Monty Nash
{{short description|American television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| based_on = {{Based on|Spy series|Richard Telfair}}
| developer = Richard Jessup
| starring = Harry Guardino
| executive_producer = Everett Chambers
| country = United States
| num_seasons =
| num_episodes = 14
| language = English
| runtime = 30 minutes
| theme_music_composer = Michael Lloyd
| opentheme = "Theme From Monty Nash"
| company = Almada Productions, Inc.
Four Star International
| channel = Syndication
| first_aired = {{start date|1971|9|14}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1971|12|14}}
}}
Monty Nash is an American drama series that aired in syndication from September 14 until December 14, 1971.{{cite book|title=TV Guide Guide to TV|year=2004|publisher=Barnes and Noble|isbn=0-7607-5634-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348}} It was based on a series of spy novels by Richard Telfair that were published from 1959 to 1961.
Synopsis
The series centered on Monty Nash, a government investigator who went undercover to catch criminals, including counterfeiters and smugglers.
Cast
- Harry Guardino as Monty Nash
Episodes
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! style="background:#81e393;" | Title ! style="background:#81e393;" | Directed by ! style="background:#81e393;" | Written by ! style="background:#81e393;" | Original air date ! style="background:#81e393;" | Prod. {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = The Long Ride | DirectedBy = Nicholas Colasanto | WrittenBy = Shirl Hendryx | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1971|9|17}} | ProdCode = A007 | ShortSummary = The life of the main witness (Don Gordon) preparing to testify in the investigation against a crime syndicate is now in danger. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = The Hunting License | DirectedBy = Nicholas Colasanto | WrittenBy = Lee Erwin | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1971|9|24}} | ProdCode = A017 | ShortSummary = A former spy (Leslie Nielsen) who has fallen into mental illness draws Nash into a deadly game of cat and mouse. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Death Squad | DirectedBy = John Peyser | WrittenBy = Leigh Vance | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|1}} | ProdCode = A016 | ShortSummary = Nash has to bridge the generation gap to protect the leader of a hippie group who is in danger. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = The Man in the Embassy | DirectedBy = John Peyser | WrittenBy = Fred Freiberger | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|8}} | ProdCode = A006 | ShortSummary = Nash is given a mission of freeing an American held behind enemy lines and must formulate an elaborate escape. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Tension in a Troubled Town | DirectedBy = John Peyser | WrittenBy = Martin Roth | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|14}} | ProdCode = A019 | ShortSummary = Extreme emotions and hate along racial lines may have something to do with the theft of explosives. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Code Name: Diana | DirectedBy = Ted Post | WrittenBy = Harold Stone | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1971|10|22}} | ProdCode = A001 | ShortSummary = A major corporation is in danger of getting caught in tax fraud and dangles a half a million dollars in front of Nash to keep him quiet about it. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = The Ambassador's Daughter | DirectedBy = Ted Post | WrittenBy = Ed Adamson | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|29}} | ProdCode = A014 | ShortSummary = A mixed race love affair is somehow tied to the kidnapping of an official. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = The Visitor | DirectedBy = Richard Chambers | WrittenBy = Norman Katkov & Joyce Perry | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|2}} | ProdCode = A003 | ShortSummary = Homosexuality, blackmail and suicide intertwine dramatically and on many levels. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = The Friendliest Town in the South | DirectedBy = John Peyser | WrittenBy = Harold Stone | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1971|11|5}} | ProdCode = A002 | ShortSummary = A small town in the American South has long memories and short tempers when a local black leader attempts to put together a protest march. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = The Time of the Eagle | DirectedBy = James Hogan | WrittenBy = Edward J. Lakso | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|9}} | ProdCode = A020 | ShortSummary = The lives of two American Indian brothers revolve around heated politics and brutal murder. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = Where Have All The Children Gone? | DirectedBy = Ivan Dixon | WrittenBy = John Bloch | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|11|16}} | ProdCode = A018 | ShortSummary = The government's nerve gas agent experiment and the disappearance of two dozen teenagers are somehow connected. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = The Dead We Left Behind | DirectedBy = Ivan Dixon | WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Shirl Hendryx|t= Shirl Hendryx & Raymond Sinclair}} | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1971|11|23}} | ProdCode = | ShortSummary = After coming home from Vietnam, a U.S. Marine is accused of murdering innocent Vietnamese women and children. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = Brother Zachary | DirectedBy = Richard Chambers | WrittenBy = George Armitage & Raymond Sinclair | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|7}} | ProdCode = A028 | ShortSummary = An outreach ministry that lends help to drug addicts, helping them get straight, becomes the target of a biker gang who doesn't like the group doing away with their dope buying customers. | LineColor = 81e393 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 14 | Title = A Killer Among Us | DirectedBy = James Hogan | WrittenBy = Norman Katkov & Joyce Perry | OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|12|14}} | ProdCode = A004 | ShortSummary = A Latin labor representative is murdered which ignites protests of racial hatred in the series finale. | LineColor = 81e393 }} |
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Music
"Theme from 'Monty Nash'" was written and produced by Michael Lloyd, and released as a single in 1971 on Quad Records (a division of
Four Star International, the studio that syndicated and co-produced the series), credited as by The Good Stuff, a group of session players.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|title=Monty Nash|id=0066687}}
- [http://www.spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.asp?ScanName=Nash_Monty Monty Nash page at Spy Guys & Gals]
Category:1971 American television series debuts
Category:1972 American television series endings
Category:1970s American crime drama television series
Category:First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
Category:Television series by Four Star Television
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows based on American novels
Category:American spy television series
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