The third and final volume of
Lost TV:
The Affairs of Peter Chambers (1959): Private detective series based on a character from magazines, books, and radio.
Created by Henry Kane Pseudonyms include Anthony McCall, Kenneth R. McKay & Mario J. Sagola (1918-88) PETER CHAMBERS is a swingin’ kinda guy, who started life referring to himself as a &#…
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The plot deals with fur thefts and murder. Pretty standard private eye stuff, but the narrative style is unusual. When a scene ends, the lighting fades to black except on Chambers, who talks directly to the viewer. The lights go back up, revealing a new scene.
Assignment: Mexico (1956): An American travel agent in Mexico City does undercover work for the Mexican police. (The back of the DVD box claims she's a CIA agent, but there's no hint of this in the episode.) The plot involves a crime lord planning to kill his wife for ratting on him, and hiring another guy to pretend to be him in order to throw the cops off the scent. Our heroine figures out the deception because the crime lord is a health nut, and the guy imitating him smokes, drinks, and eats meat!
Beach Patrol (1959): Cops work with the chief of a lifeguard station. (Don't picture a guy in swim trunks sitting at the top of a wooden tower watching the ocean. This is a guy in full uniform in an office.) The plot involves the murder of a crime lord, plotted by his girlfriend and some other guy. He gets shot while out fishing at night and the killer tosses the gun overboard. In a weird plot twist, the woman goes scuba diving to pick up the gun so she can blackmail the killer. It's kind of like
Baywatch without the cheesecake and beefcake; the cops wear full suits, ties, and hats while patrolling the beach.