Partners in Crime (U.S. TV series)
| Partners in Crime | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | William Driskill |
| Starring |
Lynda Carter Loni Anderson Leo Rossi Eileen Heckart Walter Olkewicz |
| Theme music composer | Johnny Harris |
| Composer(s) | Nathan Sassover |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William Driskill |
| Producer(s) | Everett Chambers |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Carson Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 27, 1984 – December 29, 1984 |
Partners in Crime is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on NBC during the 1984-85 television season. NBC cancelled the show after 13 episodes on December 29, 1984.
It was screened overseas as 50/50 to avoid confusion with the 1983 British series of the same name (which was also shown on ITV in the UK).
Overview
The series starred Lynda Carter as Carole Stanwyck and Loni Anderson as Sydney Kovack, two women with little in common except sharing Raymond as an ex-husband. When Raymond winds up murdered, Carole and Sydney set out to find his killer and eventually decide to run the detective agency Raymond has left them. They were assisted in their efforts by Raymond's assistant (Walter Olkewicz), Raymond's mother (Eileen Heckart), and Lt. Vronsky (Leo Rossi).
Cast
- Lynda Carter as Carole Stanwyck
- Loni Anderson as Sydney Kovack
- Walter Olkewicz as Harmon Shain
- Leo Rossi as Lt. Ed Vronsky
- Eileen Heckart as Jeanine
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Celebrity" | Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. | September 22, 1984 | |
| The women are hired to protect a rock singer. | ||||
| 2 | "The Hottest Guy in Town" | September 29, 1984 | ||
| A wealthy woman is being blackmailed by a hairdresser. | ||||
| 3 | "Murder in the Museum" | Rod Daniel | October 6, 1984 | |
| An assistant curator of a museum, who was very good friends with Carole, is found murdered. | ||||
| 4 | "Pilot" | Harry Falk and Leonard B. Stern | Jeffrey Lane | October 13, 1984 |
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Two women discover that they have inherited a detective agency after their ex-husband has been murdered in his office.
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| 5 | "The Duke" | Lee H. Katzin | Harold Stone | October 20, 1984 |
| Syd helps her father find a bronze dog. | ||||
| 6 | "Paddles Up" | James Sheldon | William Driskill | October 27, 1984 |
| A fat man who has the winning bid for a jewel has been killed. | ||||
| 7 | "Is She or Isn't She?" | Guy Magar | Larry Brody and Janis Hendler | November 3, 1984 |
| Carole and Syd investigate a kidnapping. | ||||
| 8 | "Fantasyland" | Sutton Roley | Gina Goldman | November 24, 1984 |
| One of Syd's childhood friends has been murdered. | ||||
| 9 | "The Set-Up" | James Sheldon | Simon Muntner | December 1, 1984 |
| A police lieutenant is being investigated for murder and embezzlement. | ||||
| 10 | "Fashioned for Murder" | Don Weis | Bob Shayne, Jayne Ehrlich and Simon Muntner | December 8, 1984 |
| Carole and Syd try to catch a design thief and murderer by posing as models. | ||||
| 11 | "The Strangler" | Allan Reisner | Simon Muntner, Larry Brody and Philip Saltzman | December 15, 1984 |
| Carole and Syd investigate the identity of a strangler who leaves red handkerchiefs around the necks of his victims. | ||||
| 12 | "Getting in Shape" | Kevin Connor | Larry Brody | December 22, 1984 |
| Two lovers are being blackmailed at a health resort. | ||||
| 13 | "Double Jeopardy" | Alan Cooke | December 29, 1984 | |
| Carole and Syd are taken hostage by escaped convicts. | ||||