Dante

30min

Drama

Dante is a short-lived NBC adventure/drama television series starring Howard Duff as Willie Dante, a former gambler who operates Dante's Inferno, a San Francisco, California, nightclub. Alan Mowbray co-starred as Stewart Styles, the Maitre d'; Tom D'Andrea as Biff, Dante's "man Friday", and Mort Mills as police Lieutenant Bob Malone. Dante claims to have put his past behind him but has retained old associates Stewart and Biff. While his club is legitimate, neither the police nor the mob believe that he is truly finished with the criminal underworld. Dante's old associates in crime keep appearing at the club in efforts to lure him back to the underworld. Dick Powell had previously played Dante in eight episodes of his Four Star Playhouse, initially written by Blake Edwards, who had previously created the radio drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective for Powell. There, Willie operates an illegal gambling operation in the back room of the "Inferno", which police soon shut down. The only regular from the Four Star Playhouse version to be cast in the series as well was Mowbray, who had first played a millionaire named Jackson who had gambled away his fortune and then worked as one of Dante's waiters. These episodes were subsequently rebroadcast under the collective title The Best in Mystery.

Production Companies

Satyr Productions

Four Stars Productions

Episodes

Cast

One for the Birds

1. One for the Birds

30min

3rd Oct 1960

Opening Night

2. Opening Night

30min

10th Oct 1960

The Feline Traveler

3. The Feline Traveler

30min

17th Oct 1960

Dante's Dilemma

4. Dante's Dilemma

30min

31st Oct 1960

The Misfortunate Cookie

5. The Misfortunate Cookie

30min

7th Nov 1960

San Quentin Quill

6. San Quentin Quill

30min

14th Nov 1960

The Unclean Green

7. The Unclean Green

30min

21st Nov 1960

The Bavarian Barbarians

8. The Bavarian Barbarians

30min

28th Nov 1960

My Pal, The Bullseye

9. My Pal, The Bullseye

30min

5th Dec 1960

The Jolly Roger Cocktail

10. The Jolly Roger Cocktail

30min

19th Dec 1960

A Punch from Judy

11. A Punch from Judy

30min

26th Dec 1960

Don't Come On-A My House

12. Don't Come On-A My House

30min

2nd Jan 1961

Wine, Women, and Willie

13. Wine, Women, and Willie

30min

9th Jan 1961

Dial D for Dante

14. Dial D for Dante

30min

16th Jan 1961

The Devil to Pay

15. The Devil to Pay

30min

23rd Jan 1961

Dante Rides Again

16. Dante Rides Again

30min

30th Jan 1961

Dante's Fickle Fate

17. Dante's Fickle Fate

30min

6th Feb 1961

Aces and Eights

18. Aces and Eights

30min

13th Feb 1961

Light Lady, Dark Room

19. Light Lady, Dark Room

30min

20th Feb 1961

Not as a Canary

20. Not as a Canary

30min

27th Feb 1961

Pick a Peck of Diamonds

21. Pick a Peck of Diamonds

30min

6th Mar 1961

Dante in the Dark

22. Dante in the Dark

30min

13th Mar 1961

Hunter with a Badge

23. Hunter with a Badge

30min

20th Mar 1961

Friendly Assassin

24. Friendly Assassin

30min

27th Mar 1961

The Sesame Key

25. The Sesame Key

30min

3rd Apr 1961

Around a Dark Corner

26. Around a Dark Corner

30min

10th Apr 1961

First air date

3rd Oct 1960

Last air date

10th Apr 1961

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks