Dan August

1970 - 1971 NR 1h 00m 7.2

Detective August works the crime beat in his home town, Santa Luisa CA, working with (and against) people with whom he grew up.

Lt. Dan August is a homicide detective in his hometown of Santa Luisa, California. While working cases with his partner Sgt. Wilentz, August frequently comes into contact with people he has known for many years. George Untermeyer is the Santa Luisa Chief of Police, Sgt. Rivera another detective, and Katy is the police dispatcher in this Quinn Martin production.

Dan August background

Episodes:

Episode 1 Murder by Proxy

1. Murder by Proxy

Aired: Sep 23, 1970

A well-known race car driver is driving recklessly, and at a very high speed....

Episode 3 Love Is a Nickel Bag

3. Love Is a Nickel Bag

Aired: Oct 7, 1970

A teenage boy fatally overdoses at a wild party. In order to find the drug su...

Episode 4 The King Is Dead

4. The King Is Dead

Aired: Oct 14, 1970

The philanthropist who put Dan through college is found shot to death, and Da...

Episode 5 In the Eyes of God

5. In the Eyes of God

Aired: Oct 21, 1970

Dan and the department must investigate a murder at a church, and a former pr...

Episode 6 The Color of Fury

6. The Color of Fury

Aired: Oct 28, 1970

Dan tries to help a black activist accused of the murder of a councilman's si...

Episode 7 Invitation to Murder

7. Invitation to Murder

Aired: Nov 4, 1970

The spoiled brat of a daughter of a famous newspaper columnist is found dead ...

Episode 8 The Union Forever

8. The Union Forever

Aired: Nov 11, 1970

A union leader is assassinated, and his rival, who has a police record, is su...

Episode 9 Epitaph for a Swinger

9. Epitaph for a Swinger

Aired: Nov 18, 1970

Dan checks out the residents of a swinger's apartment complex after a gigolo ...

Episode 11 The Soldier

11. The Soldier

Aired: Dec 2, 1970

Dan's attempt to clear an AWOL soldier of an MP's murder is hampered by the s...

Episode 12 Quadrangle for Death

12. Quadrangle for Death

Aired: Dec 16, 1970

College President, who has just fired a controversial professor, is run down ...

Episode 13 Passing Fair

13. Passing Fair

Aired: Dec 30, 1970

A missing file from a murdered psychiatrist's office is the key to solving bo...

Episode 14 The Titan

14. The Titan

Aired: Jan 7, 1970

Dan deals with a millionaire, his wife and his right-hand man, all suspects i...

Episode 15 Death Chain

15. Death Chain

Aired: Jan 21, 1971

One murder leads to more killing...Dan's initial investigation is the rape an...

Episode 17 The Law

17. The Law

Aired: Feb 4, 1971

Retired Judge Anderson lives with his daughter and son-in-law. The judge, who...

Episode 18 The Worst Crime

18. The Worst Crime

Aired: Feb 11, 1971

After a young waitress is brutally raped and killed in a city park, Dan order...

Episode 19 Circle of Lies

19. Circle of Lies

Aired: Feb 18, 1971

A hot-tempered automobile designer is accused of killing his boss after being...

Episode 20 Trackdown

20. Trackdown

Aired: Feb 25, 1971

Dan pursues a gang of race track robbers after a patrolman friend of his is g...

Episode 21 Bullet for a Hero

21. Bullet for a Hero

Aired: Mar 4, 1971

Dan wonders if the murder of a soldier who recently returned from Vietnam has...

Episode 22 The Manufactured Man

22. The Manufactured Man

Aired: Mar 11, 1971

The political arena forms the background for Dan's investigation into the bru...

Episode 23 The Meal Ticket

23. The Meal Ticket

Aired: Mar 18, 1971

A young boxer suddenly drops dead in the third round. The autopsy shows an ov...

Episode 24 Days of Rage

24. Days of Rage

Aired: Mar 25, 1971

Dan catches up to a radical wanted for killing a cop, but the man is killed b...

Episode 25 Prognosis: Homicide

25. Prognosis: Homicide

Aired: Apr 1, 1971

A surgeon receives a gift of a bottle of whiskey, which he doesn't need, so h...

Episode 26 The Assassin

26. The Assassin

Aired: Apr 8, 1971

A sniper fires upon Chief Untermeyer and a friend of his whom he'd been visit...

Info about Dan August

Current Status: Ended

Network: ABC

Genres: Drama, Crime