Mannix (1967)

Action · Crime · Drama

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (4,906 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1967)

7.63 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 52 min avg

U-shaped

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Name Is Mannix	8.1	380
2	Skid Marks on a Dry Run	7.9	297
3	Nothing Ever Works Twice	7.3	240
4	The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher	7.9	230
5	Make It Like It Never Happened	7.9	238
6	The Cost of a Vacation	7.1	220
7	Warning: Live Blueberries	7.4	217
8	Beyond the Shadow of a Dream	7.3	195
9	Huntdown	7.9	202
10	Coffin for a Clown	7.4	204
11	A Catalogue of Sins	7.6	193
12	Turn Every Stone	7.5	186
13	Run, Sheep, Run	7.8	183
14	Then the Drink Takes the Man	7.8	193
15	Falling Star	7.4	188
16	License to Kill - Limit Three People	7.8	188
17	Deadfall	7.8	174
18	Deadfall: Part II	7.7	163
19	You Can Get Killed Out There	7.8	171
20	Another Final Exit	7.6	165
21	Eight to Five, It's a Miracle	7.3	154
22	Delayed Action	7.3	161
23	To Kill a Writer	7.6	172
24	The Girl in the Frame	8.0	188

Season 2 (1968)

7.69 avg 25 episodes 8.3 → 6.8 52 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Silent Cry	8.3	257
2	Comes Up Rose	8.0	184
3	Pressure Point	7.4	156
4	To the Swiftest, Death	8.3	202
5	The End of the Rainbow	8.0	165
6	A Copy of Murder	7.8	178
7	Edge of the Knife	7.7	167
8	Who Will Dig the Graves?	7.7	164
9	The Need of a Friend	7.2	159
10	Night Out of Time	7.9	161
11	A View of Nowhere	8.2	182
12	Fear I to Fall	7.7	160
13	Deathrun	7.8	155
14	A Pittance of Faith	7.4	158
15	Only Giants Can Play	7.5	142
16	Shadow of a Man	7.6	145
17	The Girl Who Came in with the Tide	7.9	150
18	Death in a Minor Key	8.2	162
19	End Game	7.8	162
20	All Around the Money Tree	7.6	148
21	Odds Against Donald Jordan	6.6	145
22	Last Rites for Miss Emma	8.0	144
23	The Solid Gold Web	6.8	148
24	Merry-Go-Round for Murder	8.0	142
25	To Catch a Rabbit	6.8	131

Season 3 (1969)

7.66 avg 25 episodes 7.4 → 7.1 52 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Eagles Sometimes Can't Fly	7.4	160
2	Color Her Missing	7.9	159
3	Return to Summer Grove	7.8	172
4	The Playground	7.8	173
5	A Question of Midnight	8.0	158
6	A Penny for the Peep Show	7.4	153
7	A Sleep in the Deep	7.9	148
8	Memory: Zero	7.6	166
9	The Nowhere Victim	7.6	137
10	The Sound of Darkness	7.9	169
11	Who Killed Me?	7.9	148
12	Missing: Sun and Sky	7.6	135
13	Tooth of the Serpent	7.3	126
14	Medal for a Hero	8.2	146
15	Walk with a Dead Man	8.2	129
16	A Chance at the Roses	8.0	122
17	Blind Mirror	7.9	139
18	Harlequin's Gold	7.4	125
19	Who Is Sylvia?	7.6	132
20	Only One Death to a Customer	7.0	148
21	Fly, Little One	7.0	140
22	The Search for Darrell Andrews	7.3	117
23	Murder Revisited	7.8	139
24	War of Nerves	7.8	128
25	Once Upon a Saturday	7.1	138

Season 4 (1970)

7.50 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 52 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Ticket to the Eclipse	7.4	134
2	One for the Lady	8.1	141
3	Time Out of Mind	7.2	120
4	Figures in a Landscape	6.9	143
5	The Mouse That Died	8.2	144
6	The Lost Art of Dying	8.0	134
7	The Other Game in Town	7.6	120
8	The World Between	7.2	148
9	Sunburst	8.3	160
10	To Cage a Seagull	7.1	134
11	Bang, Bang, You're Dead	7.4	129
12	Déjà Vu	7.1	125
13	Duet for Three	8.1	140
14	Round Trip to Nowhere	7.7	129
15	What Happened to Sunday?	7.8	136
16	The Judas Touch	7.3	119
17	With Intent to Kill	7.7	106
18	The Crime That Wasn't	8.0	136
19	A Gathering of Ghosts	6.1	159
20	A Day Filled with Shadows	7.7	130
21	Voice in the Dark	8.0	136
22	The Color of Murder	6.4	145
23	Shadow Play	7.2	121
24	Overkill	7.6	117

