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Series · 1968–1971Ended

The Name of the Game

7.0·3 seasons·76 episodes·90 min avg.·United States of America

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.

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Fear of High Places
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Sep 20, 1968

Jeff Dillon investigates the death of a beautiful model, which involves an industrialist who is about to assume an important government post.

02
The Witness
The Witness
Sep 27, 1968

When 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.

03
The Taker
The Taker
Oct 4, 1968

Crime 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.

04
Collector's Edition
Collector's Edition
Oct 11, 1968

Photographer 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.

05
Nightmare
Nightmare
Oct 18, 1968

Dan Farrell patiently prepares to exact his revenge upon the robbers that murdered his wife.

06
Incident in Berlin
Incident in Berlin
Oct 25, 1968

Glenn Howard goes to Berlin to arrange the release of one of his top editors, who has been arrested in East Germany as a spy.

07
Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
Nov 1, 1968

A woman accuses a shrewd financial manipulator of being responsible for her brother's death.

08
Lola in Lipstick
Lola in Lipstick
Nov 8, 1968

While in Rome, publisher Glenn Howard finds corruption, illicit romance and narcotics at every turn.

09
The Protector
The Protector
Nov 15, 1968

Glenn Howard goes up against a bigoted millionaire who sets out to solve the nation's racial problems with his own private army.

10
Ordeal
Ordeal
Nov 22, 1968

A woman sitting on death row hopes that Dan Farrell can find enough evidence to prove that she did not murder her husband.

11
The White Birch
The White Birch
Nov 29, 1968

Glenn Howard travels to Prague, Czechoslovakia, where he and other rival journalists try to get custody of an ailing author's latest work.

12
High On A Rainbow
High On A Rainbow
Dec 6, 1968

When 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.

13
The Black Answer
The Black Answer
Dec 13, 1968

Jeff 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.

14
Pineapple Rose
Pineapple Rose
Dec 20, 1968

Peggy Maxwell is kidnapped while digging up information on a famous rock star.

15
The Revolutionary
The Revolutionary
Dec 27, 1968

Glenn Howard helps an exiled president of a South American nation regain control in the midst of a counter-revolution.

16
Swinger's Only
Swinger's Only
Jan 10, 1969

Farrell (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.

17
The Inquiry
The Inquiry
Jan 17, 1969

Howard (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.

18
The Incomparable Connie Walker
The Incomparable Connie Walker
Jan 24, 1968

Conway ""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.

19
Love-In At Ground Zero
Love-In At Ground Zero
Jan 31, 1968

Howard (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.

20
The Suntan Mob
The Suntan Mob
Feb 7, 1969

Dan Farrell (RS) convinces a moll to help him prove that the mafia is controlling a tiny island.

21
Keep the Doctor Away
Keep the Doctor Away
Feb 14, 1969

Jeff Dillon (TF) investigates a doctor who is really a bungling killer.

22
The Bobby Currier Story
The Bobby Currier Story
Feb 21, 1969

Currier (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.

23
A Wrath of Angels
A Wrath of Angels
Feb 28, 1969

Dan 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.

24
The Third Choice
The Third Choice
Mar 7, 1969

Howard (GB) tries to save a Howard Publications editor kidnapped by a man who hopes to use the ransom to overthrow an African government.

25
Breakout To A Fast Buck
Breakout To A Fast Buck
Mar 14, 1969

Dan 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.

26
An Agent of the Plaintiff
An Agent of the Plaintiff
Mar 21, 1969

Howard (GB) is the victim of a conspiracy hatched by his own attorney, the lovely-but-lethal Bethany Cromwell, and plaintiff Harold Wyler.

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