Jigsaw (American TV series)

Jigsaw is a television crime drama that aired as an element of the wheel series The Men, part of the ABC network's 1972-73 lineup. Universal Television produced Jigsaw; the same studio had previously been responsible for a series which, in part, inspired The Men: The NBC Mystery Movie.

Jigsaw
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Walter Doniger Jerrold Freedman David Friedkin Ken Pettus Mark Rodgers Robert E. Thompson Leigh Vance
Directed by	Marc Daniels Walter Grauman Barry Shear
Starring	James Wainwright Pernell Roberts
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Stanley Kallis Harry Tatelman
Running time	60 mins.
Production company	Universal Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20) – March 3, 1973 (1973-03-03)

Overview

The program starred James Wainwright as Lt. Frank Dain, who worked as an investigator for the California State Police Department's Bureau of Missing Persons. Dain was a rebel who chafed at standard police procedures and techniques, but was always effective in finding the person for whom he was searching. He pieced each case together as if it were a jigsaw puzzle. Shortly before the series' cancellation, Dain was booted from the bureau and set up shop as a private eye.^[1]

Episodes

N^o	Title	Original air date
0	"Jigsaw" "Man on the Move"	March 26, 1972 (1972-03-26)
Pilot.
1	"A Badge on Fire"	September 20, 1972 (1972-09-20)
2	"Hard Time"	October 12, 1972 (1972-10-12)
3	"The Bradley Affair"	November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02)
4	"To Stalk the Night"	November 30, 1972 (1972-11-30)
5	"Finder's Fee"	December 21, 1972 (1972-12-21)
6	"Kiss the Dream Goodbye"	February 17, 1973 (1973-02-17)
7	"Girl on the Run"	February 24, 1973 (1973-02-24)
8	"In Case of Emergency, Notify Clint Eastwood"	March 3, 1973 (1973-03-03)

References

1. Fitzgerald, Ted. "Frank Dain." The Thrilling Detective Web Site.

External links

• Jigsaw at IMDb