Jigsaw John

6.0
19761h

Jigsaw John is an American crime drama television series that aired from February 2 until June 14, 1976.

Production

Logo for MGM Television

Seasons

15 Episodes • Premiered 1976

Still image for Jigsaw John season 1 episode 1: Promise to Kill

1. Promise to Kill

St. John investigates an old crime when the long missing body finally turns up, along with evidence that the police framed the man convicted of the crime.

Still image for Jigsaw John season 1 episode 2: Sand Trap

2. Sand Trap

St. John searches through the cutthroat music industry for the killer of a recording artist.

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3. Too Much, Too Soon Blues

When the heir to a Greek-American fortune is murdered, his estranged younger brother becomes the prime suspect.

Still image for Jigsaw John season 1 episode 4: Thicker Than Blood

4. Thicker Than Blood

St. John looks for a killer and jewel thief inside a posh Los Angeles hotel.

Still image for Jigsaw John season 1 episode 5: Dry Ice

5. Dry Ice

The suspects in an actress's murder—a failed director, a faded star, a clerk, and a priest—are placed under police surveillance.

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6. Follow the Yellow Brick Road

John tracks down a murdered barber/bookie's two sets of client to find who killed him.

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7. The Mourning Line

A woman is shot by a sniper during a party at a marina apartment complex, leading St. John and Wade to a dark side of ""swinging singles.""

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8. Death of the Party

A criminologist whose speciality was the rehabilitation of parolees is killed and his research assistant assaulted, leaving St. John to piece through the man's work to find a suspect.

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9. Executioner

St. John searches for a serial killer dubbed ""The Executioner"" and rages when Sam's reporter ex-girlfriend reveals information about the case on television.

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10. The Executioner

John and Sam argue when a strange teenager claims to have witnessed a murder; while St. John dismisses her as an emotionally disturbed attention-seeker, Sam believes she's genuine.

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11. The Runaway

In the wake of a bank robber's return to Los Angeles, St. John investigates the murder of a witness to the man's crimes and tries to protect the remaining witnesses.

Still image for Jigsaw John season 1 episode 12: Plastique

12. Plastique

A murder leads St. John to another case when he discovers a link between a woman killed by plastic explosives planted in her car and an electronics firm.

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13. Homicide is a Fine Art

St. John investigates the murder of a Texan who'd recently moved to Los Angeles and finds a world of cheating wives, greedy art dealers, and opportunistic gigolos.

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14. Ole-Ole an Free

John goes undercover in a sanitarium to investigate reports of elderly patients being bilked and murdered.

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15. Homicide 96403: John Smith

St. John enlists a local sheriff to help hunt down a woman suspected of murdering an small-town real estate promoter found dead in a Los Angeles motel.

Cast

Photo of Jack Warden

Jack Warden

John St. John

Photo of Pippa Scott

Pippa Scott

Maggie Hearn

Photo of James Hong

James Hong

Frank Chen

Photo of Alan Feinstein

Alan Feinstein

Sam Donner

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