Martin Kane, Private Eye
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police depended on the year. The only constant was Hap...
🎭 Top Cast
🎬 Technical Specs
🏷️ Keywords
🎯 Categories
⭐ Featured Review
"Martin Kane, Private Eye is a ghost from television's prehistoric era. It debuted in 1949 and ran until 1954, airing on NBC Thursday nights at 10; I have vague memories of being allowed to see now and again it as a small child. Something about it stuck with me, and when I found selected episodes from a few of its seasons on videotape, I bit. The title character changed over the seasons, drawing from a roster of Hollywood has-beens. William Gargan was the first Kane (no reference to the Orson Welles movie seems to have been intended), followed by Lloyd Nolan, Lee Tracy and Mark Stevens..."
💡 Did You Know?
Over the course of five seasons of the show, four different actors played the lead character, Martin Kane. They were: William Gargan (Seasons 1-2), Lloyd Nolan (Season 3), Lee Tracy (Season 4), and Mark Stevens (Season 5). Gargan revived the role for one final season in the syndicated TV show, The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957), which was filmed on location in Europe, with Kane solving international cases.
📖 Synopsis
Private detective Martin Kane works in New York solving crimes. Depending on the year, Kane was either smooth and suave or hard bitten and the cooperation he received from the police depended on the year. The only constant was Hap...