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Big Shamus, Little Shamus

Big Shamus, Little Shamus

1979 - 1979

Pilot

Episode 0
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The Canary

29th September 1979
Episode 1
Arnie becomes romantically involved with a beautiful singer who is making a comeback. A fake attempt on her life, staged for publicity, becomes twisted and the attempts become real.

The Abduction

6th October 1979
Episode 2
Arnie and a young heiress are held hostage en route to Max's Father's Day speech at school.

The Cover

2nd October 1979
Episode 3
Stephanie's cousin convinces Stephanie and Arnie to help him one last time. Only this time his con game kills a cop and almost kills Max.

The Ledge

18th October 1979
Episode 4
The diversion at the heist of a jeweler's trade show, an attempted suicide, is diverted by Max's friendship with the woman's daughter.

The Rubens

19th October 1979
Episode 5
The insurance agent for a company arranging a ""buy-back"" of a Rubens is mugged. Arnie becomes suspicious when the thief seems to know the insurance agent, and Arnie's investigation almost gets him killed.

The Bar Mitzvah

25th October 1979
Episode 6
Through Max's relationship with Paul, the Bar Mitzvah boy, Arnie learns Paul's mother is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer is killed, both Paul's mother and her husband come under suspicion.

The Loser

15th November 1979
Episode 7
Arnie unintentionally exposes a woman given a new identity by the FBI, and he now must protect her from the mob.

The Assassin

21st November 1979
Episode 8
Max eavesdrops on a phone call in which a hired killer is to murder Korman for revenge. Korman investigates with his computer, Arnie, who has common sense.

The Fanatics

4th December 1979
Episode 9
Stephanie, Jingles and Max accidentally become hostages when two fanatics plan to kill a civil rights leader who is staying at the hotel.
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Big Shamus, Little Shamus is an American detective drama series that aired on CBS from September 29, 1979 to October 6, 1979. The Series focused on Arnie Sutter, the veteran house detective at The Ansonia Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and his thirteen-year-old son Max, who solved crimes at the hotel casino relating to legalized gambling.

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