Pat Novak....for Hire Episodes

Pat Novak, for Hire is set on the San Francisco, California waterfront and depicts the city Pat Novak knows - a dark, rough place where the main goal is survival. Pat Novak is not a detective by trade. He owns a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rents out boats and does odd jobs to make money. The series is popular among fans for its fast-paced, hard-boiled dialogue and action and witty one-liners. Each episode of the programs, especially with Jack Webb, follows the same basic formula; a foghorn so...

Pat Novak, for Hire is set on the San Francisco, California waterfront and depicts the city Pat Novak knows - a dark, rough place where the main goal is survival. Pat Novak is not a detective by trade. He owns a boat shop on Pier 19 where he rents out boats and does odd jobs to make money. The series is popular among fans for its fast-paced, hard-boiled dialogue and action and witty one-liners. Each episode of the programs, especially with Jack Webb, follows the same basic formula; a foghorn so...

Classic old time radio showing starring Jack Webb (1946, 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) as Pat Novak, a street wise guy who rents boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Novak is always getting into scrapes when taking on jobs for hire or occassionally as a favor to a friend. When he does, he goes to see "The Only Honest Guy I Know" an ex-Doctor and a boozer named Jocko Madigan (played by Tudor Owens). Novak's nemesis is Lieutenant Hellman of Homicide (played by Raymond Burr and...

Classic old time radio showing starring Jack Webb (1946, 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) as Pat Novak, a street wise guy who rents boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Novak is always getting into scrapes when taking on jobs for hire or occassionally as a favor to a friend. When he does, he goes to see "The Only Honest Guy I Know" an ex-Doctor and a boozer named Jocko Madigan (played by Tudor Owens). Novak's nemesis is Lieutenant Hellman of Homicide (played by Raymond Burr and...

Two great episodes of Pat Novak For Hire starring Jack  Webb

Novak works a small repair shop near the waterfront and he knows alot of people. When there is a murder they come to him for information, and when they are the intended victim they come to him for help. Stars Jack Webb as Pat Novak in his pre-Dragnet...

Go Away Dixie Gillian: Novak is hired by a woman to frighten Dixiee Gillian by telling him a man named Adrian wants him to leave town in the morning.  Sam Tolliver: Pat's old friend Sam wants a quick favor, but when the deal goes down,Pat has to...

Father Leahy: A concerned priest hires Pat to pick up a prison escapee once under his care.  A small detour before returning the prisoner leads to a big pot of trouble for Novak Shirt Mix-up A The Laundry:  Pat's laundry gets mixed up with...