The Great Detective (1979)
The Great Detective is a Canadian television drama, which aired on CBC from 1979 to 1982. It starred Douglas Campbell and James Dugan.
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Episode 1 - Train of Events
Release Date: 1980-01-02When anarchists are rumored to be planning a train robbery of gold bars, Cameron double checks security. Even so, when the non-stop train reaches Toronto, the gold is nowhere to be seen.
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Episode 2 - The Eye of Clarkie Blackburn
Release Date: 1980-01-09An autopsy of a skull reveals a one-eyed man has been strangled. Sergeant Striker soon discovers it belonged to a "village idiot" who lived upriver, but how to uncover the culprit?
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Episode 3 - A Family Business
Release Date: 1980-01-16The Great Detective encounters a respectable middle-class family of counterfeiters.
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Episode 4 - Murder in Sepia
Release Date: 1980-01-23Cameron investigates the murder of photographer. Why did the killer destroy all the negatives in the dark room?
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Episode 5 - A Watery Grave
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Episode 6 - Spirit Guide
Release Date: 1980-02-06Inspector Cameron becomes involved in a discovery of what appears to be the mummy of a Viking. While investigating, he finds himself dealing with Madam Zorah, a medium.
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Episode 7 - The Man Who Died Twice
Release Date: 1980-02-13Inspector Cameron responds to a young boy's plea to save his father who is accused of murder at the mine where he works. The town's residents are in no mood to wait for a judge to get there
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Episode 8 - Too Many Cooks
Release Date: 1980-02-20Each of four employees of an eccentric, wealthy semi-invalid has an interest in adding spice to her life by loading a casserole with curry. After her death, all four raid the medical office for her post-mortem stomach, stored in