TV series

The Rogues

Name: The Rogues
Released: 1964
Cast: David Niven, Charles Boyer, Robert Coote, Gig Young, Gladys Cooper

1964–1965· 1 season· 60 min episodes★ 8.0Ended

On NBC — From Giyo See · Four Stars Productions

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Synopsis

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.

Themes

con man master criminal

Episodes

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E1 The Personal TouchNext upSep 13, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
After selling a ""race"" horse to get some working capital, Alec poses as an eccentric millionaire to try to relieve a shipping tycoon of a million dollars.
E2 The Day They Gave the Diamonds AwaySep 20, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel poses as a scientist who's invented a diamond making machine, which they try to sell to the world's biggest diamond merchant. As a side effect they buy the stock of his company when it drops in price, fully expecting it to return to full value once he destroys the machine.
E3 The Stefanini DowrySep 27, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
In New York, Tony tries to take back a diamond necklace that once ""belonged"" to the family, but were lost by an ancestor 106 years ago. The necklace is in the hotel room of a visiting dictator, who is planning to sell his country's crown jewels for his personal profit.
E4 Viva Diaz!Oct 4, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Alec poses as an inveterate gambler and Marcel as a Swiss banker with a penchant for baccarat in a scheme to fleece a Latin American leader who absconded with his nation's treasury.
Guest stars: Telly Savalas
E5 House of CardsOct 11, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony is brought in, when Uncle Bertie loses a small fortune at Courtleigh House, one of London's premiere gaming houses. Tony is supposed to crack the safe, but is setup for theft and caught red-handed. Briscoe gives the family 24 hours to prove his innocence.
E6 Death of a FlemingOct 25, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel meets a girl who was sold into a harem. The family gets together a scheme to get a million dollars out of the sheik who is the buyer. As a part of the plan Tony must fake his death, only he sneezes.
E7 The Project ManNov 1, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony and Timmy stumble onto some information about a proposed rocket site. They take advantage of this information to lighten the fortunes of the men who bought all the land the site may be built on.
E8 Two of a KindNov 8, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel runs into another member of the old French resistance and she wants his help in supplying guidance for her son whom she thinks may be involved in the theft of a stamp. After Marcel meets him, he thinks he may be his son, but this boy needs an education on being a ""Rouge.""
Guest stars: George Hamilton (Jamie), Ida Lupino (Arlene), Patricia Medina (Countess Marissa Maricelli), Brooke Hayward (Kate), Jerry Douglas (Harcourt), Reggie Nalder (Sadakichi), Tom McBride (Man Servant), Stephen Coit (Gompers)
E9 Take Me to ParisNov 15, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
No synopsis available at this time.
E10 Fringe BenefitsNov 22, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Alec is forced to participate in a diamond smuggling operation by Briscoe who has a case built against the family. While in Rio, he and Timmy try to make a little money on the side by exploiting the rich exiles.
Guest stars: Suzy Parker (Carol Conover), John Williams (Inspector Robert Briscoe), Ken Scott (Michael Arno), Sarah Marshall (Laura Manning), James Doohan (Cutler), Robert Phillips (Milo Vargas), Lawrence Montaigne (Brian Walker), Simon Scott (Gus Becker)
E11 Plavonia, Hail and FarewellNov 29, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony poses as an international financier, and Margaret as the last member of the royal family of Plavonia. The scheme is to get a wealthy Plavonian man to invest some of his reclusive millions, so they can help other Plavonian refugees. The scheme goes amiss when Tony is kidnapped.
E12 The Boston Money PartyDec 6, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony and the family help out a friend of his whose business has just been raided. They position this corporate raider for a fall, by trying to sell him a textile company that has developed a new process for making fabric or so he thinks.
Guest stars: J.D. Cannon (Paul Mannix), Diana Van der Vlis (Ellen Bradwell), John Lasell (George), Christine White (Claire), Woodrow Parfrey (Thayer), Robert Nash (Secretary Stockholders Meeting), Jewell Lain (Secretary), Lawrence Green (Man)
