The Name of the Game (1968-71)
by bderoes | created - 4 months ago | updated - 4 months ago | PublicWhat a shame that this series doesn't stream/air somewhere. Come on, Universal! This is the list of eps in a box set I found on Etsy. NB: one vendor included the pilot, another wanted an additional $15 for it. Same price for 53 eps: just under US$1/ep +shipping. Video/audio quality are really not good, but watchable if you're eager to see these again. (Seems this is only 52 eps + pilot. Maybe I missed one?) Query to see the 24 missing eps (also detailed below): https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?lists=!ls526996641&series=tt0062591&title_type=tv_episode&sort=release_date,asc
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1. Fame Is the Name of the Game (1966 TV Movie)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
An investigative reporter looks into the murder of a call girl. His investigation unearths her diary, with the names of many prominent people in it. He sets out to find her killer from among the names contained in it.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Jill St. John, Jack Klugman, George Macready
Votes: 127
(pilot) disc 1
2.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Fear of High Places
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The mysterious death of a woman who claimed to be the mistress of a married public figure sends Jeff Dillon investigating.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Robert Webber, Claudine Longet, Jeanne Crain
Votes: 37
disc 1
3.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Witness
(1968)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Jean Thorndyke is the woman who knows too much - and Dan Farrell must find her before her murderous husband can silence her.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Robert Stack, Joan Hackett, Ruth Roman, Joseph Campanella
Votes: 19
disc 1
4.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Taker
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard must cope with a hostile takeover bid by the unscrupulous Arthur Jellicoe.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Gene Barry, Burl Ives, Bradford Dillman, Lois Nettleton
Votes: 24
disc 1
5.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Collectors' Edition
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dillon's life was saved in Vietnam by photographer Peter Max; now, Max is in big trouble and Dillon must help.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, John Saxon, Nina Foch, Paul Lukas
Votes: 13
disc 2
6.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Nightmare
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Five years after his wife was shot dead in front of him, Dan Farrell has a chance to bring her killers to justice.
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Robert Stack, Martin Balsam, Steve Ihnat, Troy Donahue
Votes: 25
disc 2
7.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Incident in Berlin
(1968)
TV-PG | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When a Howard Publications employee's jailed in East Germany - charged as being a spy, Glenn Howard yours to negotiate his release.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Gene Barry, Anne Francis, Kevin McCarthy, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 16
disc 2
8.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Wealthy farmer Jesse Gil Macrae is a respected, popular figure in his community - but is he also a murderer? Jeff Dillon investigates.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Darren McGavin, Juliet Prowse, Gary Collins
Votes: 14
disc 2; missing Lola in Lipstick (1968)
9.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Protector
(1968)
TV-PG | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard takes on a right-wing multi-millionaire who may be planning some sort of coup with a private army.
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Gene Barry, Robert Young, Anne Baxter, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 17
disc 3; missing Ordeal (1968)
10.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The White Birch
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
August, 1968: as Russian tanks roll into Czechoslovakia, to crush the Prague Spring, Glenn Howard has a chance to have the manuscript is a new book smuggled out - a book he says is "political dynamite'.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Gene Barry, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Pete Duel, Bethel Leslie
Votes: 46
disc 3
11.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
High on a Rainbow
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Children in schools are getting access to dangerous drugs. Dan Farrell goes undercover to find the supplier.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: Robert Stack, Van Johnson, June Allyson, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 16
disc 3
12.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Black Answer
(1968)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When an African-American newspaper editor, a strong advocate of non-violence, is brutally murdered, a controversial militant is suspected. Jeff Dillon discovers the killing is more involved that first appears.
Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Susan Saint James, Ivan Dixon, Raymond St. Jacques
Votes: 14
disc 3
13.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Pineapple Rose
(1968)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Peggy is kidnapped - she's been mistaken for the sister of pop idol Lincoln Bridges. Howard's executive assistant Andy Hill leads the hunt for Peggy.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Cliff Potts, Susan Strasberg, Andrew Prine, Nancy Ames
Votes: 30
disc 4; missing The Revolutionary (1968)
14.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Swingers Only
(1969)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Kay Martin's husband has been mixing with some very dubious people - can the marriage be saved? Dan Farrell discovers a sinister secret behind the crowd of swingers Martin was mixing with following a girl's death.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Stack, Robert Lansing, Jack Klugman, Clu Gulager
Votes: 31
disc 4
15.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Inquiry
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When Howard is accused of stealing money during a combined OSS and resistance mission during WWII by an inimical senator at an appointment hearing, he proceeds to contact those involved in the mission to determine who took the money.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Gene Barry, Barry Sullivan, Jack Kelly, Fritz Weaver
Votes: 24
disc 4
16.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Incomparable Connie Walker
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Mayor Conway Walker is the victim of a smear campaign - or is he really corrupt? Jeff Dillon finds himself questioning his own loyalty.
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Ivan Dixon, Jay C. Flippen, Bernie Hamilton
Votes: 19
disc 4
17.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Love-In at Ground Zero
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Can Glenn Howard prevent a protest group from committing mass suicide?
Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Gene Barry, Keenan Wynn, Tisha Sterling, Henry Jones
Votes: 23
disc 5; missing The Suntan Mob (1969)
18.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Keep the Doctor Away
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Could the charming Dr. Evenhauer be a killer? Jeff Dillon overhears a nurse claim a patient friend should not have died and takes a closer interest in the physician.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, David Brian
Votes: 13
disc 5
19.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Bobby Currier Story
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Bobby Currier was always trouble just waiting to happen. Now he seems to have gone on a killing spree. Dan Farrell, taken prisoner by Currier, discovers an unexpected 'accomplice' has influenced his actions.
Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Robert Stack, Steve Forrest, Brandon De Wilde, Tisha Sterling
Votes: 9
disc 5
20.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
A Wrath of Angels
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An idealistic priest takes on a ruthless wealthy slum landlord, alerting Dan Farrell to the plight of poor tenants.
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Robert Stack, Ricardo Montalban, John Kerr, Burr DeBenning
Votes: 17
disc 5
21.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Third Choice
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
What is the link between the kidnapping of one of Glenn Howard's editors and an attempt to overthrow an African government?
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Gene Barry, Cliff Potts, Shirley Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 11
disc 6
22.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Breakout to a Fast Buck
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Crime Magazine's Dan Farrell is alerted to a prison break, and discovers it directly relates to a major crime, which had been planned months in advance.
Director: Michael Caffey | Stars: Robert Stack, Barry Nelson, Arthur O'Connell, Lorraine Gary
Votes: 18
disc 6
23.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
An Agent of the Plaintiff
(1969)
TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Whilst visiting London, Glenn Howard finds himself being sued for libel.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Gene Barry, Honor Blackman, Maurice Evans, Brian Bedford
Votes: 18
disc 6; missing Lady on the Rocks (1969)
24.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
A Hard Case of the Blues
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Blues singer Jessie Boone seems to have been swindled out of $200,000 by her manager. The curious thing is, she doesn't seem to care. Dan Farrell investigates but then becomes involved with Jesse.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Stack, Sharon Farrell, Michael Anderson Jr., Norman Fell
Votes: 26
disc 6
25.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Blind Man's Bluff
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Art Traeger was blinded when someone threw acid in his face. Now, he's planning his revenge with a sight restoring operation, but Jeff Dillon senses something more to it.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Jack Klugman, Michele Carey, Denny Miller
Votes: 14
disc 7; missing The Emissary (1969)
26.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Chains of Command
(1969)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell investigates goings-on a small rural prison whose inmates are being used as slave labor.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Robert Stack, Pernell Roberts, Steve Ihnat, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 18
disc 7
27.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Goodbye Harry
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Top scientist Harry Roarke has disappeared - has he fled to Cuba, as most people believe, or is he still in the United States? Freelance newsman Sam Hardy, with Peggy Maxwell, investigate on behalf of Howard Publications.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Darren McGavin, James Whitmore, Dane Clark, Strother Martin
Votes: 20
disc 7
28.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Give Till It Hurts
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell investigates charity fund-raiser Walter Grayson - and starts getting threats.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Robert Stack, Dennis Weaver, Diane Baker, Larry Storch
Votes: 13
disc 7
29.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Perfect Image
(1969)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Mayor John Adrian has a squeaky-clean image and has been endorsed by Howard Publications. Might he be too good to be true? Publisher Glenn Howard investigates.
Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Gene Barry, Hal Holbrook, Diana Hyland, Clu Gulager
Votes: 16
disc 8; missing The Prisoner Within (1969) missing The Civilized Men (1969) missing High Card (1969) missing The Power (1969)
30.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Laurie Marie
(1969)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
When Laurie Marie goes missing, a reward is offered, attracting all kinds of strange characters. Jeff Dillon becomes suspicious of a reclusive millionaire when his land falls within the search area.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Peter Mark Richman, Antoinette Bower, John Kerr
Votes: 14
disc 8
31.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Tradition
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
On a Greek island, Glenn Howard and a young Greek woman, Thalia, face danger and possibly even death for defying an ancient tradition.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Gene Barry, Ina Balin, Nico Minardos, Susan Saint James
Votes: 14
disc 8
32.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Brass Ring
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell befriends a young boxer and suspects he may be under pressure to throw a fight.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Stack, Van Johnson, Tim O'Connor, Jack Carter
Votes: 10
disc 8
33.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Island of Gold and Precious Stones
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
After a multi-millionaire dies, Dillon investigates the source of his vast wealth - greatly to the displeasure of certain others.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Lee Meriwether, Henry Jones, Hazel Court
Votes: 17
disc 9
34.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Takeover
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Howard is asked by the U.S. to assess the quality of a monk headed interim regime in which the former ruler and a friend of Howard's has disappeared on charges of treasury theft which charge Howard believes is a lie of a corrupt military.
Director: Herbert Kenwith | Stars: Gene Barry, Anne Baxter, David Sheiner, Michael Ansara
Votes: 14
disc 9
35.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Garden
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
As a result of the residency of a friend's troubled daughter, Farrell investigates a therapy facility housed in a bucolic, isolated setting and run by a greedy and opportunistic psychiatrist.
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Kiley, Anne Francis, Brenda Scott
Votes: 16
disc 9
36.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Tarot
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Soon after talking to Glenn Howard, a young woman dies - seemingly by suicide. But when Glenn discovers her links to a coven of modern-day witches, he becomes suspicious that she was murdered.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Gene Barry, José Ferrer, Bethel Leslie, David Carradine
Votes: 19
disc 9
37.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The King of Denmark
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Has a lost Shakespeare manuscript been discovered? Or is it an elaborate fraud? Researching a story for Jeff Dillon, Peggy Maxwell finds herself at the center of a mystery.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Susan Saint James, Joseph Cotten, Noel Harrison
Votes: 15
disc 10; missing The Skim Game (1970) missing Man of the People (1970) missing Echo of a Nightmare (1970)
38.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Jenny Wilde Is Drowning
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Jeff Dillon tries to help aspiring actress Jenny Wilde in her career, but after a failed audition she appears to become suicidal repeatedly phoning a Disc Jockey's show, can Dillon dissuade her?
