The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to July 1961. The series, which stars Rick Jason, was produced by Ziv Television Productions.

The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Leo Gordon John Abernathy
Starring	Rick Jason
Theme music composer	David Rose
Composer	David Rose
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producer	Frederick Ziv
Production location	Los Angeles, California
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 mins.
Production company	Ziv-United Artists
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	October 18, 1960 (1960-10-18) – July 1, 1961 (1961-07-01)

Overview

The series follows an insurance investigator, Robin Scott (Jason), who worked big cases for a ten percent finder's fee. The series also features Jean Blake Fleming as Phyllis Collier. The half-hour black-and-white episodes ran in syndication from 1960 to 1961.

The series was the first to feature karate with Ed Parker as a technical adviser.^[1] According to actor Rick Jason in his autobiography Scrapbooks of My Mind,^{[2][page needed]} "I said I would do the show if I could use Karate, not carry a gun. 'The man,' I proposed, 'will be his own moving weapon.'"

The show was often tongue-in-cheek, showing Rick Scott as a ladies' man who spent as much time looking for women as for retrieving the stolen goods.

Cancellation

The series was cancelled after one season due to the illness of star Rick Jason. He was in traction after the first season to treat his sciatica.^{[2][page needed]} The following year Rick Jason was hired for his most memorable role as 2nd Lieutenant Gil Hanley in the ABC WWII-based series Combat!, which was produced from 1962 to 1967.