Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Big Shamus, Little Shamus' from 1970-1982:
- Brian Dennehy as Arnie Sutter (1979)
- Cynthia Sikes as Jingles Lodestar (1979)
- Doug McKeon as Max Sutter (1979)
- George Wyner as George Korman (1979)
- Kathryn Leigh Scott as Stephanie Marsh (1979)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Big Shamus, Little Shamus':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Dick Robbins, Don Heckman
Series premiere. Arnie Sutter, a house detective at an Atlantic City casino, and his son Max search for the person threatening a nightclub singer's life. Stars Brian Dennehy, Doug McKeon.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Norman Katkov
With Darleen Carr, Gary Swanson (Bolt), Brion James (Denker), Michael Twaine, William Sylvester (Nelson Milgrim), David Himes (Gardener), Ed Griffith (Harper).
Arnie and an heiress are taken captive by a group of vengeful kidnappers.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Norman Katkov D: Nicholas Sgarro
With Jack Carter (Crawford), Louise Latham (Eleanor), Amanda McBroom (Kim Crowley), Jared Martin (Vic Harrison), Ty Henderson (Jerry Wilson), Anne Bellamy (Mrs. Franks).
The cousin of the hotel's assistant manager, arrested for robbery, agrees to lead police to a drug dealer in exchange for his freedom.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Jackson Gillis, Meyer Dolinsky
Insurance agents, museum officials and thieves pursue a stolen Reubens painting that turns up at the Ansonia.
Season 1, episode 6
W: David P. Harmon
A wealthy woman is confronted by blackmailers who have a porno film she made in her youth.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Eric Kaldor, D.K. Krzemien
A woman living under an assumed identity after testifying against mobsters visits the hotel for her daughter's wedding.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Ray Brenner, Leo Rifkin
Max stumbles onto a plot involving the murder of a hotel employee for revenge.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Fred Freiberger
Stephanie, Jingles and Max become hostages when two fanatics plan to kill a civil-rights leader staying at the hotel. (Last show of the series.)