Miami Undercover

Miami Undercover is a low-budget 30-minute^[1] American crime drama series that aired in broadcast syndication in 1961 for a total of 38 episodes. The series stars Lee Bowman (who had previously played sleuth Ellery Queen on television) and boxer-turned-actor Rocky Graziano.^[2] Most episodes were shot on location in Miami.

Miami Undercover
Genre	Crime drama
Directed by	Howard W. Koch
Starring	Lee Bowman Rocky Graziano
Theme music composer	Johnny Green
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producers	Howard W. Koch Aubrey Schenck
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Ziv-United Artists
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	January 23 (1961-01-23) – October 9, 1961 (1961-10-09)

Synopsis

Jeff Thompson is a private investigator working for the Miami Hotel Owners' Association. Each episode featured "a different beauty contest winner".^[3]

Cast

• Lee Bowman as Jeff Thompson^[1]
• Rocky Graziano as Rocky^[1]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Thrush"	Howard W. Koch	Steve Fisher	January 23, 1961 (1961-01-23)
2	"Calypso Lady"	Unknown	Unknown	January 30, 1961 (1961-01-30)
3	"Damita"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 1961 (1961-02-06)
4	"The Clown"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1961 (1961-02-13)
5	"Bet Your Death"	Howard W. Koch	Ellis Kadison	February 20, 1961 (1961-02-20)
6	"Miss Venus"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 1961 (1961-02-27)
7	"Miss Miami Beach"	Unknown	Unknown	March 6, 1961 (1961-03-06)
8	"Triple Cross"	Unknown	Unknown	March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13)
9	"One Hour to Noon"	Unknown	Unknown	March 20, 1961 (1961-03-20)
10	"Cha Cha Caper"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 1961 (1961-03-27)
11	"The Tom Dane Story"	Unknown	Unknown	April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03)
12	"Precious Jade"	Unknown	Unknown	April 10, 1961 (1961-04-10)
13	"Wrong Pigeon"	Howard W. Koch	Story by : P.K. Palmer Teleplay by : John C. Higgins	April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17)
14	"Sunken Treasure"	Howard W. Koch	Gerald Drayson Adams	April 24, 1961 (1961-04-24)
15	"Murder After Death"	Unknown	Unknown	May 1, 1961 (1961-05-01)
16	"Blowup"	Unknown	Unknown	May 8, 1961 (1961-05-08)
17	"The Rocky Caper"	Unknown	Unknown	May 15, 1961 (1961-05-15)
18	"Kitty"	Unknown	Unknown	May 22, 1961 (1961-05-22)
19	"Operation Hurricane"	Unknown	Unknown	May 29, 1961 (1961-05-29)
20	"Cukie Dog"	Unknown	Unknown	June 5, 1961 (1961-06-05)
21	"The Assassin"	Unknown	Unknown	June 12, 1961 (1961-06-12)
22	"The Baby Sitter"	Unknown	Unknown	June 19, 1961 (1961-06-19)
23	"A Bullet Waits"	Unknown	Unknown	June 26, 1961 (1961-06-26)
24	"Mystery of the Swamp"	Unknown	Unknown	July 3, 1961 (1961-07-03)
25	"Auto Motive"	Unknown	Unknown	July 10, 1961 (1961-07-10)
26	"Demise of an Artist"	Unknown	Unknown	July 17, 1961 (1961-07-17)
27	"The Big Frame"	Unknown	Unknown	July 24, 1961 (1961-07-24)
28	"The Swami"	Unknown	Unknown	July 31, 1961 (1961-07-31)
29	"Room 9"	Unknown	Unknown	August 7, 1961 (1961-08-07)
30	"Credit Unlimited"	Unknown	Unknown	August 14, 1961 (1961-08-14)
31	"The Victims"	Unknown	Unknown	August 21, 1961 (1961-08-21)
32	"Study in Mosaic"	Unknown	Unknown	August 28, 1961 (1961-08-28)
33	"Tiny Thief Caper"	Unknown	Unknown	September 4, 1961 (1961-09-04)
34	"The Lethal Ledger"	Unknown	Unknown	September 11, 1961 (1961-09-11)
35	"A Woman's Weapon"	Unknown	Unknown	September 18, 1961 (1961-09-18)
36	"School for Girls"	Lee Sholem	Herbert Abbott Spiro	September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25)
37	"Goodbye to Joan"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02)
38	"Storm Over Diana"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1961 (1961-10-09)

Production

United Artists' (UA) Aubrey Schenck-Howard W. Koch Productions filmed 38 episodes of Miami Undercover in Florida in the fall of 1959. Limited time slots for syndicated series and an excess of shows that featured private investigators resulted in the show's not being broadcast until January 1961. By then UA had acquired Ziv Productions, whose sales people helped to gain 141 markets for the show. An additional factor was that the UA-Ziv combination had no other new programs to meet its commitments for January 1961.^[3]