Word: trant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thurs., Sept. 10 Staccato (NBC, 8:30-9 p.m.). Latest en trant in the shamus sweepstakes. John Cassavetes plays Johnny Staccato, the jazz pianist who gets his big kicks as a private eye. In The Naked Truth, Johnny straight ens out a bit of blackmail without missing a beat...
...blackmailer. Author Quentin is a skilled carpenter at knocking together a neat puzzle and in sending the reader haring off down a dozen false trails. But it is hard to be sympathetically involved with any of this yarn's not-very-winning people. The attractive character is Lieut. Trant of Homicide, who is "priestlike," gentle, almost sorrowful-and coldly aware of all the damaging facts the suspects are trying to hide...