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TV Series1975 – 19781h3 seasons · 70 episodes

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Crime Drama

Pete Ryan is a smooth-talking con man, and bunco cop Frank MacBride is the man who put him away. When Pete gets out and Frank retires, they decide to form a detective agency using their knowledge of crime and cons to take down the bad guys. Helping them are their secretary Maggie and Pete's shady acquaintance, Malcolm.

Creator: Glen A. Larson
Director: Walt Gilmore
Writers: David Chase
Stars: Robert Wagner Eddie Albert Charlie Callas

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E1Net LossSep 23, 1977 · 1h · Pete and Mac follow the pro tennis circuit to track down a murderer. When a star tennis player is shot on the court, the team's coach enlists the help of his old friend, Pete Ryan, in locating the killer responsible.Not rated yet

E2DownshiftSep 30, 1977 · 1h · Pete and Mac enter the perilous world of Grand Prix racing to solve the mysterious death of a top racing driver.Not rated yet

E3Fade OutOct 14, 1977 · 1h · Pete takes on the role of movie studio security officer while Mac toils before the camera to find a star's would-be murderer.Not rated yet

E4Legend of the Macunas (1)Oct 21, 1977 · 1h · Guest stars Wayne Newton, Dionne Warwick, George Maharis, Chuck McCann, Foster Brooks, Jack Colvin and Pamela Hensley appear in this two-hour special presentation of "Switch." Pete and Mac go to Las Vegas to help a young woman determine the cause of her pilot-father's fatal crash. During a flight over the crash site, Pete is literally dumped out of the airplane.Not rated yet

E5Legend of the Macunas (2)Oct 21, 1977 · 1h · Pete and Mac go to Las Vegas to help a young woman determine the cause of her pilot father's fatal air crash, and discover that there is more than meets the eye.Not rated yet

E6DancerDec 5, 1977 · 1h · A vaudeville performer is pulled from the gutter by a good friend and is back in the limelight doing his show —but his new-found popularity is marred when a series of attempts are made on his life. Pete and Mac look to the man's past to find out what's prompted the threats. David Wayne guests.Not rated yet

E7Go for BrokeDec 12, 1977 · 1h · Janet Blair plays a wife who hires Pete and Mac to find her missing husband just before she is murdered.Not rated yet

E8Lady of the DeepDec 19, 1977 · 1h · Pete and Mac journey to Mexico to save an experiment in underwater habitation for its attractive young leader after she inherits the job from her father.Not rated yet

E9Thirty Thousand WitnessesDec 26, 1977 · 1h · Pete plays goalkeeper and Mac masquerades as a trainer after a soccer team's star player is murdered. They hope to draw out the killer when Pete takes the place of the slain player.Not rated yet

E10Dangerous CurvesJan 2, 1978 · 1h · Pete and Mac (Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert) try to learn who is using criminal tactics to drive an all-woman taxi company out of business.Not rated yet

E11The TongJan 9, 1978 · 1h · Pete and Mac are surprised when they discover that the cook at the Bouziki Bar turns out to be a high-ranking member of a Chinese tong. A tong war will erupt in the Chinese community if Pete and Mac don't find their friend Wang.Not rated yet

E12Who Killed Lila Craig?Jan 16, 1978 · 1h · Mac has an interest in the auction of a manuscript said to name the killer of an actress murdered after a lurid life. After claiming that he knows the identity of the man who murdered a famous actress 20 years ago, an eccentric man issues invitations to a wide range of suspects, but the answer is not as simple as one might be led to believe.Not rated yet

E13The CageJun 25, 1978 · 1h · Mac and Pete investigate the disappearance of a young sweepstakes winner employed at the San Diego Zoo. A rare white rhinoceros may hold the vital clue in the zoo veterinarian's bizarre disappearance.Not rated yet

E14Coronado CircleJul 2, 1978 · 1h · An elderly captain and his deckhand are missing from a yacht found drifting where several vessels recently disappeared.Not rated yet

E15Blue Crusaders ReunionJul 9, 1978 · 1h · Mac and Pete bargain for the life of a girl held hostage by gunmen at the police officers' reunion.Not rated yet

E16Stolen Island (aka Death Island)Jul 16, 1978 · 1h · Pete and Mac look for a militant ecologist who went into hiding after a chemical-company bombing.Not rated yet

E17Play-OffJul 23, 1978 · 1h · A gambling mogul kidnaps Malcolm to ensure that Pete will protect his golfer son.Not rated yet

E18Mexican StandoffJul 30, 1978 · 1h · Pete and Mac investigate white slavers who smuggle aliens from Latin America.Not rated yet

E19Three Blond MiceAug 6, 1978 · 1h · A scientific project and a student who was working on it disappear from a school for the gifted.Not rated yet

E20The Siege at the Bouziki BarAug 13, 1978 · 1h · The Bouziki Bar is besieged by professional killers who are after a murder witness in the last stages of pregnancy.Not rated yet

E21Formula for MurderAug 20, 1978 · 1h · Feuding half-sisters accuse each other of stealing their dead father's skin-care formula.Not rated yet

E22Photo FinishAug 27, 1978 · 1h · An airline stewardess is looking for her sister, a militant ecologist who disappeared after a bombing at a chemical company.Not rated yet

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Robert WagnerPete T. Ryan Eddie AlbertFrank MacBride Charlie CallasMalcolm Argos Sharon GlessMaggie Philbin

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Premiered: September 9, 1975
Ended: August 27, 1978
Status: Ended
Network: CBS
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 1h
TVmaze ID: 3713