It was inspired by the 1973 movie The Sting and was similar to The Rockford Files, which debuted a year earlier.

The series focused on two main characters, Frank MacBride (Eddie Albert), a retired bunco cop who once arrested Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner), who was an ex-con, before he served as his trusted crime-fighting partner. After Ryan's release, the two open up their own detective agency in Los Angeles that specializes in "out-conning the cons" by using the same sorts of double-crosses and deceptions used by con men in order to capture criminals. Assisting them is another former con man of Mac's, restaurant owner Malcolm Argos (Charlie Callas) who went straight and Maggie Philbin (Sharon Gless), Mac's and Pete's young receptionist who helps them out in each of the cases, known as the all-around girl Friday.



SET 2

DISC 1

THREE BLONDE MICE

SEIGE AT THE BOXILIC BAR

BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST

BIG ORDEAL IN PARADISE

LADY OF THE DEEP

DISC 2

MAGGIES HERO

SWITCH HITTER

THINGS BELONG TO NICKY COSTELLO

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO C HARMONY

GAFFING THE SKIM

DISC 3

CAMERA ANGLES

BUTTERFLY MOURNING

THE FOUR HORSEMEN

EDEN'S GATE

THE 100,000 RUBLE

DISC 4

THIRTY THOUSAND WITNESSES

DANGEROUS CURVES

THE CAGE

CORONADO CIRCLE

STOLEN ISLAND

DISC 5

FADE OUT

DANCER

MISTRESS, MURDER & MILLIONS

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DOWNSHIFT