Season 5 (1971)

7.69 avg 24 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 52 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dark So Early, Dark So Long	7.3	145
2	Cold Trail	7.8	151
3	A Step in Time	7.7	146
4	Wine from These Grapes	7.8	131
5	Woman in the Shadows	7.5	127
6	Days Beyond Recall	7.4	118
7	Run Till Dark	7.8	123
8	The Glass Trap	7.9	117
9	A Choice of Evils	8.1	128
10	A Button for General D	7.7	134
11	The Man Outside	7.7	127
12	Murder Times Three	7.4	119
13	Catspaw	8.1	116
14	To Save a Dead Man	8.0	112
15	Nightshade	7.5	116
16	Babe in the Woods	7.7	136
17	The Sound of Murder	7.6	113
18	Moving Target	7.7	123
19	Cry Pigeon	7.7	115
20	A Walk in the Shadows	8.2	132
21	Lifeline	7.7	117
22	To Draw the Lightning	7.5	110
23	Scapegoat	7.0	122
24	Death Is the Fifth Gear	7.8	139

Season 6 (1972)

7.66 avg 24 episodes 6.9 → 8.1 52 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Open Web	6.9	133
2	Cry Silence	7.6	117
3	The Crimson Halo	7.4	119
4	Broken Mirror	7.4	121
5	Portrait of a Hero	7.5	112
6	The Inside Man	7.9	119
7	To Kill a Memory	7.3	133
8	The Upside Down Penny	7.5	102
9	One Step to Midnight	7.6	115
10	Harvest of Death	7.9	114
11	A Puzzle for One	7.7	129
12	Lost Sunday	8.2	118
13	See No Evil	7.3	116
14	Light and Shadow	7.8	116
15	A Game of Shadows	8.1	107
16	The Man Who Wasn't There	6.9	132
17	A Matter of Principle	8.3	132
18	Out of the Night	7.9	130
19	Carol Lockwood, Past Tense	7.7	103
20	The Faces of Murder	7.5	111
21	Search for a Whisper	7.6	131
22	To Quote a Dead Man	8.0	116
23	A Problem of Innocence	7.8	124
24	The Danford File	8.1	117

Season 7 (1973)

7.62 avg 24 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 52 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress	7.8	131
2	A Way to Dusty Death	7.5	120
3	Climb a Deadly Mountain	7.7	145
4	Little Girl Lost	8.0	157
5	The Gang's All Here	6.8	132
6	Desert Run	7.2	117
7	Silent Target	8.1	147
8	A World Without Sundays	7.8	125
9	Sing a Song of Murder	7.1	124
10	Search in the Dark	8.3	111
11	The Deadly Madonna	7.9	118
12	Cry Danger	7.5	119
13	All the Dead Were Strangers	8.0	125
14	Race Against Time	6.4	118
15	Race Against Time: Part II	6.4	106
16	The Dark Hours	8.1	123
17	A Night Full of Darkness	8.1	129
18	Walk a Double Line	7.7	107
19	The Girl from Nowhere	7.5	108
20	A Rage to Kill	7.7	109
21	Mask for a Charade	8.3	125
22	A Question of Murder	7.6	98
23	Trap for a Pigeon	7.8	108
24	The Ragged Edge	7.6	127

Season 8 (1974)

7.85 avg 24 episodes 6.4 → 8.4 52 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Portrait in Blues	6.4	153
2	Game Plan	7.9	117
3	A Fine Day for Dying	7.7	126
4	Walk on the Blind Side	7.2	120
5	The Green Man	7.9	106
6	Death Has No Face	7.0	118
7	A Small Favor for an Old Friend	8.1	118
8	Enter Tami Okada	8.0	124
9	Picture of a Shadow	7.4	119
10	Desert Sun	7.7	100
11	The Survivor Who Wasn't	8.3	121
12	A Choice of Victims	8.3	117
13	A Word Called Courage	7.6	110
14	Man in a Trap	8.1	110
15	Chance Meeting	7.8	111
16	Edge of the Web	8.3	119
17	A Ransom for Yesterday	8.4	140
18	The Empty Tower	8.5	149
19	Quartet for Blunt Instrument	7.9	126
20	Bird of Prey: Part I	7.8	108
21	Bird of Prey: Part II	7.3	94
22	Design for Dying	8.0	107
23	Search for a Dead Man	8.3	128
24	Hardball	8.4	152

Mannix (1967)

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