costigan), Rebecca York (Vanessa), Rex Holman (Verne Ryder), Bruce Glover (Sully), Royce Applegate (Charlie), Joe E. Tata (Dixon), Michael Minor (Floyd), Ken Lynch (Frenchie). One of Dan's old Vietnam buddies seeks revenge after his wife is killed by a bomb meant for him.

January 23, 1980: All Kinds Of Love
Season 2, episode 14
W: Larry Forrester   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Dennis Cole (Miles Grover/Drew Marley), Allan Miller (Dick Luther), Courtney Pledger (Susan Grayson), Heather Hobbs (Julie), K.C. Winkler (Mitzy), Ernest Sarracino (Minister). Dan believes that Bea's new boyfriend is the same one who stole and then killed the girl he loved a few years ago after stealing all of her money.

January 30, 1980: The Magic Sister Slayings
Season 2, episode 15
W: Pat Dunlop   D: Don Chaffey

With Byron Morrow (Chairman), Chick Vennera (Mitch Costigan), Debra Feuer (Eva Zorav), Jeannie Wilson (Adele Zorav), Tom Simcox (Mr. Gleaver), Robert Phillips (Kovac), Alan Gibbs (Mullard). Dan is targeted by a man who's trying to get a gaming license, because Dan has a videotape that shows him consorting with criminals.

February 6, 1980: The Lido Girls
Season 2, episode 16
W: James Schmerer   D: Don Chaffey

With Louis Jourdan (Nicholas Rambeau), L.Q. Jones (Everett Mason), Ashley Cox (Loyal Rutledge), Christopher Morley (Michelle Pasquale), Savannah Smith (Tanya Sinclair). A French detective helps Dan try to collar three showgirls with an elaborate scheme to rip off casinos.

February 27, 1980: Consortium
Season 2, episode 17
W: Robert Earll   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Lloyd Bochner (Mel Blandon), James Darrin (Paul Bracken), William Lucking (Kenny), Walter Mathews (Ben Kanin), Christopher Cary (David), Kathrine Baumann (Charlene), Jim Hodge (Blackstone). A desperate casino owner who is trying to avoid bankruptcy frames Dan Tanna for the murders of two prostitutes at a hotel-owners' gathering.

March 5, 1980: The Hunter Hunted
Season 2, episode 18
W: E. Nick Alexander   D: Cliff Bole

With Robert Loggia (Simon Webster), Vernee Watson (Annabel Nelson), Johnny Seven (Johnny Blue), Beah Richards (Mom), Rodney Allen Rippy (Boy), Carl Crudup (Tug), Michael Stearns (Pete), Virginia Hawkins (Mrs. Webster), James Carrington (Paramedic), James Bond III (Joey). While investigating a young man's murder, Lt. Nelson is terrorized by the victim's vengeful father.

March 12, 1980: The Man Who Was Twice
Season 2, episode 19
W: Judy Burns   D: Alf Kjellin

With Darleen Carr (Robyn Andrews), Jim Bailey (Jeremy Wells), Dick Dinman (Simon Baldwin), Wolfman Jack (Himself), Bill Fletcher (Kirk), Patti Davis (Beth). Dan tries to protect a female impersonator whose life has been threatened.

March 19, 1980: The Golden Gate Cop Killer
Season 2, episode 20
W: Judy Burns, Robert Earll   D: Cliff Bole

With Byron Morrow (Judge Hunt), Michelle Phillips (Officer Hunt), Tanya Roberts (Officer Blackwell), Peter Haskell (Turner), Peter Mark Richman (Sam Ullman), Bruce Kirby (Joe Culley), Natalie Schafer (Charlotte Hunt), Peggy Cass (Dottie), Richard Bakalyan (Bernie), Andrew Robinson (Derek). Dan teams up with a pair of policewomen to track down a psychotic cop killer in San Francisco.

April 30, 1980: Siege Of The Desert Inn
Season 2, episode 21
W: Larry Forrester   D: Lawrence Dobkin

With Cameron Mitchell (Zinberg), Richard Bakalyan (Bronson), Jeffrey Druce (Benny Trudo), Troas Hayes (Maisie), Hope Holiday (Josie), Don Helm (Sergeant). Dan Tanna joins Lt. Nelson's SWAT team in an effort to save Beatrice and four showgirls who are being held captive by convicts demanding $5 million for their release.

