Blacke's Magic

Name: Blacke's Magic
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Hal Linden, Harry Morgan

TV Series19861h 5m1 season · 13 episodes

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Blacke's Magic follows a father and son detective team in the Crazy Like a Fox tradition. Magician Alexander Blacke who, with some help from his con-man father Leonard, solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances.

Creators: Richard Levinson William Link Peter S. Fischer
Stars: Hal Linden Harry Morgan

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E1Breathing RoomJan 5, 1986 · 2h · In the first episode retired magician Alexander Blacke must discover how a fellow magician, The Great Gasperini, can be submerged in an airtight container underwater for one of his escapologist routines, yet emerge dead, still sealed inside, with a bullet hole in his body!Not rated yet

E2Ten Tons of TroubleJan 8, 1986 · 1h · The Blackes search for a 10-ton statue that was stolen from a Manhattan museum.Not rated yet

E3Knave of Diamonds, Ace of HeartsJan 15, 1986 · 1h · Leonard finds himself facing a murder charge after pulling a job Alexander turned down. The elderly Blacke had accepted to test a new security system at a jeweler's and ended up accused of murder when a corpse turned up inside a vault. This episode involves a planned jewel heist, father-son rivalry and bungling police work. Alex is coerced into solving the mystery of what happened to Czar Nicholas' diamonds and who killed the jeweler.Not rated yet

E4Revenge of the EsperanzaJan 22, 1986 · 1h · Leonard is in Florida to raise money for a brother and sister who think they know the whereabouts of a sunken treasure.Not rated yet

E5Death Goes to the MoviesJan 29, 1986 · 1h · While working as a consultant for a movie, Alex gets an added responsibility when the producer is murdered in an editing room.Not rated yet

E6Vanishing ActFeb 12, 1986 · 1h · Leonard takes Alex to the town where he met Alex's mother, but there is a problem: the town's population has vanished overnight. A corpse and the site where a man was murdered seem to vanish without leaving a trace. After seeing strange lights in the sky, the Blackes have reason to suspect that aliens might have abducted a woman.Not rated yet

E7Prisoner of ParadiseFeb 19, 1986 · 1h · Alex is hired to escort a notorious criminal who always escapes from his captors. Alexander (Hal Linden) suspects a businessman, Granville Stuart (Peter Haskell), of being a murderer. However, this master of escape is later believed to have leaped to his death from a heavily guarded bell-tower cell.Not rated yet

E8Address UnknownFeb 26, 1986 · 1h · Alex comes to the aid of his former assistant, Louise Richmond, whose husband has blown the whistle on a conspiracy between his company and the Government. When Alex suspects General Wersching (J.D. Cannon) is accepting bribes from a corporation doing business with the government, he enlists Wersching's assistant, Major Crawford (Nancy Grahn) to help him uncover the truth.Not rated yet

E9Forced LandingMar 5, 1986 · 1h · A plane with no one aboard lands near a ghost town that Leonard recently won in a poker game.Not rated yet

E10Last Flight to MoscowMar 12, 1986 · 1h · Alex is enlisted to help a diplomat's wife defect from the Soviet embassy.Not rated yet

E11A Friendly Game of ShowdownMar 19, 1986 · 1h · Leonard and Alex (Hal Linden) hatch a swindle to rescue an old friend's toy company after a rival steals his revolutionary robot prototype.Not rated yet

E12It's a Jungle Out ThereApr 2, 1986 · 1h · Alex and Leonard aid of a U.S. diplomat who is being blackmailed by a crooked Monte Carlo casino owner who is selling technological secrets.Not rated yet

E13Wax PoeticMay 7, 1986 · 1h · A Poe manuscript is apparently purloined from Alex's apartment during an auction that leaves two participants breathing nevermore.Not rated yet

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Hal LindenAlexander Blacke Harry MorganLeonard Blacke

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Premiered: January 5, 1986
Ended: May 7, 1986
Status: Ended
Network: NBC
Country of origin: United States
Language: English
Episode runtime: 1h 5m
TVmaze ID: 5771