Johnny Brown Gambling Ring - Pat Novak | 08/03/1947 (Ep45)

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Pat Novak for Hire was a detective drama series which aired from 1946 to 1947 on the West Coast and in 1949 as a nationwide program for ABC. The episodes were set on the San Francisco waterfront and depicts the city as a dark, rough place where the main goal is survival. Novak was not a detective by trade, but he owned a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rented out boats and did odd jobs to make money. The series' fast-paced, hard-boiled dialogue and action and witty one-liners popularized it among fans.