African Patrol
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | African Patrol |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1958-1959 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 39 in 1 season |
| genre | Detective film , adventure film |
| music | Phil Green |
| camera | Johnnie Johnson |
| cut | unknown |
| First broadcast | April 5, 1958 |
| occupation | |
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African Patrol is a British crime television series that was produced in the British colony of Kenya in 1957/58 . It was broadcast in syndication from April 5, 1958 to March 22, 1959 . Guest star was among others Honor Blackman , who appeared in three episodes in different roles. Even Benny Goodman starred in a series.
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The African Patrol is a colonial police unit whose officers are stationed in Nairobi . The criminal cases are processed by Chief Inspector Paul Derek, who has special criminal training.
Production background
Since a number of commercially successful adventure films with an exotic background (so-called safari films ) were made in Africa in the mid-1950s , George Breakston produced the series on location in Kenya, although an uprising against British colonial rule took place in the colony . Breakston had already produced the television series Dschungelboy in 1957 in collaboration with two American producers .
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast () |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | The Baboon Laughed | Apr 5, 1958 | |
| 2 | - | The Hunt | Apr 19, 1958 | |
| 3 | - | Bodango gold | Apr 26, 1958 | |
| 4th | - | Lost | May 3, 1958 | |
| 5 | - | The Accident | May 10, 1958 | |
| 6th | - | The Duel | 17th May 1958 | |
| 7th | - | Murder is Spelled LOVE | May 24, 1958 | |
| 8th | - | The Bad Samaritan | May 31, 1958 | |
| 9 | - | Hooded Death | June 8, 1958 | |
| 10 | - | Shooting Star | June 15, 1958 | |
| 11 | - | No science | June 22, 1958 | |
| 12 | - | Heart of gold | June 29, 1958 | |
| 13 | - | Counterfeit | July 6, 1958 | |
| 14th | - | Mombasa | July 13, 1958 | |
| 15th | - | Tycoon | July 20, 1958 | |
| 16 | - | Hashish | July 27, 1958 | |
| 17th | - | Knife of Aesculapius | Aug 10, 1958 | |
| 18th | - | Killer from the Forest | Aug 17, 1958 | |
| 19th | - | Breakout | Aug 24, 1958 | |
| 20th | - | The girl | Aug 31, 1958 | |
| 21st | - | Missing Doctor | Sep 7 1958 | |
| 22nd | - | Dead shot | Sep 14 1958 | |
| 23 | - | The abduction | 21 Sep 1958 | |
| 24 | - | The Silver Story | 28 Sep 1958 | |
| 25th | - | Black Ivory | Oct 5, 1958 | |
| 26th | - | The Robbery | Oct 12, 1958 | |
| 27 | - | No place to hide | Oct 26, 1958 | |
| 28 | - | The Mortimer Touch | Nov 2, 1958 | |
| 29 | - | Shadowed Light | Nov 16, 1958 | |
| 30th | - | Ghost country | Nov. 30, 1958 | |
| 31 | - | The sickness | Dec 14, 1958 | |
| 32 | - | Snake in the grass | Dec 28, 1958 | |
| 33 | - | The Speculator | Jan. 11, 1959 | |
| 34 | - | Hell Hath No Fury | Jan 25, 1959 | |
| 35 | - | The Trek | Feb 8, 1959 | |
| 36 | - | Knave of Diamonds | Feb 22, 1959 | |
| 37 | - | Witness to Murder | March 8, 1959 | |
| 38 | - | Man and Beast | March 22, 1959 | |
| 39 | - | The Deadly 20 Minutes | March 22, 1959 |
Lore
As far as is known so far (2016), only two episodes have survived. They were published on DVD in 2008 by Mill Creek Entertainment along with other television agent series such as Secret File, USA in the sampler Spies & Lies . The series was described on the cover as follows:
This modern day police force covers the Eastern African territories of Kenya protecting the innocent from criminals such as poachers, con artists, murderers and native tribes on the rampage.
Web links
- African Patrol in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Episode No Place to Hide on youtube.com