Cliff Dexter (1966)

Action · Adventure · Crime

Cliff Dexter was a detective series in the ZDF 1966 until 1968. It produced two seasons each with 13 episodes each 25 minutes, lead actor was Hans von Borsody. Other performers have included Hans Schellbach as Commissioner Meinert, Sabine Bethmann as Jacqueline and Andrea Dahmen as Carrol. In two episodes occurred Günter Strack. Cliff Dexter is a former FBI agent who - working as a private investigator - in a German city. Parts of the series were filmed in Hamburg, including the startup sequence, runs in his Mercedes Benz Dexter Cliff SEb convertible through the Wallringtunnel to his office. The series was, although popular with audiences, not continued after 26 episodes, probably partly because the critics little good at the 'pocket-Bond' was. Yet in this series broadcast period 1966-1968 reached regularly 36-38 million viewers.

IMDb rating: 8.6 (59 votes)
Episode average: 8.4 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: DE
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1966)

8.40 avg 13 episodes 8.9 → 8.3

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fahrerflucht um Mitternacht	8.9	13
2	Gift in harten Fäusten	8.7	8
3	Umleitung ins Verderben	8.7	10
4	Die herrenlose Dogge	8.8	10
5	Alibi für einen Zufall	8.3	8
6	Tiefschlag	8.8	9
7	Eine Flasche Whisky	8.2	7
8	Gepäckschein aus erster Hand	8.3	8
9	Der Gehetzte	8.2	7
10	Der Köder	8.2	7
11	Das Haus auf der Insel	7.8	6
12	Eine Kette aus grauen Perlen	8.0	7
13	Heiße Fracht aus Skandinavien	8.3	7