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Rocky Jordan

90 episodes · 1948–1951 · CBS, Armed Forces Radio Service · Adventure

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Rocky Jordan runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, and trouble walks in nearly every week: beautiful women with false passports, dead men in the Nile, smugglers, sheiks and black marketeers. Jack Moyles played Rocky on CBS's Pacific network from 1948, and the show returned in 1951.

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Episodes

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19486 episodes
  • The Bartered Bridegroom October 31, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    The first show. A six-foot-four blonde walks into the Cafe Tambourine to get Rocky ready for their wedding. She offers him $5,000 to marry her, a fat man offers $10,000 not to, and then the shooting starts.
  • Count Me Out November 7, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    A dancer named Tessana, "tall, tan and terrific," brings trouble.
  • The Man in the Morgue November 21, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    The body pulled from the Nile last night has been identified as Rocky Jordan.
  • Strangers Three December 5, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    A shadowy man in a felt hat and tweeds introduces Rocky to a crowd of new people, some living, some dead.
  • Ace High Straight December 12, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    A high-stakes poker game where the last card decides everything.
  • Up in Flames December 19, 1948 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky spots a phony at a glance, from her sensible oxfords to her sour expression.
194944 episodes
  • Death in the Sand January 2, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky visits a sheik's desert camp and is accused of killing him. Watch the sand diviner.
  • Escapade with Paula January 9, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A woman with warm lips and a story in her eyes walks into Rocky's life, bringing a couple of dead men with her.
  • The Case of the Sleepy Camel January 16, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A man blocks the door of the Cafe Tambourine with a sleeping camel, one of three he's giving Rocky as a gift.
  • Baksheesh Boy January 30, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A frightened beggar boy hides in the cafe's basement and vanishes, and everybody wants to find him. The secret is on an envelope.
  • Champagne, Caviar and Hot Ice February 6, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky finds 250 pounds in his bank account that he knows nothing about.
  • Red Stands for Blood February 13, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A street photographer asks to rent the Cafe Tambourine for the evening, though that isn't what he really wants.
  • Twenty Fathoms Under February 20, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A treasure map and a sunken ship. What was aboard?
  • The Two O'Clock Man March 6, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A boy breaks into the cafe and is later shot dead, and Rocky is blamed.
  • The St. Louis Blues March 13, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky's old friend Ted Polanski turns up with a knife in his back, and won't talk to Rocky or his own former wife.
  • Passport for Vivi March 20, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Vivi wants to know where a sailor named Victor is, and so does a bearded Italian.
  • Everything Shipshape March 27, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A Mr. Joshua Ship wants to buy the Cafe Tambourine for his employer, and a woman named Drina Rita wants to kill Mr. Ship.
  • Portrait of Rocky April 3, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    An artist pays Rocky to ask about an Australian, who knocks Rocky out and steals a drawing, then turns up murdered.
  • My Quiet Friend April 10, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Two New York gangsters offer to buy the Cafe Tambourine for $500.
  • Consignment for Naples April 24, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky collects insurance on a lost air cargo, and suddenly everyone hates him and the pilot is murdered.
  • Fall Guy May 1, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky's pal Johnny Serbie is framed for stealing a diplomat's briefcase, and helping him leads Rocky into the desert and two murders.
  • Lady in Disguise May 8, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A Cairo big shot whom Rocky threatened is found shot, and a beautiful woman on a false passport complicates things.
  • The Make up Man May 22, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Desert Betrayal May 29, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Man They All Loved June 5, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A famous missionary is found dead. Why did this holy man buy fifty cases of liquor?
  • The Man from Damascus (1949) June 12, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Big Ditch June 19, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky's old pal Matt Gallagher steals 150 pounds from the cafe, and the body in the morgue isn't Matt after all.
  • Journey to Nashier June 26, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky takes a swig of some very potent mineral water.
  • The Map of Murder July 3, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A new singer at the cafe quarrels with a customer and is found dead in a hotel room, and a map and $5,000 are missing.
  • The Race July 17, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A bomb goes off in a pawnshop near the cafe, and a bigger one is set to go off.
  • The Coward of Mutakhan July 24, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A dying sheik asks Rocky to find the underground tomb of his ancestor, a cowardly pharaoh.
  • Barlache July 31, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky befriends a Spanish-speaking gypsy. Del Monte's sponsorship is announced for next week.
  • Gold Fever August 7, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    The first show sponsored by Del Monte. A prospector full of bullets offers Rocky a 30 percent share in his gold strike.
  • Cairo Vendetta August 14, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Police Captain Sam Sabaya is found beaten in an alley and quits the force, marked for death by the Mafia in Cairo.
  • The Gum Queen August 21, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A caravan of gum arabic arrives, led by a woman who leads Rocky to murder and smuggled jewels.
  • The Lady from Istanbul August 28, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A beautiful woman with no past brings Rocky adventure.
  • A Stranger to the Desert September 4, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A stranger comes through the cafe window and dies. He's an Eskimo with a shipment of ambergris.
  • Adventure with Andrea September 11, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A woman from Ecuador is in Cairo's back alleys, trying to recover her gold and platinum.
  • The Nile Runs High September 18, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Memento from Adelaide September 25, 1949 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Pattern for Revenge October 2, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky's name is on a list of people marked to die, and one by one they do.
