ABC · Ended

The New Breed

1961

Last aired: S1 E36, Walk This Street Lightly · 1962-06-05

The New Breed was a crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1961-1962. The series starred Leslie Nielsen as the Lieutenant Price Adams who worked on "The Hot Shot Detail" of the LAPD's Metro Squad.

Cast

Leslie Nielsen Lieutenant Price Adams

John Beradino Sergeant Vince Cavelli

Greg Roman Patrolman Peter Garcia

John Clarke Patrolman Joe Huddleston

Byron Morrow Captain Keith Gregory

Season 1

E1 No Fat Cops 1961-10-03 · 60 min A child girl is abducted by a man who blames the girl's father, a physician, for the death of his own daughter

E2 Prime Target 1961-10-10 · 60 min

E3 Death of a Ghost 1961-10-17 · 60 min

E4 To None a Deadly Drug 1961-10-24 · 60 min Gary Merrill and Barbara Baxley in "To None a Deadly Drug." A pharmacist has mistakenly fitted Eve Lippert's prescription with a lethal overdose—and now Eve can't be found. Adams is assigned to find the unsuspecting woman before the quick-acting drug takes effect.

E5 The Compulsion to Confess 1961-10-31 · 60 min Tale about two stabbing murders in an electronics plant, which are traced to a man employed by a rival concern to block production on a government order.

E6 'Til Death Do Us Part 1961-11-07 · 60 min Wendell Corey, Eileen Heckart and Michael Allinson appear in "Till Death Do Us Part," a drama on "The New Breed" Tuesday. An unknown domestic worker is found dead in a fashionable residential district. 'When the Met Squad is called in, Lt. Adams' interrogation determines that Roger and Harriet Dawson, owners of the house where the body was found, did not know the victim. But two previous tragedies in the exclusive neighborhood cause him to wonder if all had a connection.

E7 The Butcher 1961-11-14 · 60 min Lt. Price Adams is investigating the case of an unidentified woman who dies after undergoing an illegal operation. The only clue left behind is her name. Adams links this case to the disappearance of Lucy Sayer and is determined to find the woman before tragedy strikes again.

E8 Wave Goodbye to Grandpa 1961-11-21 · 60 min Suicide of a maid at a rest home run by Dennis King looks like murder to Adams.

E9 Sweet Bloom of Death 1961-11-28 · 60 min

E10 The Valley of theThree Charlies 1961-12-05 · 60 min

E11 Lady Killer 1961-12-12 · 60 min Although an attempted criminal assault on a lovely Japanese war bride failed, she has a fatal heart attack and the Metropolitan Squad gives the case its special attention in "Lady Killer" on "The New Breed" Tuesday. Dec. 12 (ABC-TV, 8:30-9:30 P.M, EST). Leslie Nielson stars as Lt. Price Adams, day watch commander of the Met Squad. Guest stars are Anne Francis, Martin Balsam, and Robert Redford.

E12 Blood Money 1961-12-19 · 60 min A desperate and bewildered unemployed dancer's attempted suicide leads the elite Metropolitan Squad to expose a money-hungry, phoney doctor in "Blood Money" on "The New Breed" ‘Tuesday, Dec. 19 (ABC-TV, 8:30- 9:30 p.m., CDT). Gloria Grahame and Diana Millay guest star. Leslie Nielsen stars as Lt. Price Adams. Connie Weems accidentally shoots her roommate, Sandy Demarest, while attempting suicide after learning from Dr. Cameron Hill she is suffering from an incurable disease. Her boyfriend, cowboy actor Tad Calloway, refuses to believe Connie's story, but during interrogation with Met Squad Lt. Price Adams, supplies the lead that places Dr. Hill as the police prey. Adams assigns Vince Cavelli to an undercover detail but to no avail. But the doctor's nurse, Nora Springer, has a guilt-ridden conscience.

E13 I Remember Murder 1961-12-26 · 60 min

E14 The All-American Boy 1962-06-22 · 60 min

E15 Cross the Little Line 1962-01-09 · 60 min

E16 To Sell a Human Being 1962-01-16 · 60 min

E17 Care is no Cure 1962-01-23 · 60 min Typhoid carrier Barney Talltree (Mario Alcalde) takes a fruit-picking job that he's been warned to avoid.

E18 Policemen Die Alone (Part 1) 1962-01-30 · 60 min

E19 Policemen Die Alone (Part 2) 1962-02-06 · 60 min

E20 Mr. Weltschmerz 1962-02-13 · 60 min

E21 Wings for a Plush Horse 1962-02-20 · 60 min

E22 How Proud the Guilty 1962-02-27 · 60 min

E23 The Torch 1962-03-06 · 60 min

E24 All the Dead Faces 1962-03-13 · 60 min

E25 The Deadlier Sex 1962-03-20 · 60 min

E26 Edge of Violence 1962-03-27 · 60 min

E27 Echoes of Hate 1962-04-03 · 60 min

E28 The Man with the Other Face 1962-04-10 · 60 min Cavelli hasn't heard from his cousin Maria since her marriage to Frank Danielo so her phone call comes as something of a surprise. So does her message.

E29 Thousands and Thousands of Miles 1962-04-17 · 60 min Youngsters Karen Kegler and orphan Ronnie Bryson decide to marry without telling her parents, who object to Ronnie as a boyfriend. Unknown to Ronnie, Karen takes jewellery and silverware from her parents' home to finance the elopement. The Metro Squad investigate the reported buglary.

E30 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here 1962-04-24 · 60 min

E31 My Brother's Keeper 1962-05-01 · 60 min Cavelli is having a snack at a taco stand when the atmosphere suddenly becomes as hot as the food: Teen-ager Bobby Madero takes a shot at him.

E32 A Motive Named Walter 1962-05-08 · 60 min

E33 Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 1962-05-15 · 60 min

E34 Judgment at San Belito 1962-05-22 · 60 min

E35 So Dark the Night 1962-05-29 · 60 min

E36 Walk This Street Lightly 1962-06-05 · 60 min

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