The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Season 2 Episodes
A happy marriage might be a front for the wife's fear and guilt as Howard (GB) suspects.
Blues singer Jesse Boone's business manager has just died under mysterious circumstances. He also swindled Jesse out of …
An ex-district attorney gives Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) a phony story. It's all part of a complex plan fo…
An old-line French Marxist who happens to be an old friend of Crime magazine publisher Dan Howard (GB) would like him to…
Farrell (RS) is investigating charges that the officials of a prison on the Mexican border are shipping out forced labor…
Roving reporter Sam Hardy's boss, Crime magazine publisher Glenn Howard (GB), sends Hardy and magazine researcher Peggy …
The object of Farrell's (RS) latest investigation is a professional fundraiser. The editor recognizes him as a notorious…
Howard (GB) has recently been instrumental in getting the new mayor of Chicago elected. Recently uncovered evidence, how…
Dillon (TF) investigates the story of a young man who is challenged by an Army officer to undergo prisoner of war traini…
Farrell (RS) heads to Florida to probe into a cattle scam. Someone has been selling tainted meat, the end product of a r…
A U.S. Senator claims to have photographic proof that Howard (GB)was the man who tipped off the Cubans about the Bay of …
Dan Farrell (RS) sets about to investigate corruption on the waterfront. Farrell finds himself in the middle of a power …
When Laurie Marie gets lost on the vast country estate of millionaire industrialist Robert Coates, he posts a $10,000 re…
Howard (GB) and a young Greek woman are forced to flee for their lives when they challenge an ancient Greek custom.
A Boxer is suspended when he punches out an obstreperous reporter. Feeling partly responsible, Dan Farrell (RS) tries to…
A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to find out why. Together with his c…
As special envoy, Howard (GB) visits a crisis-torn Asian nation whose Chief of state allegedly robbed the treasury and v…
Dan Farrell (RS) is on the trail of a possible scam. A ""Pop"" psychiatrist who is strong on placebos but short on ethic…
Glenn Howard (GB) tries to prove that a young girl did not really kill herself and finds himself dangerously entangled w…
Dillon (TF) investigates when an ancient and invaluable manuscript is found, and a girl disappears increasing the myster…
Farrell (RS) investigates deaths caused by an illegal dilution of medical supplies in a small African nation.
Jilted by ""populist"" tycoon Cesar Rodriguez, Hilary thirsts for revenge. She plans to publish a series of articles exp…
The crime in question occurred some 25 years ago. Now the kidnapper has been mysteriously murdered, compelling Dan Farre…
When a young actress becomes suicidal, Jeff Dillon (TF) attempts to prevent her suicide attempts.
Howard's research girl has romantic daydreams about him as they try to locate an eccentric conniving industrialist who i…
Dillon (TF) investigates a chemical plant that has blown up only to discover industrial espionage as the motive.
