Rocky Fortune
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ROCKY FORTUNE appeared on NBC for only a short run of 25 or 26 shows.
The lead character, who goes bythe name of Rocky Fortune but whose real
name is Rocko Fortunato,was played by Frank Sinatra.
Rocky, always ready with a wise remark, seems to be a magnet for
trouble, most often with the variety of odd jobs he takes. There is
frequently a beautiful woman involved, some good girls, some bad.
Rocky's a tough guy who stays just inside of the law but we get an
occasional glimpse of a soft heart beneath the hard exterior. It's a
character that Mr. Sinatra plays nicely.
Unfortunately, Mr. Sinatra's movie career took precidence over a
radio career with the success of "From Here to Eternity" (he uses
"from here to eternity" occasionally) and this series came to an
early end.
Most scripts were written by Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts, who
also wrote DIMENSION X and X MINUS ONE scripts. (You'll frequently
hear the same music bridges used for X MINUS ONE in early espisodes
of this series). Fred Weihe and Andrew Love directed.
53/10/06 1 Oyster Shucker
53/10/13 2 Steven in a Rest Home
53/10/20 3 Shipboard Jewel Robbery
53/10/27 4 Pintsized Payroll Bandit
53/11/10 5 Messenger for Murder
53/11/17 6 A Hepcat Kills the Canary
53/11/24 7 Murder on the Aisle
53/12/01 8 Murder Among the Statues
53/12/08 9 Carnival One Way
53/12/15 10 Companion to a Chimp
53/12/22 11 The Plot to Murder Santa Claus
53/12/29 12 Prize Fight Setup
54/01/05 13 On the Trail of a Killer
54/01/12 14 Rodeo Murder
54/01/19 15 The Museum Murder
54/01/26 16 Hauling Nitro
54/02/02 17 Football Fix
54/02/09 18 Catskills Cover-Up
54/02/16 19 Too Many Husbands
54/02/23 20 Decoy for Death
54/03/02 21 The Doctor's Dilemma
54/03/09 22 Incident in a Bar
54/03/16 23 Psychological Murder
54/03/23 24 Rocket Racket
54/03/30 25 Boarding House Doublecross
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