Crane (1963)
The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.
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Episode 1 - The Death of Marie Vetier
Release Date: 1964-01-13A beautiful and desperate women brings murder and treachery into Crane's life. The smuggler learns the hard way just how dangerous such a combination can be.
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Episode 2 - Epitaph for a Fat Woman
Release Date: 1964-01-20When his friend's son fails to arrive home from school, Crane and Orlando follows a trail that leads to death and heartbreak for his group of friends.
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Episode 3 - Dead Reckoning
Release Date: 1964-01-27Despite his reservations to do so, Crane allows himself to become involved in getting a man out of prison - unfortunately for all concerned, the man is very nasty piece of work - and Crane nearly gets killed in the attempt.
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Episode 4 - Picture of My Brother
Release Date: 1964-02-03Faced with bringing The Venda gang - a ruthless bunch of killers - the justice, Colonel Mahmoud seeks Crane's help, and all hell breaks lose on the Morocco streets.
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Episode 5 - Two Rings for Danger
Release Date: 1964-02-10The brother of a murdered man becomes suspicious when he's told that Crane was the last person to see his brother alive. So does Colonel Mahmoud - and that spells trouble for Crane.
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Episode 6 - Death Is a Black Camel
Release Date: 1964-02-17Mahmoud and Crane share an uneasy alliance. The policeman must solve a baffling case, and Crane is asked to keep a strange rendezvous - a meeting from which he may not return
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Episode 7 - The Secret Assassin
Release Date: 1964-02-24Crane is invited to the palace of Mouley Ahmed as his honoured guest. But the reception he gets give him cause to doubt the true nature of his 'friend' invitation.
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Episode 8 - A Mouthful of Ashes
Release Date: 1964-03-02When Crane gives Orlando a ticket for the theatre, he has no idea that he is sending his friend into danger - or that he himself will become involved before the day is through.
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Episode 9 - Recoil
Release Date: 1964-03-09When the Contessa d'Avezzano invites Crane and Orlando to her villa, she has more than a dinner date on her mind. It's an invitation to murder - with Crane as the main course.
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Episode 10 - Gypsy's Warning
Release Date: 1964-03-16When Philipe plans to take revenge on a police informer, a turn of the cards from Gypsy leads Crane into violence ans murder - and the shadow of death looms dark over his friends.
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Episode 11 - Knife in the Dark
Release Date: 1964-03-23Orlando is suspected of murder. That night he left Crane's café after a quarrel, and the following morning he was found on the beach with blood on his hands.
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Episode 12 - Murder Is Waiting
Release Date: 1964-03-30A killer lies hidden in Casablanca. The police are on his trial - and so is Crane who, after receiving a strange invitation, finds himself with mortal danger.
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Episode 13 - Man Without a Past
Release Date: 1964-04-06Crane finds himself up against a group of a thieves who have decided that the only way to stop Crane clearing an innocent man's name is to have shot on sight.