This ABC series presented the investigations and courtroom defences of brothers Walter (Gary Merrill) and Peter (William Prince) Guilfoyle who were attorneys in New York City.
Peter loved a good murder and solved them often by taking a nap and descending into the “mental underworld” to imagine himself as the criminal. Pipe-smoking brother Walter was more staid and deplored his brother’s interest in crime.
Debuting on 10 January 1954, The Mask was billed as “television’s first hour-long mystery series”. It was broadcast live on Sunday evenings and rebroadcast (via kinescope) on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
The final episode aired on 16 May 1954.
Walter Guilfoyle
Gary Merrill Peter Guilfoyle
William Prince
Episodes
Murder in the Burlesque House | Hotel Murder | Murder in the Print Shop | The Will | Framed for Murder | The Young Dancer | Marked for Murder | Poisoned Village | The Visitor | Sixty Five Pacific Street | Fingers of Fear | The Gambler | The Party Night | The Backyard | Royal Revenge
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