Episode
The Green Hornet: Corpse of the Year (1)
Overview
As a carbon copy of the Green Hornet's Black Beauty attacks a Daily Sentinel delivery truck and terminates it's driver right in front of Britt Reid -- and Reporter Mike has an explosive visit from a Green Hornet impostor, leads the real Hornet on a cat and mouse chase of his shadow car disrupting Sentinel deliveries.
Details
- Series
- The Green Hornet
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 18
- Air date
- 1967-01-13
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Corpse of the Year (1) is Episode 18 in Season 1 of The Green Hornet. It aired on 1967-01-13. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 17: Seek, Stalk and Destroy
A tank crew who served together in Korea steal a tank to free their former captain from prison before he is executed for murder. It's up to The Green Hornet & Kato to stop them before they can accomplish their goal.
Episode 19: Corpse of the Year (2)
After another death, Simon Neal, publisher/owner of the Daily Express, by the phony Green Hornet, part 2 begins with Britt Reid bringing on-board Daily Express's previous employee, Dan Scully, to help investigate Simon's termination. After finding out from Sabrina Bradley, Managing Editor of the Daily Express, that a copy Black Beauty was produced for the Press Club's Masquerade Ball, the real Green Hornet sets a trap with her help.
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