Ace Crawford, Private Eye
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| Ace Crawford, Private Eye | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Parody Comedy |
| Directed by | Michael Preece |
| Starring | Tim Conway |
| Theme music composer | Hughie Cannon Peter Matz |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24 min. |
| Production companies | Conway Enterprises Viacom Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original run | March 15, 1983 – April 12, 1983 |
Ace Crawford, Private Eye is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March to April 1983. The series parodied the “hard-boiled detective” genre.
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[hide]Synopsis[edit]
Tim Conway stars as a trench-coated private detective who always solves the case and catches the bad guy, despite his constant bumbling. The show was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Only five episodes were aired.
Cast and characters[edit]
In addition to Tim Conway as Ace Crawford, the cast included:
- Joe Regalbuto as Toomey, a CPA and Conway’s assistant; he always saw Crawford as a hero, and thought that his bumbling was simply some kind of cunning strategy.
- Billy Barty as Inch, owner and bartender of The Shanty, a wharfside bar where Crawford hangs out.
- Shera Danese as Luana, a singer at The Shanty who lusted after Crawford.
- Bill Henderson as Mello, a blind jazz musician at The Shanty.
- Dick Christie as Detective Lieutenant Fanning, who was always mystified as to how Crawford solved every case.
Format[edit]
In each half-hour episode, Crawford would be hired for, or otherwise find himself involved in, a case in which criminals were taking advantage of innocent citizens. He would then approach the case using Conway’s trademark comedy style; in one episode he was disguised as a feeble old man, in another he was using a children's toy microphone as a “wire,” et cetera. In spite of the slapstick results of his actions, Crawford would always emerge triumphant.
Every episode ended the same way: Crawford would leave The Shanty at night and walk along the wharf, vanishing into the fog... and then audibly fall into the water.
Episode titles and airdates[edit]
| Nº | Title | Directed by: | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Murder at Restful Hills" | (Unknown) | March 15, 1983 |
| Ace investigates the claim of Luana's grandmother that deaths at a nursing home weren't the result of natural causes. | |||
| 2 | "Bull Bates" | Michael Preece | March 22, 1983 |
| 3 | "Inch in a Pinch" | Michael Preece | March 29, 1983 |
| 4 | "The Microchip Caper" | Michael Preece | April 5, 1983 |
| An insurance rep hires Ace to test the security system guarding a valuable microchip. | |||
| 5 | "The Gentleman Bandit" | Michael Preece | April 12, 1983 |
| Ace poses as a secretary to pinch a robber preying on female office workers. | |||
Availability[edit]
In 1989, a VHS videocassette was released, containing the first three episodes. This videocassette is currently out of print, and this show has not yet been released on DVD.
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