Whirlybirds (1957)
Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through January 18, 1960. It was produced by Desilu Studios . The show centered around Chuck Martin (Kenneth Tobey) and Pete (P.T.) Moore (Craig Hill), owners of 'Whirlybirds, Inc', who flew their helicopter (N975B) between Longwood Field and anywhere where they could be of help to someone in trouble.
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Episode 1 - A Matter Of Trust
Release Date: 1959-04-06Chuck and P.T. had known Mrs. Dudley for years. They obliged when she asked for a lift up to her summer home, only to discover that the bank where Mrs. Dudley worked had been robbed the night before.
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Episode 2 - Guilty Of Old Age
Release Date: 1959-04-13New and old methods of handling juvenile offenders come into violent conflict as Chuck and P.T. become involved in a police department’s attempt to modernize.
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Episode 3 - Christmas In June
Release Date: 1959-04-20Chuck and P.T. get a strange request from a little girl to fly her to the North Pole to get a “new daddy” for Christmas.
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Episode 4 - Til Death Do Us Part
Release Date: 1959-04-27Forester to Mexico. But when they arrive at the Forester residence, everyone denies having made the call.
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Episode 5 - Time Limit
Release Date: 1959-05-04Chuck and P.T. get mixed up with a gang of safecrackers who wear women's clothes to escape. They hire our boy's to transport them to a fishing cabin.
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Episode 6 - Experiment X-74
Release Date: 1959-05-11Chuck is captured by a nest of spies while tracking down a stolen Air Force experimental jet.
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Episode 7 - His Brothers Keeper
Release Date: 1959-05-18A dead police lieutenant's brother hires the Whirlybirds to help him flush from hiding a mobster Who killed his brother.
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Episode 8 - Obsession
Release Date: 1959-05-25Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
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Episode 9 - The Challenge
Release Date: 1959-06-01Dr. Clark Evans secludes himself at a mountain retreat when one of his patients dies in surgery. He doesn't believe a message that his daughter is afflicted with the same disease his patient had.
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Episode 10 - The Big Lie
Release Date: 1959-06-08A boy's tendency to tell lies about famous people leads to him to an encounter with some small-time hoods. He is cured of his habit after an adventure with Chuck and P.T.
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Episode 11 - Without A Net
Release Date: 1959-06-15A circus high-wire comedian comes out of retirement and faces a dramatic challenge to his shaky nerves.
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Episode 12 - The Fugitive
Release Date: 1959-06-22A wedding anniversary celebration backfires when the husband is arrested and taken to jail. Possible Synopsis: The Whirlybirds are hired to fly a couple to their wedding anniversary vacation spot. They discover some uninvited guests in the persons of the police.
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Episode 13 - The Perfect Crime
Release Date: 1959-06-29A strange old man confesses to every major crime in town, including a murder and a politically minded mayor orders him jailed, for his own safekeeping. Chuck and P.T. have their hands full when lynch mobs start to gather.
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Episode 14 - The Unknown Solider
Release Date: 1959-07-06A young woman who believes her husband to have died in Korea plans to remarry. Shortly thereafter she receives a demand for money for late husband. The husband "returns from the grave" to plague his wife, who enlists the aid of the Whirlybirds.
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Episode 15 - Two of a Kind
Release Date: 1959-07-13A man who bears an uncanny resemblance to a condemned criminal hires Chuck and P.T. for a helicopter trip.
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Episode 16 - In Ways Mysterious
Release Date: 1959-07-20A disillusioned minister regains his religious faith when a helicopter helps perform a "miracle".
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Episode 17 - The Deadly Game
Release Date: 1959-07-27The Whirlybirds run into a first-class mystery when all of a young lady’s clues on a scavenger hunt prove to be deadly booby traps.
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Episode 18 - Bankrupt Alibi
Release Date: 1959-08-03A father commits a hit-and-run crime and persuades his son to take the blame to save his reputation as a prominent citizen.
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Episode 19 - The Black Maria
Release Date: 1959-08-10An escaped convict detours long enough to force his seriously ill wife to leave the hospital and flee with him.
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Episode 20 - Sitting Duck
Release Date: 1959-08-17While in the air, Chuck and P.T. see a woman being strangled near an isolated farm house but on landing are unable to find the killer.
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Episode 21 - Wanted: Alive
Release Date: 1959-08-24An overdue plane sets the Whirlybirds off on a desert search. A murderer tries to make his crime look like an accident but he forgets one small item.
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Episode 22 - The Deacon
Release Date: 1959-08-31A glib-tongued deacon hires the Whirlybirds to transport him to a preaching engagement in a nearby city. When some toughs threaten the deacon at the airport, Chuck and P.T. begin to doubt his integrity.
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Episode 23 - Rita Ames Is Missing
Release Date: 1959-09-07A publicity stunt that suddenly is for real lands a young movie actress in a jam. Chuck and P.T. are hired to fly her to a secret rendezvous to meet her fiancé.
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Episode 24 - The Story Of Mary Scott
Release Date: 1959-09-14A police lieutenant hires the Whirlybirds to help him explore the past of a young girl who has committed suicide.
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Episode 25 - Pink Is For Death
Release Date: 1959-09-21Young Davey Richards mistakes a lethal poison for soda pop. The police can’t locate the only man who knows the exact nature of the poison.
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Episode 26 - Star Witness
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Episode 27 - Mr. Jinx
Release Date: 1959-10-05Chuck and P.T. fly a newspaper reporter to an isolated hard-labor camp and end up being wanted by the police.
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Episode 28 - File 777
Release Date: 1959-10-12Chuck and P.T. refuse to give information to a tough-looking man named Grimes about the whereabouts of Sydney Evans, one of their customers. Grimes, later that night breaks into the Whirlybirds' files.
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Episode 29 - Hot Cargo
Release Date: 1959-10-19The father of a condemned boy vows to kill the governor. He hires the Whirlybirds to take him to a fair where he can get some aerial photos of the governor making a speech.
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Episode 30 - Shoot Out
Release Date: 1959-10-26A British-born rancher predicts his death to the Whirlybirds and asks them to spread his ashes over a beautiful site in the country after his death.
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Episode 31 - Man, You Kill Me
Release Date: 1959-11-02A jazzman who has been chauffered to a nightclub date by Whirlybirds is found murdered- Chuck and P.T. turn in the logical suspect.
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Episode 32 - Dead Wrong
Release Date: 1959-11-19A waitress serves a man who looks exactly like her boy friend, a bank robber on the lam. She plots to turn him over to the police.
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Episode 33 - Four Little Indians
Release Date: 1960-01-18An escaped convict has vowed to kill the four people who sent him up, including Chuck and P.T.