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Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 22 epS2 · 23 epS3 · 23 ep
1Centerfold20 Sept 1978 · 44mModel Shawn Adams' agent Nat Finer is a two-bit hustler whose shady friend Mr. Smith drugs Shawn, takes X-rated photos of her, then tries to blackmail her into a five-year contract.
2The Games Girls Play27 Sept 1978 · 44mA senator gets photographed in a compromising position with three housewives whose husbands neglect them. When one girl is run down by a car, it's obvious that all three are in danger from a vengeful victim.
3Mother Mishkin11 Oct 1978 · 44mMother Mishkin tries to nail shady real estate developer Worthmeyer and thinks her life is in danger from him, so she hires Dan to protect her. Meanwhile, Dan recruits bumbling Binzer to repossess a car from deadbeat Freddie Tibbs.
4Love, Laugh and Die18 Oct 1978 · 44mCall girl Lexy Gardner is shot dead, so her mother hires Dan to find out who did it and how Lexy wound up hooking. The case expands to involve singer Eddie Banning, tennis pro Lou Spitz, and contractor William Virgil.
5Yes, My Darling Daughter25 Oct 1978 · 44mOn her wedding day, Cindy Jenner Smalley sees. or thinks she sees, her dead father Hank, a famous country-western singer who vanished shortly after arranging his wife's mercy killing ten years before. Dan takes the case.
6Lady Ice1 Nov 1978 · 44mA sheik who is staying at Roth's hotel doesn't realize that his female escort Allison Jordan is the one female in a trio of crooks who steal twelve rubies from him. Her romantic evening with Dan becomes her alibi for the crime.
7Milliken's Stash8 Nov 1978 · 44mCocaine smuggler Marty Trafalgar tries to retire, but his former partner Wendell Milliken from Miami won't allow him to do so.
8The Pageant15 Nov 1978 · 44mMike Logan hires Dan to find his daughter Jenny's rapist. Bella discovers that the serial rapist targets slender blondes in their late teens. When the rapist kills a victim, Jenny becomes a witness and Bea becomes a decoy.
9Lost Women22 Nov 1978 · 44mTanna investigates the mysterious disappearances of beautiful Las Vegas showgirls and discovers they have been abducted by a white slaver. When he gets caught trying to rescue them, Binzer and Roth try to rescue him.
10Second Stanza6 Dec 1978 · 44mFaded singer Ginny Gordon's comeback is threatened, and her sanity imperiled, by attempts on her life. Is her former partner responsible for the attempts, or is a recent acquaintance terrorizing her?
11Serve, Volley and Kill20 Dec 1978 · 44mTemperamental tennis pro Bobby Howard has been receiving threatening phone calls. His coach Sid Green hires Dan to protect Bobby, who doesn't want it. Meanwhile, Binzer tries to stop Tommy Cirko's petty larceny: impersonating a minister.
12Ghost of the Ripper10 Jan 1979 · 44mPsychotic Jack Schulman is killing prostitutes. Amateur criminologist Philiip Graykirk sees a pattern similar to the Jack-the-Ripper murders and predicts more deaths to come.
13The Eleventh Event17 Jan 1979 · 44mA benefit telethon is planned for Leon Hazlett, a five-time Olympic gold medalist who was crippled in a car crash. But emcee Paul Baker is kidnapped and a $200,000 ransom is demanded.
14Kill Dan Tanna24 Jan 1979 · 44mWhen Dan was in Vietnam, he once defied the orders of Captain North, who wound up crippled. North hires goons to help him take revenge by terrorizing Dan and the people around him.
15Death Mountain31 Jan 1979 · 44mChief Gray Bear is trying to stall a Japanese businessman's construction project on the reservation.
16Best Friends7 Feb 1979 · 44mDan's childhood friend visits Vegas. Unknown to Dan, he is the felon who kills Erwin Levy and wounds Roth in the process. Will Philip Roth be the next victim?
17Demand and Supply14 Feb 1979 · 44mA teenager gets assaulted at the seedy Pinecrest Hotel. Her mother's friend, begs Dan to take the case. Meanwhile, the pimp threatens to harm another teenage girl if she doesn't turn tricks.
18Everything I Touch28 Feb 1979 · 44mDan's love interest Christy Winters is strangled in her hotel room. Her friend tries to help him solve the case and becomes the next victim. Both girls were with Dan right before their murders, leaving Dan badly grief-stricken.
19Doubtful Target7 Mar 1979 · 44mSavings and loan president Tyler Dickinson murders investment counselor Cy Winters and then Binzer's girlfriend Kim Sarrason. Binzer is first devastated and then vindictive. Can Dan prevent Binzer from exacting vigilante justice?
20Touch of Death14 Mar 1979 · 44mNewlywed Gary Cole goes to buy some jewelry for his wife Wendy, and disappears. When Wendy realizes he's missing, nobody that she questions seems to recognize the couple. Her hysteria only hampers Dan's investigation.
21The Way to Live2 May 1979 · 44m · ★ 10.0Daredevil Shara Stanley's drunken mechanic Bill Woods tries to talk her out of a dangerous stunt because her beneficiaries plan to sabotage it and have her killed so they can collect on her insurance.
22The Visitor9 May 1979 · 44mDan is hired to be the escort and bodyguard of Princess Zara during her stay in Las Vegas. But political problems follow her. Fanatic Lucille tries to kill both Dan and Zara before she herself is shot dead in Zara's hotel room.
Details
- Created by
- Michael Mann
- First aired
- 20 Sept 1978
- Last aired
- 10 Jun 1981
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 68
- Votes
- 25 on TMDB
Cast
Robert UrichDan Tanna
Bart BravermanBobby 'Binzer' Borso
Phyllis DavisBeatrice Travis
Greg MorrisLt. David Nelson
Naomi StevensSgt. Bella Archer
Tony CurtisRoth
