The Hunter - Season 1

First aired: 7/3/1952 13 episodes

The first season introduced debonair millionaire Playboy Bartholomew Adams (Barry Nelson).

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Episodes

1. The Grey People

Aired: 7/3/1952

On a covert mission behind the Iron Curtain, Adams journeys to Warsaw in an effort to recover a diary containing crucial information vital to Western governments. Along the way, he receives assistance from a group of impoverished Polish men and women who share his train ride.

2. Bucharest Express

Aired: 7/10/1952

On a covert mission beyond the Iron Curtain, Adams embarks on a journey to Warsaw to recover a diary holding critical information for Western governments. Along the way, he is aided by a group of impoverished Polish men and women who accompany him on the train.

3. The Puzzle of Pier 90

Aired: 7/17/1952

Communist operatives devise a plot to abduct an Austrian soil expert during her visit to New York City, intending to substitute her with an impostor.

4. Salzburg Festival

Aired: 7/24/1952

After the assassination of Austria's anti-communist leader, Adams steps in to offer protection to their successor.

5. Paris Incident

Aired: 7/31/1952

Adams is brought in to handle the situation when a prominent American economist is kidnapped by communist agents during a visit to Paris. A charming female reporter steps forward, claiming to know the economist's location and offering her assistance.

6. Mad Money

Aired: 8/7/1952

American businessman Bart Adams outwits a communist gang.

7. Athens Incident

Aired: 8/14/1952

Adams travels to Athens in an effort to uncover a communist cell active within the city. He discovers that one of the cell's members is hospitalized and may be willing to share vital information before passing away.

8. Operation Ashes

Aired: 8/21/1952

Adams infiltrates East Berlin on a daring mission to rescue a female spy holding a crucial piece of microfilm, racing against time to outmaneuver communist agents intent on capturing her.

9. Time and Tide

Aired: 8/28/1952

Adams sets out on a mission to save the Polish-born daughter-in-law of an American general, navigating the dangerous world of Communist agents operating beyond the Iron Curtain.

10. The Man Who Dropped In

Aired: 9/4/1952

Adams looks into the case of a former Soviet secret police officer seeking to defect to the British authorities in their sector of Berlin.

11. Rendevous in Prague

Aired: 9/11/1952

Bart Adams uncovers a lead pointing to the location of a Czech patriot, a portrait artist by profession, who is in hiding in Prague. Disguised and working beneath the radar, he sets out on a high-stakes mission to help her escape across the Iron Curtain before the Communist regime can apprehend and condemn her for treason.

12. Black and White Sheep

Aired: 9/18/1952

During a visit to Bulgaria, the sister of an American journalist, labeled a traitor back in the United States, attempts to persuade Adams that her brother has been wrongfully accused. Determined to uncover the truth, the Hunter takes it upon himself to investigate and identify the actual culprit.

13. The Ghost Goes East

Aired: 9/25/1952

Adams embarks on a mission to identify a courier working for a communist spy within the group of passengers on a Trans-Atlantic flight. Tensions escalate further when a murder occurs aboard the plane, raising the stakes dramatically.