City of Angels is a 1976 television series created by Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins, who had previously worked together on The Rockford Files. American mystery novelist Max Allan Collins has called City of Angels "the best private eye series ever."
1 season · 13 episodes
The November Plan (1)
Feb 3, 197660 min
Jake Axminster is a hard-boiled, wise-cracking private eye in Los Angeles during the 1930's. Mary Kingston hires him to prove her innocence. She is being framed for murdering her boyfriend, and the police are seeking her whereabouts. Jake h
The November Plan (2)
Feb 10, 197660 min
Jake continues to hide Mary at the beach house while he attempts to prove her innocence. His investigation leads him to a clandestine group of very prominent and powerful men, who are plotting the overthrow of the United States' government
The November Plan (3)
Feb 17, 197660 min
Jake makes contact with Gen. Smedley Butler as they discuss the plot to overthrow the U.S. government. Jake tricks Noel Crossman, Jr. into leading him and the police to the reporter's body, clearing Mary of murder charges.
Parting Shot
Feb 24, 197660 min
Jake is hired by a wealthy man named Underhill to see if his wife Velma is having an affair. Jake follows Velma that night, and as she arrives home he hears a shot ring out from the house. Rushing inside, he finds Underhill shot to death in
A Lonely Way to Die
Mar 2, 197660 min
April Miller is a friend of Jake's, and Lt. Quint has Axminster arrested in the middle of the night to question him about her apparent suicide. April had come to Jake earlier in the evening asking for his help. She'd had an accident on the
The House on Orange Grove Avenue
Mar 16, 197660 min
Margaret Hillings and Ruby Dyson were accused of committing a double murder eight years ago, but were acquitted. They hire Jake to find out who really did it, and hopefully clear their names.
