Cliff Dexter

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1966 West Germany TV series or program
Cliff Dexter
StarringHans von Borsody
Andrea Dahmen
Sabine Bethmann
Country of originWest Germany
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Running time25 minutes
Production companyHamburgische Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Original release
NetworkZDF
Release19 October 1966 (1966-10-19) –
7 February 1968 (1968-02-07)

Cliff Dexter is a detective series in the ZDF 1966 until 1968. It produced two seasons each with 13 episodes each 25 minutes, lead actor was Hans von Borsody. Other performers have included Hans Schellbach as Commissioner Meinert, Sabine Bethmann as Jacqueline and Andrea Dahmen as Carrol. In two episodes occurred Günter Strack.

Cliff Dexter is a former FBI agent who - working as a private investigator - in a German city. Parts of the series were filmed in Hamburg, including the startup sequence, runs in his Mercedes Benz 300 SE convertible to his office located at Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 22, 20459 Hamburg. (formerly Ost-West Straße)

The series was, although popular with audiences, not continued after 26 episodes, probably partly because the critics had little good to say about the 'pocket-format Bond'. Yet during the broadcast period 1966–1968, the series regularly reached 36-38 million viewers.

Main cast

  • Hans von Borsody as Cliff Dexter (26 episodes)
  • Andrea Dahmen as Carroll (13 episodes)
  • Sabine Bethmann as Jacqueline (13 episodes)
  • Eva Gross as Empfangssekretärin (13 episodes)
  • Hans Waldherr as Bob (13 episodes)
  • Hans Schellbach as Kommissar Meinert (12 episodes)
  • Herbert F. Schubert as Paul (12 episodes)
  • Hans Irle as Archibald Pillow (10 episodes)
  • Achim Thorwald as Kriminalist Marquard (6 episodes)

See also

References

  • Martin Compart. Crime TV: Lexikon der Krimiserien. Bertz, 2000.
  • Cliff Dexter at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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