  • The Man with No Name October 9, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A cafe customer is shot in the face with an elephant gun. Who was he?
  • Quest for Tornina October 16, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky watches a native girl being kidnapped and does nothing, and then the kidnapper is found knifed to death.
  • The Diorite Bowl October 23, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A rare archaeological treasure is found and promptly lost to the black market.
  • The De Marco Affair October 30, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    A photographer's shop is wrecked and the photographer beaten. What's the connection to Andorra?
  • The Black Ball November 6, 1949 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    A gambler has been running up debts in Rocky's name, and the impostor is soon found murdered.
  • The Strange Death of Van Dorn November 13, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Van Dorn's body is found in the Sahara, frozen to death.
  • The Big Heist November 20, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Big Heist.”
  • High Pressure November 27, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “High Pressure.”
  • The Veiled People December 11, 1949 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Veiled People.”
195036 episodes
  • The Man from Cairo January 1, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Man from Cairo.”
  • Smoke Screen January 8, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A manicurist is murdered by "the Cat," who confesses and is then gunned down in the Cafe Tambourine.
  • The Loomis Affair January 15, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Frank Loomis is found murdered in the safe-deposit booth next to Rocky's.
  • The Face of Diana January 22, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Face of Diana.”
  • An Air of Death January 29, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “An Air of Death.”
  • The Return of Toni February 5, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky gets a note from an old girlfriend in trouble, but Toni never wrote it.
  • Madame Du Lac's Daughter February 12, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky takes $1,000 to keep a woman's daughter away from gambling, and when there's a murder, he fits the frame.
  • Paid in Full February 19, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Sergeant Greco arrests Rocky for helping a prisoner escape, and then Greco disappears.
  • The Return of Dr. Piru February 26, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A cab driver tries to kill Rocky by driving into a wall, and a doctor supposedly executed sticks a needle in his arm.
  • The Secret of Wong Lee March 5, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    An old man invites Rocky over to witness a murder, the end of a blackmail scheme over false passports.
  • The White Beetle March 12, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky's friend is killed for a white scarab, and a beautiful girl takes it at gunpoint.
  • The Perfect Witness March 19, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A woman fires at a stranger in the cafe and misses; the second time she seems to succeed.
  • Fool Proof March 26, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A customer dripping with diamonds tries hard to sound like Sydney Greenstreet.
  • The Strange Fate of Professor Amar April 2, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Strange Fate of Professor Amar.”
  • Holiday Weekend April 9, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “Holiday Weekend.”
  • Adventure in Zaqaziq April 16, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky goes to a desert town to break up a black market in scarce medicines.
  • The Big Gamble April 23, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Mr. Ronson means to run a gambling room in the cafe's basement, with or without Rocky's say-so.
  • The Mystery of Karl Kleist April 30, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A Nazi secret, two meek brothers in Cairo, and the puzzle of "Zell."
  • Hoard of the Mameluks May 7, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “Hoard of the Mameluks.”
  • Congo Copper May 14, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “Congo Copper.”
  • The Beggar of Farrar May 21, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Rocky Jordan, who runs the Cafe Tambourine in Cairo, in “The Beggar of Farrar.”
  • A Song in the Night May 28, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A drunken legionnaire singing below Rocky's window is soon found murdered.
  • The Word of a Bishop June 4, 1950 · 24 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Pharaoh's Formula June 11, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Where is the American in the white suit with the briefcase?
  • Shakedown June 18, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A stranger with a gun is waiting in Rocky's bedroom and wants to chat.
  • Dilemma June 25, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • The Dead Colleen July 2, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A traffic accident in Cairo leaves a beautiful woman dead.
  • Interlude with Lorraina July 9, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Who killed Eddie Largo? Was it the wealthy widow Lorraina Maxwell?
  • The Lotus Cup of Amun Ra July 16, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    A beautiful woman leaves a wrapped package with Rocky for safekeeping.
  • Cairo Tour July 23, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    At the Nile docks a girl runs up and throws her arms around Rocky.
  • The Money Changers July 30, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Ali Fayeed is back, well dressed and selling money on the black market. The last show sponsored by Del Monte.
  • The Broken Wing August 6, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Ben Abram wakes Rocky to ask him to guard his treasure: his daughter.
  • City of Baksheesh August 13, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    One of Rocky's customers is poisoned in the cafe.
  • The Man from Damascus (1950) August 20, 1950 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Dr. Markov's Discovery August 27, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    Paulette Martin has disappeared, leaving two X-rays of the late Dr. Markov.
  • Trail of the Assassin September 10, 1950 · CBS · 30 min
    An American is murdered outside the cafe, and suspicion falls on Rocky. Beware the orange-handled knife. The last show with Jack Moyles.
19514 episodes
  • The Lady from Tangiers July 4, 1951 · CBS · 30 min
    A tour guide strangled with a rope leads Rocky to a counterfeiter who's been killed, or has he?
  • The Genakos Affair July 11, 1951 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    The government asks Rocky to look into a produce company, and his help begins with a hypodermic needle and ends with the cafe closed.
  • Valley of the Dead July 25, 1951 · CBS · 30 min
    An oil strike in the desert leads to murder in Cairo's back alleys.
  • Man in the Nile August 15, 1951 · CBS · 30 min
    Knowing too much can cost you, and the price is paid in lead.