The GOLDEN AGE of TELEVISION: This episode, originally from season 4 of the anthology series Four Star Playhouse, was first broadcast by CBS on June 28, 1956. Restored and edited by PizzaFLIX with recreated titles.
Stars: Dick Powell, Shirley Patterson, Regis Toomey
Director: Robert Florey
Wille Dante is back! A blackmailer fresh out of prison intends to use Willie’s casino to launder his victims’ money. To ensure his cooperation, thugs hold one of his waiters hostage. But Dante has a plan to trap the blackmailer as he violates parole.
TRIVIA: Originally created by Blake Edwards for the anthology series Four Star Playhouse in 1953~1955. Eight episodes were produced by and starred Dick Powell as Willie Dante, a former card shark turned nightclub operator with a not-so-secret casino tucked in the back. The show was revisited in 1960 by producer Dick Powell as an actual TV series called “Dante,” but this time starred Howard Duff and set in San Francisco instead of Los Angeles.