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Search for a Dead Man

June 1929.* A body is dumped into Lake Michigan; when it's fished out 3-4 weeks later, on July 10, the Bureau of Missing Persons has a John Doe on its hands. And so, Lt. Agatha Stewart and her sidekick Frank Benson are on the case. At the City Morgue, all the coroner can tell about the decomposed body is the approximate age, 50, and that the deceased might have had a bad heart. Outside, Lt. Stewart runs into Eliot Ness, who came down to do an I.D. on a Joe Fuselli. (not the Joe Fuselli from ""The Scarface Mob."") The morgue will keep the body for 10 days. July 20, in Potter's Field, the John Doe is buried in the rain; there are no mourners, only Lt. Stewart and reporter Walter Rimer attend. But then a clue-- a huge wreath is delivered by O'Banion florists; the delivery man doesn't know who ordered it, so Lt. Stewart goes to the flower shop. It had been owned by the notorious gangster Dion O'Banion (1892-1924), until he was rubbed out 5 years ago by Johnny Torrio. Now, the shop is

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  • Originally Aired January 1, 1963
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network ABC (US)
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created February 13, 2020 by
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Name Type Role
Herman Groves Writer
Harold Gast Writer
Alan Oppenheimer Guest Star
Tom Reese Guest Star
Barbara Stanwyck Guest Star
Jerry Douglas Guest Star
Sheree North Guest Star
Virginia Capers Guest Star
Ed Asner Guest Star
Antony Carbone Guest Star
Grant Richards Guest Star
Gerald Gordon Guest Star
Robert Butler Director