billmilosz

One of the best TV detective shows. Cool, if improbable. The gritty NYC location shots compare favorably with other great programs of the era like NAKED CITY, but are somewhat more moody. The beatnik characters are less goofy than the patronizing look at the Beats that Peter Gunn features. It's just an altogether hip show.

EPISODE LIST http://epguides.com/JohnnyStaccato/ Season 1

1. 1- 1 12901 10 Sep 59 The Naked Truth

2. 1- 2 12906 17 Sep 59 Murder for Credit

3. 1- 3 12912 24 Sep 59 Parents

4. 1- 4 12904 8 Oct 59 Shop of the Four Winds

5. 1- 5 12914 15 Oct 59 The Nature of the Night

6. 1- 6 12916 22 Oct 59 Viva, Paco!

7. 1- 7 12918 29 Oct 59 Evil

8. 1- 8 12902 5 Nov 59 Murder in Hi-fi

9. 1- 9 12915 12 Nov 59 Fly, Baby, Fly

10. 1-10 12913 19 Nov 59 Tempted

11. 1-11 12911 26 Nov 59 The Poet's Touch

12. 1-12 12926 10 Dec 59 A Piece of Paradise

13. 1-13 12923 17 Dec 59 The Return

14. 1-14 12922 24 Dec 59 The Unwise Men

15. 1-15 12921 31 Dec 59 Collector's Item

16. 1-16 12907 7 Jan 60 Man in the Pit

17. 1-17 12930 14 Jan 60 The Only Witness

18. 1-18 12927 21 Jan 60 Night of Jeopardy

19. 1-19 12931 28 Jan 60 Double Feature

20. 1-20 12929 4 Feb 60 List of Death

21. 1-21 12925 11 Feb 60 Solomon

22. 1-22 12920 18 Feb 60 An Act of Terror

23. 1-23 12903 25 Feb 60 An Angry Young Man

24. 1-24 12939 3 Mar 60 The Mask of Jason

25. 1-25 12935 10 Mar 60 A Nice Little Town

26. 1-26 12919 17 Mar 60 Swinging Long Hair

27. 1-27 12905 24 Mar 60 The Wild Reed

The previous comment missed the point entirely. The question isn't if the guy was guilty or not, but, does the justice system have any mechanism in it for someone who can't hear, speak, read, sign or communicate in any other way. THIS was the crux of the matter- if someone can't communicate at all how does he participate in a court proceeding? How could he understand what was going on? Donald Lang could not communicate ideas at all- he could not lip-read, could not hear,could not understand sign language of any kind- he literally COULD NOT COMMUNICATE- It wasn't about his guilt or innocence- it was about a situation where the courts could do as they pleased with someone because he could not understand anything. This is un-American- we are a land where people have DIED defending a system which provides rights which cannot be trampled by police powers. THAT is what the film was about. (FYI I live in Chicago and know Lowell Myers well, and have spoken to him about this.... so my info is directly from the source.)

I've seen two versions of this, seems like the same film but two different English overdubs. The one I saw in 1983 had more poorly-translated English, and was therefore more enjoyable.

Someone told me that that some of the scenes where Godzilla is fighting in the ocean were actually filmed at Scout Lake, but I can't verify this.