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Tenspeed and Brown Shoe ()

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Season: 1 Year: 1980
A con-man and an accountant-wanna-be private eye team up to fight crime.
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.
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  E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner (14 episodes, 1980)
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  Lionel Whitney (14 episodes, 1980)
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  Crazy Tommy Tedesco (3 episodes, 1980)
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  Chip Vincent (3 episodes, 1980)
Luke Andreas ...
  Little Mo / ... (3 episodes, 1980)
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  Martha Gribb (2 episodes, 1980)
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  Bunny / ... (2 episodes, 1980)
Bruce Tuthill ...
  Desk Sergeant / ... (2 episodes, 1980)
Larry Margo ...
  Doorman / ... (2 episodes, 1980)
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  Clancy (as Henry Gale Sanders) / ... (2 episodes, 1980)
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  Marty Boxx (1 episode, 1980)
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  Tony (1 episode, 1980)
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  Vernon Laws (1 episode, 1980)
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  William Whitney (1 episode, 1980)
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  Mike 'Scoop' McGill (1 episode, 1980)
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  Sylvia Huckerman (1 episode, 1980)
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  Herman LaCross (1 episode, 1980)
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  Phyllis Lassiter (1 episode, 1980)
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  Lola Marshall (1 episode, 1980)
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  Bernice Courtney (1 episode, 1980)
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  Alice Rynkoff (1 episode, 1980)
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  Brandon Leroy 'B.L.' Turner (1 episode, 1980)
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  Susan Lardner (1 episode, 1980)
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  Rogers Dillingham (1 episode, 1980)
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  Ruth LaCross (1 episode, 1980)
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  Camilla Caras (1 episode, 1980)
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  Cletus (1 episode, 1980)
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  John Dalem (1 episode, 1980)
James Whitmore Jr. ...
  Sgt. Bogart (1 episode, 1980)
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  Bill Kingman (1 episode, 1980)
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  Marty Huckerman (1 episode, 1980)
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  Johnny McClain (1 episode, 1980)
Janice Heiden ...
  Avon Madison (1 episode, 1980)
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  Mark Trousdale (1 episode, 1980)
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  Gardenia (1 episode, 1980)
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  Dean Culpits (1 episode, 1980)
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  Hell Hound Leader (1 episode, 1980)
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  Joe Kingman (1 episode, 1980)
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  Sartain's Henchman (1 episode, 1980)
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  Skeeter McClintock (1 episode, 1980)
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  Lester Rollins (1 episode, 1980)
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  Stubby (1 episode, 1980)
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  Jigs Duran (1 episode, 1980)
Laurence Haddon ...
  Walter Burton (1 episode, 1980)
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  Katie (1 episode, 1980)
Woody Eney ...
  Larry Craig (1 episode, 1980)
Dick Yarmy ...
  Brandowyn (1 episode, 1980)
Kenneth O'Brien ...
  Racetrack Richard Rollins (1 episode, 1980)
Sheldon Feldner ...
  Carlo (1 episode, 1980)

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Plot Summary

Ben Vereen is E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner, an inveterate con-man and master of disguise. Jeff Goldblum is Lionel Whitney, a "brown shoe" (accountant). Through an unlikely series of circumstances, they form a detective agency. Tenspeed is the realist, while Lionel fantasizes of having adventures like the fictional private eye he idolizes, Mark Savage. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Timide et sans complexe (France)
  • Die Schnüffler (Germany)
  • Premiata agenzia Whitney (Italy)
  • Centella y el burgués (Chile)
  • Die Schnüffler (West Germany)
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Trivia Mill Creek Entertainment, who released the DVD, planned to make it a 'Complete Series' collection. CBS however, who owned the rights to the two part pilot episode, refused to come to a financial and contractual agreement with MCI and denied its use. Therefore the DVD box set released in 2010 contains every episode but the pilot. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1980). See more »
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