Crane - Season 2

First aired: 1/13/1964 13 episodes

The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop Colonel Mahmoud.

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Episodes

1. The Death of Marie Vetier

Aired: 1/13/1964

A beautiful and desperate women brings murder and treachery into Crane's life. The smuggler learns the hard way just how dangerous such a combination can be.

2. Epitaph for a Fat Woman

Aired: 1/20/1964

When his friend's son fails to arrive home from school, Crane and Orlando follows a trail that leads to death and heartbreak for his group of friends.

3. Dead Reckoning

Aired: 1/27/1964

Despite his reservations to do so, Crane allows himself to become involved in getting a man out of prison - unfortunately for all concerned, the man is very nasty piece of work - and Crane nearly gets killed in the attempt.

4. Picture of My Brother

Aired: 2/3/1964

Faced with bringing The Venda gang - a ruthless bunch of killers - the justice, Colonel Mahmoud seeks Crane's help, and all hell breaks lose on the Morocco streets.

5. Two Rings for Danger

Aired: 2/10/1964

The brother of a murdered man becomes suspicious when he's told that Crane was the last person to see his brother alive. So does Colonel Mahmoud - and that spells trouble for Crane.

6. Death Is a Black Camel

Aired: 2/17/1964

Mahmoud and Crane share an uneasy alliance. The policeman must solve a baffling case, and Crane is asked to keep a strange rendezvous - a meeting from which he may not return

7. The Secret Assassin

Aired: 2/24/1964

Crane is invited to the palace of Mouley Ahmed as his honoured guest. But the reception he gets give him cause to doubt the true nature of his 'friend' invitation.

8. A Mouthful of Ashes

Aired: 3/2/1964

When Crane gives Orlando a ticket for the theatre, he has no idea that he is sending his friend into danger - or that he himself will become involved before the day is through.

9. Recoil

Aired: 3/9/1964

When the Contessa d'Avezzano invites Crane and Orlando to her villa, she has more than a dinner date on her mind. It's an invitation to murder - with Crane as the main course.

10. Gypsy's Warning

Aired: 3/16/1964

When Philipe plans to take revenge on a police informer, a turn of the cards from Gypsy leads Crane into violence ans murder - and the shadow of death looms dark over his friends.

11. Knife in the Dark

Aired: 3/23/1964

Orlando is suspected of murder. That night he left Crane's café after a quarrel, and the following morning he was found on the beach with blood on his hands.

12. Murder Is Waiting

Aired: 3/30/1964

A killer lies hidden in Casablanca. The police are on his trial - and so is Crane who, after receiving a strange invitation, finds himself with mortal danger.

13. Man Without a Past

Aired: 4/6/1964

Crane finds himself up against a group of a thieves who have decided that the only way to stop Crane clearing an innocent man's name is to have shot on sight.