May 7, 1980: Vendetta
Season 2, episode 22
W: Albert Aley   D: Michael S. McLean

With Joseph Campanella (Bruno Morelli), Jack Kruschen (Carlo), Lili Valenty (Grandma), Lelia Gordon (Lucia), Marta DuBois (Angela), Joey Aresco (Alberto), Bill Adler (Gino), Seamon Glass (Vito Napoli). The mysterious death of a restaurateur convinces his family they're the targets of a vendetta.





November 5, 1980: Aloha, You're Dead
Season 3, episode 1
W: Herman Groves   D: Don Chaffey

With Lorne Greene (Emil Remick), Pernell Roberts (Mr. Logan), Barbara Parkins (Lani), John Saxon (Michael Jennings), Dian Parkinson (Sally), Sharon McGee (Kate Wilson), Wayne Ward (Roger Mathews), Manu Tupou (Luke Kichi), Branscombe Richmond (Maker), Dick Ziker (Chaney), Chuck Tamburro (Hastings). Dan is kidnapped by associates of the ruthless boss of a gambling cartel and taken to Hawaii, where his captors propose that he commit a murder for them.

November 12, 1980: The Black Cat Killer
Season 3, episode 2
W: Herman Groves   D: Ray Austin

With Erin Gray (Jennifer Stallings), Harold J. Stone (Augie Brenner), Victor Buono (Diamond Jim), Joe E. Tata (Mickey Enright), Connie Hill (Donna), Timothy Reel (Chuck), Rick Lenz (Doctor). When several people including Bea are attacked by a motorcycle rider wearing black, Dan and Binzer set out to find out who and why, and are aided by an attractive reporter.

November 19, 1980: Sudden Death
Season 3, episode 3
W: Bill Stratton   D: Gabrielle Beaumont

With Gary Lockwood (Dr. Edward St. John), Stepfanie Kramer (Cathy), Jill St. John (Mavis Graham), Vito Scotti (Valeria Viceria), Barbara Baldwin (Susan Kline), Robert Tessier (Sawyer), Ian Abercrombie (Cashmir), Don Sawyer (Klein). After killing a burglar in self-defense, guilt compels Dan to look into the young victim's background. He uncovers a mystery involving a fortune in diamonds and a crooked district attorney.

November 26, 1980: Love Affair
Season 3, episode 4
W: Robert Earll   D: Cliff Bole

With Priscilla Barnes (Pam/Satin), Skip Homeier (Frederick Barr), Steve Sandor (Tony), Ruta Lee (Gloria Garland), Dick Sargent (Phil King), Sandy Freeman (Ruth), Patti Davis (Connie), Janice Heiden (Marsha White), Walter Mathews (Jerry Crane). Dan is crushed when he finds out that the woman he has fallen in love with is actually Las Vegas' most expensive call girl -- and now she may be in danger.

December 3, 1980: A Deadly Victim
Season 3, episode 5
W: James Schmerer   D: Ray Austin

With Eleanor Parker (Laurie Bishop), Jason Evers (Lloyd Kohler), Victor Buono (Diamond Jim), Bubba Smith (Peter Bridges), Vincent Baggetta (Wright), Paul Bryar (Charley Wade), Paul Larson (Enfield). Two vagrants happen upon a murder attempt -- one dies in the ensuing melee, and the other calls her friend Dan Tanna.

December 10, 1980: Deadly Blessing
Season 3, episode 6
W: Robert Earll   D: Michael S. McLean

With Cassie Yates (Sister Callahan), John Larch (Ben Coleman), John Vernon (Marvin Grant), Lindsay Bloom (Rocket), Pat Cooper (Al Greeley), Nancy Austin (Gladys), Pepper Davis (Manny), Stephen Shortridge (Henderson). A nun is targeted for murder when she inherits a deed to the land under the Desert Inn hotel and casino.

