Dante is an NBC adventure/drama television series.[1]

Dante
Howard Duff and Barbara English in The Devil to Pay, 1961
Created by	Blake Edwards
Starring	Howard Duff Alan Mowbray Tom D'Andrea Mort Mills
Composer	Leith Stevens
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black and white (1960-1961)
Original release	October 3, 1960 (1960-10-03) – April 10, 1961 (1961-04-10)

Dick Powell had previously played Dante in eight episodes of his Four Star Playhouse, initially written by Blake Edwards, who had previously created the radio drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective for Powell. There, Willie operates an illegal gambling operation in the back room of the "Inferno", which police soon shut down. The only regular from the Four Star Playhouse version to be cast in the series as well was Mowbray, who had first played a millionaire named Jackson who had gambled away his fortune and then worked as one of Dante's waiters. These episodes were subsequently rebroadcast under the collective title The Best in Mystery.[2]

The TV cast were to have reunited in 1963 for an episode of the anthology series, The Dick Powell Show guest-starring Peggy Lee, but plans fell through following Powell's death in January 1963. Four Star President, David Charnay announced plans for a feature film revival in 1968 starring Howard Duff, but nothing came of it.

Episode list

References

External links

• Dante at IMDB
• Dante at CVTA