The Adventures of Nick Carter

The Adventures of Nick Carter
GenreCrime
Created byOrmond G. Smith
John R. Coryell
Based onNick Carter (character)
Screenplay byKen Pettus
Directed byPaul Krasny
Theme music composerJohn Andrew Tartaglia
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
Executive producerRichard Irving
ProducersStanley Kallis
Arthur Hilton
Production locationUniversal City, California
EditorRobert F. Shugrue
Running time73 minutes
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 20, 1972 (1972-02-20)

The Adventures of Nick Carter was a television film/ pilot that aired on ABC Feb 20, 1972.[1][2]

Plot

The film begins with a cold opening that shows a man in a bowler hat chases an elderly man through the streets of turn of the century New York, eventually cornering and shooting him. The opening credits then roll and the audience is introduced to the main character, private detective Nick Carter sparing in a boxing match. He is soon informed by his secretary that his friend and mentor Sam Bates has been murdered. After viewing his body at the morgue Carter tries to determine who killed him, as the police force seems apathetic. His first lead is his friends last employer, Otis Duncan and his two sons, one of whose wives has recently gone missing. Carter is hired to find the missing woman while also investigating Bates death, which leads him through a complex noir style plot that leads him discover crime and corruption.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Derham Groves Sherlock in the Seventies; A Wild Decade of Sherlock Holmes Films [np] Verse Chorus Press, [nn]
  2. ↑ BFI Companion to Crime Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997 p.74
  3. ↑ Storyline
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