Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series starring John Cassavetes which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.
Synopsis
Titular character Johnny Staccato, played by John Cassavetes, is a jazz pianist/private detective. The setting for many episodes is a Greenwich Village jazz club belonging to his friend, Waldo, played by Eduardo Ciannelli. The show featured many musicians, such as Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo, and Johnny Williams. (Although the show was set in New York City, all of these men were closely identified with the West Coast jazz scene, and it was filmed largely in Los Angeles.) Elmer Bernstein composed both of the main theme tunes used and Stanley Wilson was music supervisor. Cassavetes also directed five episodes.
Each of the folders in this megapack (27 episodes is a megapack for me) has a the description. episode number and guest star in it's own text file. Cassavetes, noted independent film director in his own right, directed several of the episodes and that is noted. It features actors such as his wife Gena Rowlands and John Marley who would appear in the Cassavetes films. The descriptions etc were transcribed from the Wiki for the series manually.
A link to a print essay on the history of the show is in the NFO.
My notes
Johnny Staccato became available from the same company that made Science Fiction Theater by Ivan Tors just a few years ago. The individual episodes I had running on a previous index but these are all my rips from the original DVD set.
It's a series I've remembered since seeing it's first run on over the air tv in the 1950s.
Some numbering errors will be corrected as I add the folders from those original single episodes. I borrowed that idea from a torrent uploader called The Executive. Those single episodes are still out there from whomever might keep them going. The repack is to gather them together in one source.
Notes written August 30th, 2020
Sample MediaInfo
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Complete name Johnny Staccato TV megapack w. John Cassavetes 1959Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-1 The Naked Truth with Michael LandonJohnny Staccato ep 1-1 The Naked Truth.mp425 Constant Quality only w Stereo.mp4
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-27 guest star George Voskovec/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-27.mp4
101.4 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-27 guest star George Voskovec/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Twenty Seven.txt
1.9 KB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-27 guest star George Voskovec/Johnyy Staccato (1959) 1-4 Guest Star Nobu McCarthy/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-4 guest star Nobu McCarthy.mp4
131.1 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-27 guest star George Voskovec/Johnyy Staccato (1959) 1-4 Guest Star Nobu McCarthy/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Four.txt
1 KB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-3 guest star Shirley Knight/Jamestown.S02E02.HDTV.x264-MTB[ettv]/jamestown.s02e02.hdtv.x264-mtb[ettv].mkv
303.8 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-3 guest star Shirley Knight/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-3 guest star Shirley Knight guest.mp4
127.3 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-3 guest star Shirley Knight/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Three.txt
989 B
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-4 Guest Star Nobu McCarthy/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-4 guest star Nobu McCarthy.mp4
131.1 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-4 Guest Star Nobu McCarthy/Johnny Staccato (1960) 1-4 guest star Nobu McCarthy.mp4
131.1 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-4 Guest Star Nobu McCarthy/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Four.txt
1 KB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-5 guest star Dean Stockwell/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-5 guest star Dean Stockwell.mp4
134.6 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-5 guest star Dean Stockwell/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Five.txt
1003 B
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-6 guest star Jimmy Murphy/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-6 guest star Jimmy Murphy.mkv
123.4 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-6 guest star Jimmy Murphy/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Six.txt
1020 B
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-7 guest star Alexander Scourby/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-7 guest star Alexander Scourby.mp4
118.1 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-7 guest star Alexander Scourby/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Seven.txt
1 KB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-8 guest star Susan Oliver/Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-8 guest star Susan Oliver.mp4
123.4 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-8 guest star Susan Oliver/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Eight.txt
981 B
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-9 guest star Gena Rowlands/Johnny Staccato Episode 09.m4v
129.9 MB
Johnny Staccato (1959) 1-9 guest star Gena Rowlands/Johnny Staccato notes Episode Nine.txt
1008 B
johnny staccato DVD image.jpg
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Johnny Staccato film comment.jpg
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johnny staccato megapack notes.txt
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Johnny Staccato sample MediaInfo.txt
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Johnny Staccato with Elizabeth Montgomery before Bewitched.jpg
