Richard Diamond, Private Detective Season 4, Episode 1: The Hoodlum

1

The Hoodlum

A racketeer's bookkeeper gets Diamond involved in a blackmail scheme against his boss, when he asks him to find a book and gives him only one hour to do so.

30 min

2

Act of Grace

An acquaintance of Diamond's is murdered. At his grave at a potter's field, Diamond sees a wealthy old woman laying flowers at some of the unmarked graves. Diamond tries to find the connection between her and his down-on-his-luck friend.

30 min

3

The Bookie

A bookie decides to get rid of Lt. Kile, whose efforts to put a stop to the bookie's operation have begun to annoy him.

30 min

4

The Client

A financier hires Diamond to search for his partner who has gone missing in Mexico.

30 min

5

The Runaway

While briefly stopping in San Francisco, Diamond finds himself the target of a gunman.

30 min

6

No Laughing Matter

Diamond finds himself in a deserted amusement park on the trail of a desperate fugitive murderer.

30 min

7

The Messenger

Diamond is hired to deliver a note to a bank teller and is somewhat surprised when the teller screams after she reads the note.

30 min

8

The Counselor

A marriage counselor whose life has been threatened hires Diamond to protect him.

30 min

9

The Image

An old nemesis of Diamond's on the police force has Diamond arrested on murder charges after the girlfriend of an escaped convict is found murdered.

30 min

10

The Adjustor

Diamond receives a tip that a man who has been presumed dead for over a year is still alive.

30 min

11

Marked for Murder

Diamond finds himself in a lonely hearts club when he is hired to investigate the confusing circumstances surrounding a robbery and murder.

30 min

12

The Caller

Diamond receives a mysterious telephone call which informs him that he will die at a specific time later that evening.

30 min

13

One Dead Cat

A night club singer hires Diamond to protect her and her band leader from a disgruntled pianist who once played in their band.

30 min

14

Dead to the World

A friend of Sam's wants Diamond to prove that her uncle's death was murder.

30 min

15

Seven Swords

Summoned to a theater by a phone call, Diamond watches a magician thrust seven swords into a box containing his assistant. Is this the dangerous situation he was called to deal with?

30 min

16

The Fine Art of Murder

An actress hires Diamond after she learns that a valuable painting which she purchased is a fake.

30 min

17

The Popskull

Diamond follows a dog which is pursuing a bedraggled cat.

30 min

18

And Whose Little Baby Are You?

After returning to his apartment with a date, Diamond finds an infant abandoned on his couch.

30 min

19

Fallen Star

A journalist hires Diamond to look into the death of a singer who fell to her death, which he suspects was a murder but that the police have ruled a suicide.

30 min

20

Coat of Arms

A landlady finds one of her tenants dead in his room and shortly afterwards is greeted by a gun-wielding stranger looking for the man.

30 min

21

Double Trouble

A diplomat who does not want the police to be involved, asks Diamond to find his missing fiancee.

30 min

22

The Lovely Fraud

Shortly after a dancer takes out a large insurance policy on her legs, she gets injured by a hit and run driver and is forced to collect on the policy.

30 min

23

Accent on Murder

A woman is killed after hiring Diamond to protect ""a young lady from France"" who turns out to be a poodle.

30 min

24

East of Danger

A woman hires Diamond when her father is attacked after he finds heroin hidden in his antique store warehouse.

30 min

25

Running Scared

A man is concerned about his daughter, whom he feels has been spending too much time brooding over her husband's death.

30 min

26

The Mouse

A French woman gets threats from a supposedly dead war criminal who knows the whereabouts of a fortune in smuggled diamonds.

30 min