The Adventures of Frank Race

The Adventures of Frank Race follows the career of its protagonist, a one-time lawyer who became an OSS agent during World War II, and, having tasted adventure, becomes an investigator after the war. Most of his cases involve insurance claims and take him to glamorous locations around the world. Race narrates his adventures in a terse, hard-boiled style.

The half-hour series appeared in syndication on the East Coast in 1949 and 1950 and a year later on the West Coast. Tom Collins started in the lead role, followed by Paul Debrov. All 43 episodes survive.

For more information, see Thrilling Detective.

Series description provided by Frank Bell.