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The Wild Reed: Directed by Boris Sagal. With John Cassavetes, Harry Guardino, Olive Deering, J. Pat O'Malley. Johnny Staccato investigates an old college friend who is now playing a bad saxophone in a cheap joint.
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(12) The Wild Reed- When Frankie Aspen's saxophone-playing takes a sudden turn for the worse, Johnny determines to find out what is bothering him. This episode was originally scheduled to air December 3, 1960 but was pre-empted. When the series was canceled, it was dug out & was the last one aired. w/ Olive Deering. (3/24/1960)
He disdains bebop and is driven crazy when, in the gloriously demented “Wild Reed” episode, an obnoxious hophead sax player (Harry Guardino) attempts to make like Ornette Coleman. Nor is this hipster above petit bourgeois moralizing.
Check out information to watch 1 - 27: The Wild Reed online including episode summaries, ratings, and links to stream on SideReel.
Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.
A jazz pianist supplements his income by working as a detective.
