
Wire Service
Adventures of three globetrotting reporters working for an international wire service.
- 1956-1957
- 1 season
- ABC
- Drama
Adventures of three globetrotting reporters working for an international wire service.
Season 1 Episode Guide
39 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
The Blood Rock Mine
Thu, Oct 4, 1956 60 mins
Trans-Globe press reporter Dan Miller. Desert drama of uranium hunters in which Miller covers and sometimes acts as referee. Struggle of two prospectors and a treacherous lawyer in the hunt for uranium.
Episode 2
Campaign Trail
Thu, Oct 11, 1956 60 mins
Dean Evans is assigned to cover the campaign of a Presidential campaign who has been receiving death threats.
Episode 3
Hideout
Thu, Oct 18, 1956 60 mins
While waiting for a flight at a California airport Katherine Wells takes up the investigation of the murder of a jockey.
Episode 4
The Johnny Rath Story
Thu, Oct 25, 1956 60 mins
When two boys play around in a train yard, one is accidentally trapped in a refrigerator car that soon leaves, and the other boy can't recall details about the car. A huge search effort is mounted.
Episode 5
The Night of August 7th
Thu, Nov 1, 1956 60 mins
Reporter Dean Evans is summoned to the state prison, discovering the prisoners have called him to witness a cell block takeover and hear the prisoner's grievances.
Episode 6
Conspiracy
Thu, Nov 8, 1956 60 mins
A reporter assigned to write a human-interest story about a candidate for the office of Secretary of State hears rumors that he might be involved in an illegal shipment of arms, and she sets out to uncover the truth.
Episode 7
The Tower
Thu, Nov 15, 1956 60 mins
Miller is assigned to follow the story of a psychopath who is holding a priest captive in a church tower.
Episode 8
Deported
Thu, Nov 22, 1956 60 mins
Reporter Dean Evans goes to an Italian village to talk to a deported gangster and is unprepared for the violent reaction of the villagers.
Episode 9
Until I Die
Thu, Nov 29, 1956 60 mins
Reporter Katherine Wells covers the story of a teenager condemned to die for a murder he supposedly committed, however she suspects otherwise and proceeds to look for the real killer.
Episode 10
The Avengers
Thu, Dec 6, 1956 60 mins
Reporter Dan Miller interviews an American soldier who was released from a POW camp and uncovers that a former sergeant caused the death of another soldier that was imprisoned in the camp.
Episode 11
The Deep End
Thu, Dec 13, 1956 60 mins
A reporter suspects that Johnny, the star football player at the local high school, is actually a cold-blooded killer. He soon finds himself being stalked by Johnny, and the souped-up hot rod Johnny's driving makes it even more dangerous.
Episode 12
High Adventure
Thu, Dec 20, 1956 60 mins
Reporter Katherine Wells covers the story of the wife of a wealthy American tourist who has been abducted and held hostage in Italy. Wells becomes the go-between for the American and the leader of a bandit gang.
Episode 13
Chicago Exclusive
Thu, Jan 3, 1957 60 mins
The police get a tip on a killer from Evans, but he refuses to reveal his source.
Episode 14
World of the Lonely
Thu, Jan 10, 1957 60 mins
Episode 15
The Third Inevitable
Thu, Jan 17, 1957 60 mins
Episode 16
Flowers for the General
Thu, Jan 24, 1957 60 mins
A Central American dictator's trip to Mexico City might be spoiled: someone is planning to kill him.
Episode 17
The Comeback
Thu, Jan 31, 1957 60 mins
Episode 18
Atom at Spithead
Mon, Feb 11, 1957 60 mins
Attending the naval review in England, Miller meets an old Royal Navy officer friend and is let in on suspicions that one of an unfriendly nation's (implied that it's Russia)ships might be involved in a plot to set off a nuclear bomb during the opening ceremony.
Episode 19
El Hombre
Mon, Feb 18, 1957 60 mins
Episode 20
Profile of Ellen Gale
Mon, Feb 25, 1957 60 mins
Episode 21
Dateline Las Vegas
Mon, Mar 4, 1957 60 mins
Episode 22
Forbidden Ground
Mon, Mar 11, 1957 60 mins
Episode 23
No Peace in Lo Dao
Mon, Mar 18, 1957 60 mins
Kate Wells is sent to an emerging far eastern nation where an old king has a rival for power in the form of a rebel warlord known simply as "The Young General". They seem equal in strength and the people's esteem, but can't agree on the country's needs or pace of reforms. Negotiations are soon soured when a figure trusted by both is assassinated.
Episode 24
A Matter of Conscience
Mon, Mar 25, 1957 60 mins
Episode 25
Misfire
Mon, Apr 1, 1957 60 mins
Dean Evans covers a frontier days event in a western town where a local born movie star participates in a recreated old time robbery. However, a sniper shoots another of the re-en-actors, is caught, and insists he was aiming for the film actor, but Evans is unconvinced.
Episode 26
The Indictment
Mon, Apr 8, 1957 60 mins
Episode 27
Ninety and Nine
Mon, Apr 15, 1957 60 mins
Episode 28
The Oil Man
Mon, Apr 22, 1957 60 mins
Episode 29
Run, Sheep, Run
Mon, Apr 29, 1957 60 mins
Episode 30
The Death Merchant
Mon, May 6, 1957 60 mins
A small middle-European country has broken out in riots and unrest. Miller goes to interview the former Prime Minister, who retired after being succeeded by a longtime friend. It seems the new PM has come under the influence of an ex-Nazi industrialist who's trying to rig a revolution and end the nation's fragile democracy.
Episode 31
Violence Preferred
Mon, May 13, 1957 60 mins
Episode 32
The Last Laugh
Mon, May 20, 1957 60 mins
For an April Fool's day prank in Lisbon, Kate's fellow foreign correspondents work out an elaborate plot with men posing as spies, and a mysterious box that must reach an official in Tangiers. She's soon set wise to the plot, but goes through with it in the spirit of fun, but jewel thieves are also on to the plot, and switch the box with their own.
Episode 33
Confirm or Deny
Mon, May 27, 1957 60 mins
Episode 34
Four Minutes to Shoot
Mon, Jun 3, 1957 60 mins
As Evans and other reporters wait for a several times delayed atom bomb test in the Nevada desert, a pregnant Mexican girl stumbles into camp,looking desperately for her missing migrant worker husband. The pressmen look for him, but he's hiding out, obliviously in the restricted test area. She's sicker and sicker, and can only be saved if a rare blood type donor can be found.
Episode 35
The Washington Stars
Mon, Jun 10, 1957 60 mins
Episode 36
Death at Twin Pines
Mon, Jun 17, 1957 60 mins
After a local newspaper editor snaps a photo of a dead male, whose body was discovered on a deserted road, the corpse is recognized by reporter Dan Miller (Dane Clark) as a known gangster. Miller's employer (Trans World) dispatches him to the small town to continue the investigation to learn more details for another story.
Episode 37
The Nameless
Mon, Sep 9, 1957 60 mins
After a boy is kidnapped, his anxious parents reveal to Evans that they adopted him through illegal means, and that a whole black market baby organization exists. He investigates and finds the boy's natural father is the culprit, and he's now working with the same gang in New Orleans.
Episode 38
Rehearsal for Sabotage
Mon, Sep 16, 1957 60 mins
Episode 39
Escape to Freedom
Mon, Sep 23, 1957 60 mins