The Name of the Game
★ 7.0·1968·3 seasons · 76 episodes·Series
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Synopsis
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Episodes
1E1Fear of High PlacesJeff Dillon investigates the death of a beautiful model, which involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post.75m2E2The WitnessWhen a Mafia informant is assassinated, Dan Farrell, senior editor of Crime Magazine, looks for the only other witness to a major mob crime. She allegedly committed suicide eight years earlier.73m3E3The TakerCrime Magazine publisher Glenn Howard refuses to support a powerful businessman who backs a crooked political candidate and finds himself in a battle of wits over the takeover of his publishing empire.75m4E4Collector's EditionPhotographer Peter Max had once saved Jeff Dillon's life when the two were on assignment in Vietnam. Now Max is accused of murder, and he's counting on Dillon's help in clearing his name.75m5E5NightmareDan Farrell patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.75m6E6Incident in BerlinGlenn Howard goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors, who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.74m7E7Shine On, Shine On, Jesse GilA woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.75m8E8Lola in LipstickWhile in Rome, publisher Glenn Howard finds corruption, illicit romance and narcotics at every turn.74m9E9The ProtectorGlenn Howard goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.74m10E10OrdealA woman sitting on death row hopes that Dan Farrell can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.75m11E11The White BirchGlenn Howard travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.75m12E12High On A RainbowWhen drugs start appearing in the hands of schoolchildren, Dan Farrell and Peggy pose as a truck driver and car-hop as they investigate a narcotics ring.75m13E13The Black AnswerJeff Dillon is investigating the fire-bombing death of a black newspaper editor who advocated nonviolence. The chief suspect is Joe X. Lee, a leading black militant.75m14E14Pineapple RosePeggy Maxwell is kidnapped while digging up information on a famous rock star.73m15E15The RevolutionaryGlenn Howard helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.75m16E16Swinger's OnlyFarrell (RS) takes a hand in the investigation of a murder at a ""Swinging Singles"" apartment. The victim is the mistress of one of Farrell's editors. The wife of the victim who despite her despair over her husband's pecadilloes urges Farrell to find the guilty party.73m17E17The InquiryHoward (GB) is called before a Senate committee to answer charges that he stole a fortune in U.S. Army funds while serving with the OSS in Italy during World War II.75m18E18The Incomparable Connie WalkerConway ""Connie"" Walker is the first black mayor of a large unnamed city. In addition to suffering the slings and arrows of racism, Walker is the target of accusations that he has been accepting kickbacks. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates when a city accountant is murdered.75m19E19Love-In At Ground ZeroHoward (GB) is kidnapped by a group of protestors who demand he witness their suicide and then write an expose of the army's testing of chemical warfare weapons.75m20E20The Suntan MobDan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.75m21E21Keep the Doctor AwayJeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.75m22E22The Bobby Currier StoryCurrier (Brandon de Wilde) is a young, small-town perennial loser. He kidnaps the daughter of the local sheriff and goes on a murder spree. Dan Farrell (RS) tries to unearth the circumstances that turned the hapless Currier into a murderer.75m23E23A Wrath of AngelsDan Farrell (RS) investigates as a man and a priest try to clean up the slums and end up having a showdown with a powerful Mafioso.75m24E24The Third ChoiceHoward (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.75m25E25Breakout To A Fast BuckDan Farrell (RS ) is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor, who didn't want to join his fellow cons in their breakout. Farrell suspects that the contractor is being sprung in order to help break into one of the buildings that he designed.75m26E26An Agent of the PlaintiffHoward (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.75m
