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While beginning the show with a partner, he's since gone solo-that is, alongside his loyal and strong-willed secretary, Murphy (played by Pat French). He frequently finds himself in debt-though his gambling days are behind him, he doesn't attract much work and his good-natured heart often leaves him doing jobs for free or on pocket change.Įach episode is about 20 minutes long, with breaks for radio advertisements. Despite a twelve year hiatus from 1978 to 1990, new episodes were being made as of 2010. In 1996 the series was syndicated nationally, and has since become international.

In addition, a select number of episodes over the course of the show's run have been made into cassette tapes and CD sets, which can be obtained on the Jim French Productions website.

Hard Boiled Detective: Harry is a deliberate aversion of this.

Implied Death Threat: In the first episode, where Harry was told by a mob boss to whom he was up to his eyeballs in debt to go kill a man on the West coast.ĭespite living a life that would make such a man bitterly cynical (sees corruption and incompetence in the police force, a dead wife, terrible gambling debts and being targeted by the mob on a few occasions), he remains a steadfast champion of justice, rarely uses force to get his way, and genuinely cares about many of his clients.

I'm telling you to go west for your health." An associate he sent over to make sure Harry did it tells him, "I'm your doctor.

Inspector Lestrade: There are several policemen Harry occasionally works with that qualify, such as Lou Butterfield who in one episode arrested him for a crime that Harry himself reported without even bothering to check if the victim was dead.

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