On this day in television history - The Detectives (1959-1962):

The Detectives

aka The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Captain of Detectives,

and Robert Taylor's Detectives,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1959,

and ran for three seasons until May 18, 1962.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, Arnold Laven, Arthur Hiller, Charles F. Haas, David Friedkin, David Lowell Rich, Dick Moder, Don McDougall, Don Medford, Don Weis, Felix E. Feist, Gerald Mayer, Harry Keller, James Clavell, James Neilson, James P. Yarbrough, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Lamont Johnson, Lawrence Dobkin, Lewis Allen, Murray Golden, Paul Landres, Paul Wendkos, Richard Carlson, Richard Donner, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Butler, Roger Kay, Stuart Rosenberg, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Tom Gries, Walter Doniger, William A. Graham, William F. Claxton.

Written by: A.I. Bezzerides, Alfred Brenner, Alvin Sapinsley, Anthony Boucher, Antony Ellis, Arthur Browne Jr., Barry Trivers, Borden Chase, Boyd Correll, Calvin Clements Sr., Christopher Knopf, Clark Howat, Curtis Kenyon, David P. Harmon, Don Brinkley, Donald S. Sanford, Ed Adamson, Elliot West, Ellis Marcus, Erna Lazarus, Gene Roddenberry, George Bruce, George W. George, Gordon Gordon, Harry Kronman, Henry F. Greenberg, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Herman Groves, Howard Dimsdale, Jack Laird, Jay Simms, John K. Butler, Joseph Petracca, Joseph Stefano, Judy George, Laurence E. Mascott, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Berg, Lee Karson, Leonard Freeman, Lewis Reed, Louis Pelletier, Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Morris, Michael Plant, Mildred Gordon, Milton S. Gelman, Mort Thaw, Norman T. Herman, Palmer Thompson, Patricia Chase, Peter Packer, Peter Stephens, Philip Saltzman, Richard Collins, Richard Morgan, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert C. Dennis, Robert J. Shaw, Stanley Niss, Sy Salkowitz.

Cast:

Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard, Lee Farr, Adam West, Ursula Thiess, Michael Harris, Rita Lynn, Joe Higgins, Johnny Seven, Arthur Batanides, Enid Jaynes, Marc Lawrence, Sandra Warner, Dabbs Greer, William Sargent, Adam Williams, John Anderson, Michael Parks, Sandra White, Al Ruscio, Laura Shelton, Alice Backes, Arlene Martel, Joe Mantell, John Milford, Naomi Stevens, Robert Brubaker, Bruce Gordon, Vera Miles, Jay Adler, Grace Lee Whitney, Diane Mountford, Aneta Corsaut, Jena Engstrom, Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Eileen Ryan, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox, Joey Faye, Sue England, Joan Marshall, Bernard Fein, Denise Alexander, John Considine, Augusta Merighi, William Tannen, Jack Holland, Jean Allison, Hazel Shermet, Philip Bourneuf, Kay Stewart, Larry Breitman, Mel Carter, Marc Cavell, Jay Strong, John Larkin, Morris D. Erby, George E. Mather, Hugh Sanders, Arthur Malet, Joe Turkel, Adrianne Ellis, Adrienne Hayes, Alice Allyn, Alice Frost, Amzie Strickland, Anita Sands, Barbara Nichols, Brian G. Hutton, Bruce Dern, Catherine Mazzola, Cathy O'Donnell, Charles McGraw, Claire Carleton, Danielle Aubry, Darlene Fields, Diane Ladd, Dianne Foster, Donna Douglas, Dyan Cannon, Edward G. Robinson, Ellen Burstyn, Eva Gabor, Fay Spain, George Conrad, Inger Stevens, James Coburn, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Joseph Sargent, Joyce Van Patten, L.Q. Jones, Lawrence Tierney, Lee Meriwether, Marianna Hill, Marion Ross, Marsha Hunt, Martin Landau, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Anderson, Robert Culp, Telly Savalas.