King of diamonds tv show

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Broderick Crawford and ZIV Television attempted to repeat the success of Highway Patrol without much luck.

King of Diamonds ran for 1 season [1961-1962] and 39 episodes. Broderick played John King, international diamond theft investigator [specifically Chief of Security for Continental Diamonds Industries] with a young side kick Al Casey, played by Ray Hamilton.

John King's recurring enemy was the Illicit Diamond Buyers (IDB) syndicate.

This DVD contains 3 episodes of this very rare series that aired from 1961 to 1962 in first run syndication.

In the the show Brod tried to be debonair. He always worn a trench coat, with lots of night shots in bars, jazz music, mean mob-like crooks, lots of murders, and shifty dames of course! King met the the thieves, smugglers and fences with a great deal of violence, even beating up some of the shadier women (while making passes at the others).

In later episodes of KOD, the closing theme song (written by Ziv executive Maurice Unger) includes the line "When Johnny King breaks the door down, he's not saying 10-4 now!".

Many years after World War II, two former servicemen have a falling out over the German crown jewels that they stole during the waning days of World War II. One.

For the complete lyrics, see below. Art Gilmore narrated the show.

Theme Song

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