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Cool and Lam (1958)
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Overview
Light-hearted pilot for a proposed CBS detective series featuring character created by Erle Stanley Gardner (under the pseudonym of A.A. Fair). Penny-pinching, rotund Bertha Cool runs a detective agency while her dimunitive junior partner Donald Lam provides the legs and padded expense account. In the pilot, Lam’s investigation of infidelity leads to murder.
Length 30 minutes
Actors
John Mitchum | Don Megowan | Margaret Field | Tris Coffin | Sheila Bromley | Benay Venuta | Allison Hayes | Alex Sharp | Maurice Manson | Movita | Billy Pearson | Erle Stanley Gardner | Judith Bess Jones