E13 The Computer Goes WestDec 13, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel and Timmy are just given the task of smuggling a computer back to the west, when their friend is murdered. They are accused and arrested, but a government official offers them a deal, which Marcel plans to use in completing their original task.
Guest stars: Susanne Cramer (Nicol), Malachi Throne (Commissar Szigeti), George Kennedy (Major Vyx), Gilbert Green (Kazinczy), Marcel Hillaire (Rorvik), Martin Kosleck (Jobka), Stephen Bekassy (Zichy), Ilona Wilson (Svarna)
E14 Hugger-Mugger, by the SeaDec 20, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony sets up a shipping magnate into thinking he is working for his rival and that they are on the trail of some treasure. The treasure is contained within a ship that is part of a fleet of ""worthless"" U.S. Navy ships.
Guest stars: Ricardo Montalban
E15 The Real Russian CaviarDec 27, 1964 · 60 min
Synopsis
No synopsis available at this time.
Guest stars: Elsa Martinelli (Maria Kuzenkov), Robert Ellenstein (Nevsky), John Wengraf (Drozhin), John Hoyt (Spigal), Peter Brocco (Berg), John Banner (Steiner), Chuck Hicks (Wrangel), Eric Micklewood (Jewelry Salesman)
E16 Money Is for BurningJan 3, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony and the family are plotting to sell a castle with a few well-placed trinkets in it. The scheme gets compounded when a train has been robbed of three million pounds and the thieves are hiding it in the castle while they are placing their trinkets. Tony gets mixed up with a charming woman while trying to get away from the thieves and the police.
Guest stars: Susan Oliver (Melinda), Lloyd Gough (Hubert Crayle), Alan Napier (John McKellway), John Alderson (Bill), Noel Drayton (Jacky), Peter Forster (Supt. Ames), Ben Wright (Constable Huggins), Arthur Gould-Porter (Leaming)
E17 Gambit by the Golden GateJan 10, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel brings a fake Rembrandt to San Francisco where they will try switching it with the original which is owned by ""The Concrete King."" Their plan is changed when the original is donated to a museum, but later stolen, so they use the fake to bait the thief.
Guest stars: Broderick Crawford (Amos Cavanaugh), Milton Selzer (Gilbert Foster), Jean Hale (Elizabeth Cavanaugh), Jacqueline Beer (Jeanne), Michael Walker (Michael Downey), Steven Geray (Henri), Alice Backes (Watkins), Ted Dudomaine (Man)
E18 Bless You, G. Carter HuntingtonJan 17, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
A wealthy man buys the land that also contains a cemetery with the remains of Alexis St. Clair. It's a family affair as Marcel, Alec and Timmy meet Tony in New York City to put one over on him. They find help with their plan from Huntington's unhappily married wife.
Guest stars: Sally Kellerman (Ilsa Huntington), Howard Duff (G. Carter Huntington), Edgar Stehli (Edgar), John Newton (Wilson), Richard Peel (McClintock), Kendrick Huxham (Gravekeeper), Nelson Welch (Clergyman), Tol Avery (Chief)
E19 The Golden OceanJan 24, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony comes to the aid of an old friend who's being forced to pay back a loan totaling $250,000 in five days. With help from the family he plans to get the money from the loaner, but this man may be too sharp for them.
Guest stars: Eddie Albert (Gregg Roberts), Pippa Scott (Jane Tyler), Ray Fulmer (Jack Fisher), Harry Millard (Hunt), Clark Howat (Peter Stewart), John Hale (Able), Greta Chi (Aimee), Jonathan Hole (Teller)
E20 The Diamond-Studded PieJan 31, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony poses as a ""Great White Hunter,"" where the plan is to take an American businessman on the hunt of his life. Only wild animals aren't the intended game, it's some well-placed diamonds.
Guest stars: Darren McGavin (Amos Champion), Dianne Foster (Alice Singer), Gavin Muir (Rutledge), Don Marshall (Chalo), Ed Gilbert (Pieter), George Pelling (Havelok)
E21 Bow to a MasterFeb 7, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
""The Cat"" takes a pearl necklace that Tony has just taken, so he sets out to skin ""The Cat."" The plot is to help him steal a large diamond, by switching in a fake when it's delivered.
Guest stars: Zachary Scott (Le Chat), Laura Devon (Barbara Cayasta), Christopher Dark (Ali Mahmud), James Griffith (Bert), Bill Quinn (Commander Duncan), George Sawaya (Panuji), Jim Boles (Samuel Bone), Louise Lorimer (Dowager)
E22 Run For the MoneyFeb 14, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony and Timmy enter East Berlin to retrieve a million in gold coins that will be used to help finance a refugee escape route from the East to the West. While there, Tony must also try to rescue the daughter of an old friend before she is shot for treason.
