"The Cheaters" (1960) TV series 1960-1962

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

10 December 1960 (UK)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

Cases of an Insurance Claims Investigator.

Plot Keywords:

Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

John Ireland	...	John Hunter (39 episodes, 1960-1962)
Robert Ayres	...	Walter Allen (39 episodes, 1960-1962)

Runtime:

30 min (39 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Danziger Productions Ltd.

The Best Half Hour Crime Show made in the UK

The Danziger Brothers had produced a lot of cheap half hour shows the previous 6 years before they made The Cheaters. In this series they stretched themselves to paying for a known "star" and although the sets were still as creaky, the pace of the shows and the excellent rapport between Ireland and his co-star Robert Ayres, gave the series a glow that was not surpassed by other shows of that period (Unless you include Danger Man as a crime show). However the budgets were perhaps too large for The Danzigers and although they made one more series, perhaps in the face of the growing empire of the Grades, the days of the independent ITV producer were over.

Sadly this show has not been shown on TV for 40 years, except on Channel TV in the 70's, which is a pity as it has been sadly neglected. TV producers ought to bring it back to life instead of repeating ad infinitum all those old movies.