December 17, 1980: Christmas Story
Season 3, episode 7
W: Anne Collins   D: Charles Picerni

With Jill Whelan (Marki Drummond), Melinda O. Fee (Kay Drummond), Lindsay Bloom (Rocket), Paul Picerni (Deputy), Lynda Goodfriend (Ski Instructor), Barney Phillips (Dr. Sutherland), Laurence Haddon (Ski Director). Dan's romantic vacation at a ski resort is interrupted by a little girl claiming to be his daughter.

January 7, 1981: The Andreas Addiction
Season 3, episode 8
W: Herman Groves   D: Alf Kjellin

With Joe Penny (Nickie Andreas), June Lockhart (Dr. Michaels), Hermione Baddeley (Lottie), Don Stroud (Marty Vail), Vito Scotti (Casino Manager). A drug dealer bent on revenge laces Dan's food with PCP in an attempt to get him addicted, driving the detective headlong into a hellish nightmare.

January 14, 1981: Sourdough Suite
Season 3, episode 9
W: Judy Burns   D: Charles Picerni

With Noah Beery Jr. (Josiah Sparks), Cesare Danova (Maximillian Metzger), Edie Adams (Angela), Joe Kapp (Donny Vincent), Crofton Hardester (George Willis), Nicholas Georgiade (Luis). Dan helps an old prospector who found a satchel of gansters' money in the desert.

January 21, 1981: Murder By Mirrors
Season 3, episode 10
W: Herman Groves   D: Ray Austin

With Patrick Macnee (Lyle Jefferies), Julie Adams (Margaret Sorenson), Gene Evans (Marcus Hilton), Richard Dana (Karl Richardson), Robert F. Hoy (Michael), Jenny Sherman (Janet Wilson), Robert Barrett (Jim Hudson), Lester Fletcher (Emcee). Beatrice witnesses a murder from a plane, but when the police arrive the body is gone. Dan Tanna takes to the air in pursuit after the murderers kidnap Bea.

February 18, 1981: Backlash
Season 3, episode 11
W: Herman Groves   D: Cliff Bole

With Morgan Woodward (Kurt Stryker), Jeff Cooper (Mike Kier), Morgan Hart (Allison White), Lonny Chapman (James Rayborn), Clive Revill (Anthony Belmont), Karrie Emerson (Beth Morrison), Austin Willis (Warren Michaels), Daniel Christian (Lester), Dolores Mann (Katherine Wilson), Amy Gibson (Angie Wilson). Dan Tanna sets out to destroy a murderous pimp after a mother hires him to find out why her grown daughter goes out at night dressed like a teenager.

February 25, 1981: Heist
Season 3, episode 12
W: Herman Groves   D: Don Chaffey

With James MacArthur (Jerry Lang), Werner Klemperer (Siegfried Klaus), Tiffany Bolling (Madeline Werner), Richard Bakalyan (Freddie), Joe E. Tata (Vinnie Rilato), Haven Earle Haley (Joseph Roth). Roth asks Dan to test the security system at the Desert Inn with a mock robbery, so he masterminds a plan to empty the casino's money room during a floor show.

March 4, 1981: No Way To Treat A Victim
Season 3, episode 13
W: Anne Collins   D: Ray Austin

With Michael Cole (Gene / Jimmy Ellis), Deborah Wakeman (Lisa Clavell), Michael Swan (Larry), Leigh Christian (Diane), Corinne Kason (Tracey), Chuck Hicks (Leon). A friend of Bea's is raped after she and her date are abducted, but later the date can't be found.

March 11, 1981: Time Bomb
Season 3, episode 14
W: Robert Earll   D: Cliff Bole

With Denny Miller (Art Cochran), Linda Thompson (Sylvia), Michael Constantine (Arnie Moss), Dick Butkus (Vinnie Trancas), Cindy Morgan (Margie Jenkins). Two ex-cons strong-arm Binzer for the loot from a robbery he helped them commit, after kidnapping Dan to help ensure Binzer's cooperation.

March 18, 1981: Out Of Sight
Season 3, episode 15
W: Anne Collins   D: Cliff Bole

With Harry Guardino (John Varga), William Lucking (George Benton), Ed Nelson (Phillip Landauer), Lynne Marta (Dr. Lutness), John Karlen (Geddes), Alex Henteloff (Specialist). Dan is blinded by a gunman who may have been working for the mob.

