Martin Kane, Private Eye - A Jockey Is Murdered
Martin Kane, Private Eye was an
American radio series and television crime series sponsored by
United States Tobacco Company. It aired as a radio series from 1949 to
1952 and was simultaneously also a
TV series around the same time, until 1954.
William Gargan,
Lloyd Nolan,
Lee Tracy, and
Mark Stevens played the title role in Martin Kane, Private Eye on live television, airing on
NBC Television Network from
1 September 1949 until 17 June 1954. The series, again sponsored by United States Tobacco Company, integrated commercials into the detective drama by having
Martin Kane enter his favorite tobacco shop where he discussed pipe tobaccos and cigarettes with the tobacconist
Happy McMann (
Walter Kinsella), before leaving to continue the mystery narrative.
Tonight's
Episode: A Jockey Is
Murder...