1960-1961
Hong Kong was a 26-episode adventure and drama series that aired from 1960 to 1961 on ABC and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into major movie stardom in the 60s. Most notable he went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”.
The series follows the adventures of U.S. journalist Glenn Evans, played by Rod Taylor, who works in the then British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and his friend Inspector Neil Campbell, played by Lloyd Bochner. His search for stories leads him deep into the underbelly of the city where he encounters smugglers, murderers, drug peddlers and mysterious women who, for some reason, tend to disappear behind beaded curtains.
Episodes
S01 E17 Night Cry (1961)
Inspector Neil Campbell (Lloyd Bochner in official Hong Kong police shorts) who must track down a bad cop who kills guy and then frames an old friend of the police chief. Maria’s character helps out by pretending to blackmail the murderous cop in order to get him to confess or give himself away otherwise.