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The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game was a rotating 90-minute series featuring in turn the owner and two employees of Howard Publications, an LA based publishing empire which had been built up by its owner, Glenn Howard (Gene Barry). Other stories revolved around investigative correspondent Jeff Dillon (Anthony Franciosa), an aggressive former newsboy now working for Howard's People Magazine, and editor Dan Farrell (Robert Stack), the senior editor of Crime Magazine and a former FBI agent. The three men shared an editorial assistant, the bright, ambitious and sometimes kooky Peggy Maxwell. There were recurring roles also for three reporters Joe Sample (played by Ben Murphy), Andy and Ross. The show ran from September 1968 to September 1971.

Pete appeared in two episodes. The first was The White Birch in the first season and the second was The Savage Eye in the third season. The Savage Eye was notable because Pete's real-life brother, Geoff Deuel, played his brother. Ben Murphy did not appear in either of these episodes.

The White Birch

Date Aired: 29 Nov 1968 (episode 1.11)
Director: Lamont Johnson
Executive Producer: Richard Irving
Writer: Dean Hargrove and Luther Davis
Story by: Robert Soderberg

Cast:
Gene Barry - Glenn Howard
Susan St James - Peggy Maxwell

Guest Stars:
Peter Deuel - Chernin
Jean Pierre Aumont - Emile
Susan Oliver - Tatiana
Roddy McDowall - Philip Saxon
Louise Sorel - Marie
Boris Karloff - Mikhail Orlov
Lilia Skala - Madame Orl
Richard Jaeckel - Melchek
Robert Wolders - Dubrek
Malila Saint Duval - Hedrika Heldjob

Glenn Howard is on a press tour to Czechoslovakia, amidst rumours of a Russian invasion. Mikhail Orlov is one of his country's greatest writers and known as a political maverick. Shortly after writing a politically explosive book, he became ill. Chernin is a Czech resistance leader, trying to get a copy of the book, The White Birch, out of the country and into the West.

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The Savage Eye

Date Aired: 19 February 1971 (episode 3.72)
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Leon Tokatyan

Cast:
Robert Stack - Dan Farrell
Susan St James - Peggy Maxwell

Guest Stars:
Pete Duel - Ted Sands
Marianna Hill - Tracy
Geoffrey Deuel - Zim
Jim Hutton - Mike

The Howard Foundation has given a grant to self-professed revolutionary film-maker Ted Sands to make a documentary about the ecological awareness of American industry. When there appears to be a conflict with a local logging company and trouble looms, Dan Farrell is sent to investigate.

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