March 25, 1981: Set Up
Season 3, episode 16
W: Robert Earll, E. Duke Vincent   D: Cliff Bole

With Simon Oakland (Eddie Miller), Sybil Danning (Eva Swenson), Richard Basehart (J. Terrence Wainwright), Leigh Christian (Ann Nolan), David Sheiner (Capt. Smith), Doug Hume (Mel), Pepper Davis (Manny), Bebe Kelly (Harriet Corners), Paul Sorenson (Captain), Vivian Ford (Sue Adams), Frank Arno (Alex Barr). Dan attempts to break up a porno-movie ring when a producer tries to take Nelson off the streets by framing him for the murder of a waitress.

April 15, 1981: The Killing
Season 3, episode 17
W: Richard Kenneth Wells   D: Don Chaffey

With Paul Burke (Raymond Green), Pamela Franklin (Ann Reese), Michael Cavanaugh (Vance), Spencer Milligan (Kenny Braden), Victor Buono (Diamond Jim), Jerry Ayres (Phil Reese), Tony Ballen (Gary Tinsley). Ten persons are gunned down in a restaurant, and Dan is hired by a victim's widow to find the killers.

April 22, 1981: Seek And Destroy
Season 3, episode 18
W: Bill Stratton   D: Michael S. McLean

With Peter Haskell (Col. Vance), Kathrine Baumann (Katy Hedrick), Colby Chester (Major Adams), Heather Menzies (Victoria Ballinger), Robert Burton (Mikhail Yanovitch), Glenn Wilder (Jack Lucas), Chuck Hicks (Arnold Suchak), Paul Mantee (Capt. Schmidt), Jeri Lea Rae (Blue), Curt Lowens (Lazlo Samonsky), Victoria Spelling (Julie). When a Russian defector lands a secret plane outside Las Vegas, Dan tries to protect the pilot and the craft from a deadly trio dedicated to their destruction.

April 29, 1981: Dead Ringer
Season 3, episode 19
W: Herman Groves   D: Cliff Bole

With Broderick Crawford (Winslow), Wayne Newton (Himself), Richard Lynch (Benjamin Lang), David Sheiner (Capt. Smith), Ned Glass (Sam Gates), David Wallace (Tommy), Dennis Robertson (Mike Carlton), Rawn Hutchison (George). Dan takes the job of protecting entertainer Wayne Newton from a man who believes himself to be the singer -- and that the real Newton is an imposter who must be killed.

May 6, 1981: French Twist
Season 3, episode 20
W: Anne Collins   D: Charles Picerni

With Louis Jourdan (Nicholas Rambeau), Edd Byrnes (Billy Brogan), Neile McQueen (Monique Duvalier), Randolph Mantooth (Todd Peterson), Lloyd Bochner (Alexander Waverly), Tony Epper (James Thorton), Chase Cordell (Max). Dan's detective idol asks for help in solving the murder of a woman he followed from Paris to Las Vegas.

June 3, 1981: Nightmare Come True
Season 3, episode 21
W: Bill Stratton   D: Dennis Donnelly

With James Luisi (Karl Larson), Jacqueline Scott (Louise Cornell), Frank Marth (Tom Cornell), Tim O'Connor (Michael Pierce), Tim Donnelly (Sears), Karlene Crockett (Kristie Cornell), Cristina Ferrare (Cynthia Jennings). Dan is skeptical about working with a psychic to solve the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.

June 10, 1981: Judgment Pronounced
Season 3, episode 22
W: Anne Collins   D: Dennis Donnelly

With Byron Morrow (Charles Trask), Alan Feinstein (Warner Ramsey), Tom Urich (T. Earl Townsend), David Healy (Roger Pulaski), Paul Tuerpe (Walter), Eddie Zammit (Juan Lupino), Cassandra Gaviola (Tatiana), Delores Aguirre (Celita), Doug Hume (Sheriff), Robert Hackman (Jerry). Someone posing as Dan has set himself up as a one-man judge and jury to execute underworld criminals who have been released on technicalities. (Last show of the series.)


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