Manhunt (1959)
- Genre
- detective fiction
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 2 seasons, 78 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
It is a 1950s American crime drama about police detectives solving cases in San Diego. The stories are grounded and focus on investigation work.
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What happens
Manhunt is an American syndicated half-hour television crime drama starring Victor Jory as a San Diego police detective Lt. Howard Finucane, Charles Bateman as his partner Det. George Peters (in the first 13 episodes), and Patrick McVey as police beat newspaper reporter Ben Andrews, who also narrated the episodes. Seventy-eight episodes were broadcast between April 15, 1959, and 1961. Filmed on location in San Diego, the series regularly showcased local sites such as the Pacific Highway district, police headquarters, the San Diego Zoo, the Star of India, San Diego Bay, the Bali Hai Restaurant and the Hotel Del Coronado. A panorama of the cityscape was featured during the closing credits. The character Ben Andrews was based on the San Diego Union police beat reporter Pliny Castanien. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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