Guest stars: Diana Hyland (Celeste Martel), Helmut Dantine (Colonel von Reichert), Channing Pollock (Lumindorf), Mimi Heinrich (Lisa), Martin Kosleck (Fischer), Ivan Triesault (Mitter), Ed Gilbert (Karl), Alex Gerry (Papa Hans)
E23 The Laughing Lady of LuxorFeb 21, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel and Timmy meet an old friend who tells them he will make them rich, but he winds up dead before he can tell them which object in his shipment is worth ""millions."" So they setup shop, with their ploy to see who is the most interested in this unknown object.
Guest stars: Gia Scala (Lisa de Monteforte), Everett Sloane (Dubrovin), Nico Minardos (Spiro Deleanos), Louise Latham (Catherine DeMontrachet), John Orchard (Creighton), Edward Colmans (Henri), Alberto Morin (Montrachet), Loie Bridge (Tourist)
E24 The Bartered MacBrideFeb 28, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony poses as the lost cousin of a family that is waiting to collect the inheritance they are expecting after their uncle's ""unexpected"" death. Tony and the family are going to sell them the part of the inheritance he kept, but only after they convince them there is oil on it.
Guest stars: Simon Oakland (Absalom MacBride), Joanna Moore (Annabelle MacBride), Jorja Curtright (Amelia MacBride), Vincent Van Lynn (Ashley MacBride), Cliff Osmond (Sheriff Todd), Howard Freeman (Orrin Banes), Napoleon Whiting (Harrison), Jonathan Hole (Hotel Clerk)
E25 The Pigeons of ParisMar 7, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Timmy's old school friend, who is a painter and an undercover agent, is murdered. Marcel and Timmy move into his Paris studio to try to uncover what he was working on that caused him to be killed.
Guest stars: Jill St. John (Jena Tate), John Williams (Insp. Robert Briscoe), Gerald Mohr (Carl Votrian), Marcel Hillaire (Le Beau), Eileen Baral (Monique), Jonathan Farwell (Paul Hammer), Vincent Gardenia (Inspector), Mathilda Calnan (Concierge)
E26 Our Men in MarawatMar 14, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel and Timmy are sent by Briscoe to return an original art object back to its rightful place and help avoid the political situation that may result if the fake is discovered.
Guest stars: Dana Wynter (Madame Ka), Christopher Dark (General Buto Savin), Greta Chi (Rinl), Brendan Dillon (Quimby), Guy Lee (Rini's Brother), Gerald Jann (Mme. Ka's Guard), Yan Shan Tung (Stewardess), Barry Ford (Airline Clerk)
E27 Wherefore Art Thou, Harold?Mar 21, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Margaret enlists the family to help a friend who is being evicted by a publisher who wants to get his hands on copies of first editions that belong with the house she owns. Tony & Marcel set out to sell him a Timmy first edition, a forgery he did in Shakespeare's handwriting years ago.
Guest stars: Barbara Eden (Sally Cardew), Estelle Winwood (Lady Rachel), Robert Webber (Guy Gabriel), John Abbott (Sir Egbert), Robert Phillips (Spector), Hilda Plowright (Lady Brayford), Lester Matthews (Bailiff), Nelson Welch (Flint)
E28 Grave DoubtsMar 28, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tony gets involved with a girl whose father was just murdered or was he really killed twenty years ago. The original body's coffin is to be exhumed by two ""cousins"" planning to take it back to Germany (what secrets does it hold?) but Tony puts his and Marcel's talents to use.
Guest stars: Jocelyn Lane (Madeleine Sorel), Jonathan Harris (Paul Duval), Robert H. Harris (Otto Anhalt), James Frawley (Inspector Charles Jouet), Vincent Gardenia (Chief Inspector), Felix Locher (Hans), James Lanphier (Swiss Detective), Albert Carrier (Jean Sorel)
E29 Mr. White's ChristmasApr 4, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel and another American cousin, work on a scheme to make Horatio T. White, a Scrooge-like millionaire, become the ""world's greatest philanthropist.""
Guest stars: John McGiver (Horatio T. White), Jill Haworth (Timothea Farley), Hedley Mattingly (Hutchins), Michael St. Clair (Inspector), Doris Lloyd (Mrs. Hackett), Trevor Cuming (Sergeant), William Beckley (Young Man), John Trayne (Man)
E30 A Daring Step BackwardApr 18, 1965 · 60 min
Synopsis
Marcel and the family help a fashion designer whose latest creations were pirated and her studio ruined. Their con creates ""new"" fashions with Margaret's old dresses from 1932 as they begin to setup the fashion magazine editor who is responsible.
Guest stars: George Sanders (Leonard Carvel), Larry Hagman (Mark Fleming), Dina Merrill (Clothilde Bonheur), Camilla Sparv (Helene), Ed Gilbert (Gerber), Angela Greene (McTeague), Molly Dodd (Goldberg), Lou Krugman (Harry)