The Detectives: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons and on NBC during its third and final season. Robert Taylor stars as Detective Captain Matt Holbrook, the tough, no-nonsense head of an elite police investigative unit in a major U.S. city. Ostensibly, each man in Holbrook's hand-picked squad of detectives came from a different division. Lt. Johnny Russo (Tige Andrews) was from burglary, Lt. Jim Conway (Lee Farr) came from Homicide and Lt. Otto Lindstrom (Russell Thorson) was from the Bunco Squad. In the series' second season, Farr left the series and was replaced by Mark Goddard as Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard. Future Batman star Adam West joined the cast during the third season as Sgt. Steve Nelson.

Series details

• Title: The Detectives
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
• Premiere date: 1959-10-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1962-05-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28692
• IMDb ID: tt0052463
• TVDB ID: 77778

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Taylor — Det. Capt. Matt Holbrook
• Tige Andrews — Det. Lt. Johnny Russo
• Russell Thorson — Det. Lt. Otto Lindstrom
• Lee Farr — Det. Lt. Jim Conway
• Mark Goddard — Det. Sgt. Chris Ballard
• Adam West — Det. Sgt. Steve Nelson
• Ursula Thiess — Lisa Bonay
• Rita Lynn — Ella Russo
• Michael Harris — Baxter
• Joe Higgins — Archie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1959-10-16; final listed air date 1960-05-27; episode order: 33.
• Season 2: premiered 1960-09-16; final listed air date 1961-05-19; episode order: 34.
• Season 3: premiered 1961-09-29; final listed air date 1962-05-18; episode order: 30.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Detectives on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.