Official Detective
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Don Martin
Lee Sholem
| Official Detective | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Anthology |
| Written by | Mort Briskin Don Martin |
| Directed by | Paul Guilfoyle Lee Sholem |
| Presented by | Everett Sloane |
| Theme music composer | Jack Shaindlin |
| Composer | E.C. Norton |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mort Briskin |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 mins. |
| Production companies | Desilu Productions National Telefilm Associates |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | 1957 – March 19, 1958 |
Official Detective is an American anthology television series which aired in syndication from 1957 to March 19, 1958. The series was hosted by veteran film actor Everett Sloane.[1]
The production of the first pilot was announced in December 1956.[2] The story dealt with the slaying of a woman where the main challenge is to identify the body.[3]
Mort Briskin was the producer,[4] and Lee Sholem was the director.[5] The episodes of Official Detective are archived at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in Los Angeles.[6] Episodes were produced for NTA at Desilu.[7]
Desilu employed professional detectives as technical advisers to ensure that procedures depicted in the program accurately represented real-life police work. Scripts were adapted from articles published in Official Detective magazine, and officials at the magazine reviewed the scripts' content for accuracy.[8]
