The Name of the Game
TV-PG
7.6
1968
Action & Adventure
, Sci-Fi
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
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Episode 26 : The Other Kind of Spy
April. 10,1970
Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.
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Episode 25 : One of the Girls in Research
April. 03,1970
Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who is trying victimized her.
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Episode 24 : Jenny Wilde Is Drowning
March. 27,1970
When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.
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Episode 23 : Echo of a Nightmare
March. 20,1970
The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farrell (RS) to investigate. Curiously, the partner of the abduction victim's millionaire father tries to bribe Farrell to drop the case.
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Episode 22 : Man of the People
March. 06,1970
Jilted by ""populist"" tycoon Cesar Rodriguez, Hilary thirsts for revenge. She plans to publish a series of articles exposing the popular Rodriguez as a fraud, using his Mexican heritage to hornswoggle his own people.
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Episode 21 : The Skin Game
February. 27,1970
Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.
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Episode 20 : The King of Denmark
February. 20,1970
Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the mystery.
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Episode 19 : Tarot
February. 13,1970
Glenn Howard (GB) tries to prove that a young girl did not really kill herself and finds himself dangerously entangled with a coven of deadly witches.
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Episode 18 : The Garden
January. 30,1970
Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A ""Pop"" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethics, treats his wealthy patients at a lavish remote retreat called The Garden. Farrell is convinced that he is a phony, and tries to prove it
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Episode 17 : The Takeover
January. 23,1970
As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and vanished. The ladies reinforce Howard's suspicions of a frame-up and sparks a probe that sends him into guerrilla territory.
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Episode 16 : Island of Gold and Precious Stones
January. 16,1969
A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to find out why. Together with his crack researcher Peggy Maxwell, Dillon checks out the deceased man's relatives. Each, it seems, has a reason for wanting the man dead, and each had opportunity to make off with the inheritance.
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Episode 15 : The Brass Ring
January. 09,1970
A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to help the young fighter. Farrell soon learns that the boy's manager may be arranging a fixed bout.
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Episode 14 : The Tradition
January. 02,1970
Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.
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Episode 13 : Laurie Marie
December. 19,1969
When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000 reward for anyone who can return the girl unharmed. This results in a stampede of mercenary characters who make a shambles of Coates' estate. Watching from the sidelines is reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) and his girl friday Peggy.
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Episode 12 : The Power
December. 12,1969
Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between two brothers battling for control of the longshoreman's union.
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Episode 11 : High Card
December. 05,1969
A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of Pigs.
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Episode 10 : The Civilized Men
November. 28,1969
Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a rustled shipment of government livestock. Could the Mob be involved?
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Episode 9 : The Prisoner Within
November. 14,1969
Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war training. He accepts the survival training challenge.
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Episode 8 : The Perfect Image
November. 07,1969
Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, however, suggests that he is in bed with the Mob. Howard and Crime magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell try to weed out the truth.
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Episode 7 : Give Till It Hurts
October. 31,1969
The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious con man, so it should be no problem to expose his racket. But problems there are, especially when an unknown gangster type pressures him to lay off.
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Episode 6 : Goodbye Harry
October. 24,1969
Roving reporter Sam Hardy's boss, Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard (GB), sends Hardy and magazine researcher Peggy Maxwell on a dangerous fact-finding mission. Their quarry is American missile scientist Harry Roarke. While it appears as though Harry has defected to Cuba, he may very well be hiding out in the States, in fear for his life.
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Episode 5 : Chains of Command
October. 17,1969
Farrell (RS) is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor to local farms. It has been further charged that the officials are getting rich on kickbacks. Assuming a false identity and taking a job in the border town becomes very hazardous.
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Episode 4 : The Emissary
October. 10,1969
An old-line French Marxist who happens to be an old friend of Crime magazine publisher Dan Howard (GB) would like him to help him pull off a delicate diplomatic mission. The Red Chinese delegation has just stormed out of an international health conference, and Howard has been assigned to woo them back.
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Episode 3 : Blind Man's Bluff
October. 03,1969
An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan for revenge. He was blinded several years earlier, and his wife's face was mutilated; now the former D.A. wants to trap the man responsible for his sightlessness.
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Episode 2 : A Hard Case of the Blues
September. 26,1969
Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of $200,000. Thing of it is, Jesse couldn't care less--and Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) wants to know the reasons for her apathy.
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Episode 1 : Lady On the Rocks
September. 19,1969
A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.
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