The Case of the Dangerous Robin Season 1, Episode 30: Design For Death

The Golden Jade Chop

The opening episode is about the recovery of a $200.000 jade piece in Acapulco by Robin Scott, insurance investigator extraordinaire.

30 min

Guatemalan Gambit

Investigating one of many Insurance frauds perpetrated in Guatemala, Robin Scott faces unexpected hazards. Robin runs afoul of big game hunter Mentolmo and a beautiful local businesswoman who claim they were robbed and demand redress from the insurance company currently hiring Robin.

30 min

To Coin a Crime (aka On Consignment)

In Geneva, a masked band of thieves steal a valuable coin collection at gunpoint. Robin is put on the case, and finds out among other things, the stolen ducats were fakes.

30 min

Flight to the Desert (aka Arabian Gold)

Insurance agent Robin Scott is assigned to investigate an airplane, carrying half a million dollars in gold in payment for Arabian oil, which has been hijacked at the Tripoli airport. The quest leads him to a Spanish beauty and an ex-Nazi officer.

30 min

Nightmare

A bus carrying a number of people including Emma Stroud has been blown up by a bomb planted in her luggage by her son, Gilbert. Robin, investigating the case, is convinced that Gilbert is guilty. As he uncovers vital evidence, he is knocked unconscious by the boy and imprisoned and threatened with a terrible death.

30 min

Savage Street (aka Man in the Shadows)

Robin goes to Paris to try to find two highly insured emeralds belonging to Caroline Agoura, which ostensibly went overboard with her late husband, Paul. By working with Tou Tou, a clumsy Parisian second-story man, Robin learns that Agoura is not dead, is a vague but notorious smuggler, who uses the emeralds as collateral for his deals.

30 min

The Bard Disappears

A heavily insured Shakespeare First Folio is stolen from London University. Robin Scott is hired to Investigate the theft. His probe points to a collector and a shady character named Begstone. Robin tricks the two men into a meeting, learns they had a deal, but neither has the folio.

30 min

Heart of Buddha

Robin Scott makes a strange alliance with a robber baron. Kang, the robber chieftain, who is accused of stealing the fabulous "Heart of Buddha" ruby. Robin contrives to be captured by Kang. How Robin carries out a strange bargain with the bandit, for his life, makes a fast-moving and exciting climax.

30 min

The Pay Off

Robin Scott becomes a sniper's target because he drives a sports car identical to that of the assassin’s intended victim. The victim turns out to be a famous rock-and-roll singer and Robin and his fiancee are involved in a double indemnity case.

30 min

Zippered Notebook

When Anthony McCord, an American scientist, is attacked and highly sensitive research papers are stolen, insurance investigator Robin Scott (Rick Jason) decides to force the culprit into action by bluffing all the suspects with pointed accusations.

30 min

Temporary Widow

Thelma Henderson is missing, and Rick discovers that her husband Walter has heavily insured her life.

30 min

The Heartbreak Gang

The theft of $100,000 worth of jewels from a Long Island socialite introduces Robin Scott to a gang of dangerous hoodlums disguised as playboys.

30 min

Jungle Quest

Robin investigates the unlikely story by Addison Hanks, a famous author, that his heavily insured original manuscript has been stolen by Mozambique tribesmen.

30 min

The Strad

While inquiring into the theft of Maestro Ascoli's Stradivarius, Robin uncovers a fraud.

30 min

The Key Man

As an expert in insurance murders, Robin is propositioned by a mysterious, but distinguished, gentleman named Graves to kill James Clayton. The job requires an expert because Clayton has turned his country estate into an impenetrable fortress. In hopes of determining which of the dead man's three partners is the guilty one.

30 min

Policy of Murder

Robin is persuaded by an English insurance company friend to investigate a small oil company on the Dutch-owned island of Curacao, where an unusually high number of fatal accidents have occurred among newly hired employees.

30 min

Spell of Danger

A wealthy heavily insured widow drowns in an Indian well in Arizona and Robin matches wits with a hypnotherapist in his search for a killer.

30 min

Brink Of Disaster

After committing murder to win another man's wife and 100,000-dollar insurance money, the killer finds he must keep the dead man "alive" for three days.

30 min

Baubles And Bullets

A notorious jewel thief turns up in New York just when a well-known jewelry shop is to open a display of some valuable gems.

The Genuine Fake

An ex-con is let out of prison after several years. His plan: to kill Robin, the man who sent him to jail.

30 min

The Tunnel

A dying man tips Robin off about the biggest bank robbery plan in history.

30 min

The Dead Ringer

A bird-watching expedition with Phyllis turns into a murder hunt for Robin Scott. Robin encounters a gang that specializes in a particular brand of fraud--the bodies of unknown transients are substituted for members of the gang who are insured.

30 min

Doll of Death

A heavily insured item is stolen from Harry Medford. The item: a cheap rag doll. Robin goes to Mexico City in hopes of recovering a stolen miniature cradle containing valuable cargo which is concealed in a rag doll.

30 min

The Deadly Impersonation

Robin Scott's apartment is burglarized and bugged by a clever gang of swindlers, headed by Fred Caine, an unscrupulous private eye, and Jack Hayes, who looks and talks like Robin.

30 min

Amsterdam Lapidary

The demise of a famous locksmith and the disappearance of the Granada diamond brings Scott to Amsterdam. An Amsterdam jeweler is extremely upset, and for good reason. The fabulous Granada diamond has been stolen from his shop.

30 min

China Passage

Rumor has it that a valuable cargo of tin was thrown overboard during a storm. Robin heads for the Orient to check out the report.

30 min

The Unthinkables

The State Unemployment Insurance Organization calls Robin to investigate a young boy found beaten to death with 5 Social Security cards in his pocket.

30 min

The Big Baffle

Robin investigates when a heavily insured racehorse falls in a stakes race, killing both horse and jockey.

30 min

The Patient Died

A famous surgeon and a playboy are suspects in the death of a multi-millionaire.

30 min

Wheel of Misfortune

Three business partners plot a bizarre suicide scheme. The businessmen decide to gamble two of their lives, the survivor to collect on a mutual insurance policy

30 min

A Matter of Life

Scott goes to Manila to investigate the theft of life-saving drugs intended for use in an epidemic of hepatitis on Mindanao.

30 min

Destination: Jav-a

Robin investigates the possibility of foul play in a coffee plantation fire --and winds up as a murder suspect.

30 min

Falling Star

Robin comes to Hollywood to investigate the accidental on-the-set shooting of a film star. Robin's investigation of an insurance hoax is made more urgent by the discovery of a corpse--actress Dominique Chan's.

30 min

Man on the Run

Robin is assigned to expose an insurance fraud ring. Caught by mob members, the investigator stays alive by blackmailing the racket "brains". An innocent man faces death in the electric chair

30 min

The Fabulous Flopper

Robin Scott investigates a National fraud ring which fakes personal injury claims.

30 min

Missing Money

When convicted robber Al Martin is finally paroled, Robin sets out to recover the money Martin stole.

30 min

Moment of Truth

Pepe Montillo, one of Spain's most famous matadors, has abruptly stopped fighting. Robin investigates the theft of a jewel laden image of The Virgin of Macarena in order to protect the insurance company and restore the bullfighter’s courage.

30 min