William Gargan, Lloyd Nolan and Lee Tracy played Martin Kane, Private Eye on live television. Backup cast changed as the main character changed but the all important tobacconist remained the same. It ran on NBC-TV from September 1, 1949 until June 17, 1954. Sponsored by the United States Tobacco Company, far too much time was spent blatantly advertising their products with even a fair part of the show situated in a tobacconist extolling the virtues of four different pipe tobaccos.
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