Crane - Season 3

First aired: 10/26/1964 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. Death Is a Closed Door

Aired: 10/26/1964

Through he desperately wishes to do so, Crane cannot help when a friend seeks his aid on a mission of great importance which could save the life life of a threatened man.

2. T.N.T.

Aired: 11/2/1964

In the hands of experts, dynamite holds few dangers. But in the hands of men determined to use the explosive for their own greedy ambitions, it can - and does - become a dangerous threat to Crane's life.

3. The Third Bullet

Aired: 11/9/1964

A telephone call from an unknown woman puts Crane in the firing line - and the assassin's bullet has name on it. Can Mahmoud find the killer before Crane ceases to be a 'problem'?

4. A Danger to Others

Aired: 11/16/1964

When Julie Lamont disappears, Crane and Orlando are asked to find her, but their investigations lead them to believe that the girl has been abducted - and most likely murdered. Neither are ready for the surprises in store.

5. Death Walks Beside Me

Aired: 11/23/1964

When his old friend Johnnie comes to Crane for help, the smuggler believes his request is impossible. Or is it? Crane must decide one way or the other - Johnnie's life depends on it.

6. The Man with the Big Feet

Aired: 11/30/1964

When a local mystic called The Master relates a prophecy of death to Orlando. Crane must decide if his powers are real - or simply a cover for something far more mysterious.

7. In Trust Find Treason

Aired: 12/7/1964

When Colonel Mahmoud's reputation comes under threat. Crane finds himself coming to Mahmoud's defence - news that breaks Orlando's face into laughter. He soon regret his merriment.

8. The Painted Lady

Aired: 12/14/1964

Crane's meeting with Louisa May have been chance, but what happens shortly afterwards is cold-blooded and deliberate - and Crane has cause to rue the day he met the girl.

9. Moving Target

Aired: 12/21/1964

When Colonel Mahmoud's life comes under threat from an old enemy - a military man out to seek revenge - Crane once again steps into the firing line in an attempt to save the policeman's life.

10. A Cargo of Cornflour

Aired: 12/28/1964

Offered a job transporting a cargo of flour, Crane becomes when his employers refuse to allow him to inspect the cargo prior to shipment, and his crew (Orlando) goes missing.

11. A Violent Animal

Aired: 1/4/1965

A new threat to Crane's existence arrives in Morocco - a man brought from the mainland to execute our hero. It appear that Crane's smuggling activities have made him enemies - one of whom wants him dead.

12. The Death of Karaloff

Aired: 1/11/1965

Colonel Mahmoud has a problem. He's been ordered to keep Karaloff, a known criminal and a sworn enemy of Mahmoud's, alive, but he's loath to do so - so the policeman seeks Crane's help.

13. The Man in the Gold Waistcoat

Aired: 1/18/1965

If it hadn't been for the waistcoat, Crane wouldn't have become involved in the death of a man found in the desert. He did become involved - and now he's running for his life from a band of men intent on killing him.