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Pamela Franklin, Susan Saint James, Frank Gorshin
Votes: 21
disc 10; missing One of the Girls in Research (1970)
39.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Other Kind of Spy
(1970)
TV-PG | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dillon investigates a company in which the research of his friend, a scientist of besmirched reputation , is being stolen and in which the company principals are less than committed to the company's success.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Anthony Franciosa, Leslie Nielsen, Joseph Campanella, Jeanette Nolan
Votes: 15
disc 10
40.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
So Long, Baby, and Amen
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell tries to save a girl from drug addiction.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Stack, Julie Harris, James Gregory, Harold J. Stone
Votes: 25
disc 10
41.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
A Love to Remember
(1970)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
At Forrest University's 25-year reunion, Glenn Howard encounters the beautiful, troubled Edwina Booker who claims Howard jilted her at the senior prom. After a late-night tryst she vanishes... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Gene Barry, Ray Milland, J.D. Cannon, Tom Bosley
Votes: 10
orig disc 14, now disc 10.5
42.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
(1970)
TV-PG | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Cynthia was once a jet-setter, but is now a recluse living on the island of Avalon. Paul Tyler sets out to interview her.
Director: Gene Levitt | Stars: Robert Culp, Barbara Feldon, Tom Skerritt, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 20
disc 11; missing Battle at Gannon's Bridge (1970) missing The Enemy Before Us (1970)
43.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Time Is Now
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard investigates when racial tensions seem likely to erupt on a campus.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto | Stars: Gene Barry, Jack Klugman, Yaphet Kotto, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 19
disc 11
44.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The War Merchants
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell investigates the murky world of international arms smuggling.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Robert Stack, Robert Wagner, Scott Brady, Frank Aletter
Votes: 13
disc 11
45.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Little Bear Died Running
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Reporter Paul Tyler investigates the murder of a Native American.
Director: Gene Levitt | Stars: Robert Culp, Steve Forrest, Simon Oakland, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 14
disc 11
46.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
All the Old Familiar Faces
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Someone is threatening Glenn Howard's life - is it the ruined arms dealer, the corrupt politician, the sleazy showbiz impresario or the phony evangelist? Or could it be someone quite different?
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Gene Barry, Burgess Meredith, Michael Constantine, Stephen McNally
Votes: 21
disc 12; missing I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1 (1970) missing I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2 (1970)
47.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Why I Blew Up Dakota
(1970)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Early McCorley is on trial for the murder of an artist, one much more famous and successful than himself. Dan Farrell probes if he really as deranged as people think.
Director: John Newland | Stars: Robert Stack, José Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Clu Gulager
Votes: 17
disc 12; missing Aquarius Descending (1970)
48.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Glory Shouter
(1970)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Popular preacher Ronald Payden has mounted a crusade - but someone is embezzling his funds, Dan Farrell investigates who.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Robert Stack, Howard Duff, William Shatner, Rachel Ames
Votes: 21
disc 12; missing A Sister from Napoli (1971)
49.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
LA 2017
(1971)
TV-PG | 74 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard, while driving to a Pollution Summit meeting, falls unconscious and finds himself somehow in the future year 2017 where remaining society lives underground due to contaminated air. Can he somehow return to 1971?
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Gene Barry, Barry Sullivan, Edmond O'Brien, Severn Darden
Votes: 313
disc 12; missing The Man Who Killed a Ghost (1971) missing Seek and Destroy (1971)
50.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
A Capitol Affair
(1971)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Why is columnist Victoria Stuart trying to destroy the career of a politician? Journalist Hallie Manville becomes involved.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Larry Hagman, Monte Markham, Leon Ames
Votes: 11
orig disc 16, now 12.5 missing The Savage Eye (1971)
51.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Appointment in Palermo
(1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard encounters some distinctly colorful underworld types when he visits the island of Sicily.
Director: Ben Gazzara | Stars: Gene Barry, Harry Guardino, John Marley, Gabriel Dell
Votes: 15
orig disc 17, now 13.5
52.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
Beware of the Watchdog
(1971)
TV-PG | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Dan Farrell discovers someone is trying to murder a famous consumer-rights activist.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Stack, Richard Kiley, Pernell Roberts, Diana Muldaur
Votes: 12
orig disc 15, now 14.5; missing The Broken Puzzle (1971)
53.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
The Showdown
(1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Glenn Howard researches the story of one of his ancestors - a colorful Old West character.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Gene Barry, Jessica Walter, Warren Oates, Albert Salmi
Votes: 14
orig disc 13, now 15.5
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