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Big Shamus, Little Shamus is an American detective drama series that aired on CBS from September 29, 1979 to October 6, 1979. The Series focused on Arnie Sutter, the veteran house detective at The Ansonia Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and his thirteen-year-old son Max, who solved crimes at the hotel casino relating to legalized gambling.

First Aired

1979-09-29
Last Aired

1979-12-04
Creator

Tracy Hotchner
Genre

Drama
Seasons

1
Episodes

10
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

CBS

Keywords:

casino hotel detective parent child relationship atlantic city

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Season 1

1. Pilot

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60mins

2. The Canary

Arnie becomes romantically involved with a beautiful singer who is making a comeback. A fake attempt o...More

Arnie becomes romantically involved with a beautiful singer who is making a comeback. A fake attempt on her life, staged for publicity, becomes twisted and the attempts become real.Less

60mins 1979-09-29

3. The Abduction

Arnie and a young heiress are held hostage en route to Max's Father's Day speech at school.

Arnie and a young heiress are held hostage en route to Max's Father's Day speech at school.Less

60mins 1979-10-06

4. The Cover

Stephanie's cousin convinces Stephanie and Arnie to help him one last time. Only this time his con gam...More

Stephanie's cousin convinces Stephanie and Arnie to help him one last time. Only this time his con game kills a cop and almost kills Max.Less

60mins 1979-10-02

5. The Ledge

The diversion at the heist of a jeweler's trade show, an attempted suicide, is diverted by Max's frien...More

The diversion at the heist of a jeweler's trade show, an attempted suicide, is diverted by Max's friendship with the woman's daughter.Less

60mins 1979-10-18

6. The Rubens

The insurance agent for a company arranging a ""buy-back"" of a Rubens is mugged. Arnie becomes suspic...More

The insurance agent for a company arranging a ""buy-back"" of a Rubens is mugged. Arnie becomes suspicious when the thief seems to know the insurance agent, and Arnie's investigation almost gets him killed.Less

60mins 1979-10-19

7. The Bar Mitzvah

Through Max's relationship with Paul, the Bar Mitzvah boy, Arnie learns Paul's mother is being blackma...More

Through Max's relationship with Paul, the Bar Mitzvah boy, Arnie learns Paul's mother is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer is killed, both Paul's mother and her husband come under suspicion.Less

60mins 1979-10-25

8. The Loser

Arnie unintentionally exposes a woman given a new identity by the FBI, and he now must protect her fro...More

Arnie unintentionally exposes a woman given a new identity by the FBI, and he now must protect her from the mob.Less

60mins 1979-11-15

9. The Assassin

Max eavesdrops on a phone call in which a hired killer is to murder Korman for revenge. Korman investi...More

Max eavesdrops on a phone call in which a hired killer is to murder Korman for revenge. Korman investigates with his computer, Arnie, who has common sense.Less