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- Coronet Blue is an American adventure drama series that ran on CBS from May 29 until September 4, 1967. It starred Frank Converse as Michael Alden, an amnesiac in search of his identity. Brian Bedford co-starred. The show's 13 episodes were filmed in 1965 and were originally intended to be shown during the 1965–66 television season, but CBS put the show on hiatus when they reversed an earlier decision to cancel the drama Slattery's People. The network had plans to show Coronet Blue the following year, and CBS head of programming Michael Dann said that, "there still is enormous enthusiasm" for it, but it would take another full year before the network aired it as a summer replacement. It proved moderately popular and developed a cult following. According to Converse, CBS wanted to renew it but by then Converse had signed to do another series for ABC, N.Y.P.D., which premiered the day after the last airing of Coronet Blue. Due to a number of pre-emptions, only 11 of the 13 episodes were shown during the initial run. The theme song was performed by rhythm and blues singer Lenny Welch. (en)
- Coronet Blue è una serie televisiva statunitense in 13 episodi trasmessi per la prima volta nel corso di una sola stagione nel 1967. (it)
- 『コロネットブルーの謎』（ - なぞ、原題: Coronet Blue）は、アメリカ合衆国のテレビドラマ。1967年5月29日から1967年9月4日まで、CBSで放映された。日本では1968年にNHKで放映された。 自身の秘密を解き明かそうとする記憶喪失の主人公マイケル・オールデンをが演じ、が共演した。 全13話のエピソードは1965年に撮影され、当初は1965年から66年にかけて放映される予定であったが、CBSはこれを中断し、2年後に夏の埋草番組として放送した。 しかし徐々に人気が出始め、固定ファンも付いてきたため（コンヴァースによると）CBSは続編を望んだが、『コロネットブルーの謎』最終回放映時点で彼はABCの番組『ニューヨーク警察』 (N.Y.P.D.) と契約を結んでしまっていた。アメリカ本国では幾つかの放送予定変更によって、当初は13話中11話のみが放映された。主題歌はR&B歌手のが歌っている。 (ja)
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- Alden hears a pop tune on the radio, supposedly from a dead singer, yet never released until that moment-but he somehow knows the lyrics already, and surmises that he had to have been present at the recording session.
Guest stars: Peter Duchin, Sally Kellerman, Dick Clark, Murray the K, Bruce Scott, Pamela Toll and Jesse Colin Young. (en)
- A reluctant girl is used as a medium in a magic act, and a blue coronet is part of her costume. This intrigues Alden and Anthony, who are then unexpectedly drawn into a strange plot.
Guest stars: Viveca Lindfors, Leonard Elliott, Judi West, and Joseph Wiseman. (en)
- Brother Anthony is a young monk who may hold a clue to Michael Alden's real identity after he sees Alden's likeness in a painting.
Guest stars: John Beal, Lynda Day George, Donald Moffat and House Jameson. (en)
- Alden makes arrangements to pay a man $2000 for his true identity, but both are pursued by ruthless hit men. A troubled boy joins him hiding out in Central Park, unable to face home responsibilities after his father dies.
Guest stars: Neva Patterson, Miles Chapin, Charles Randall and David Hartman. (en)
- Alden is reunited with people who claim to be his parents and fiance. But when certain things do not add up, he begins to wonder if they "really are" who they say they are.
Guest stars: Janet Margolin, Signe Hasso and Edward Binns. (en)
- Anthony is lured to a strange apartment by a naval officer, where he finds a girl in a harem costume. Police later accuse him of murder, when the officer's body is found in the same room where his fingerprints are also found.
Guest stars: Jack Cassidy, Brenda Vaccaro, Roy Scheider, Richard Bright and Paul Sparer. (en)
- Alden unwittingly gets caught up in a plot to kill a political figure and his daughter.
Guest stars: Denholm Elliott, René Enríquez and Juliet Mills. (en)
- A man called "Gigot" by an assailant is pulled from a river, but has no memory of his past except two words--"Coronet Blue". He is rehabilitated and gives himself the name "Michael Alden" and begins his trek to "find his past" but soon realizes he is targeted for assassination.
Guest stars: Susan Hampshire, Chester Morris, Jane Holzer and Jon Cypher. (en)
- Michael spies an Asian girl whom he believes he met with in his forgotten past. Following her leads to brutes, discovering he knows karate, a dojo instructor who mentors him, confused and cleared memories, with a martial arts finish.
Guest stars: Sab Shimono, Daniel J. Travanti, Cely Carillo and Keye Luke. (en)
- In North Carolina, Alden is befriended by a cheery, ditzy blonde aspiring folk singer. Her imaginative fabrications gradually become strange and sinister, and he's forced to find out who she is.
Guest stars: Laura Devon, Vincent Gardenia, Haila Stoddard and Martha Greenhouse. (en)
- At a college in New York, Alden is the focus of experiments to overcome amnesia, but he must share a dorm room with students and earn his keep by working shifts at campus security, but this puts him in conflict with protesting students.
Guest stars: Richard Kiley, David Carradine, Jon Voight, Candice Bergen, Ray Middleton and Addison Powell. (en)
- Feds want to exploit Alden's amnesia for simulating a mission to Mars. Brainwashed, he and a partner are placed into a drug-induced simulator. His partner's breakdown aborts the mission, just as Michael begins to remember parts of his past.
Guest stars: Alan Alda, Patrick O'Neal, Billy Dee Williams and Dennis Patrick. (en)
- A mysterious photograph of a funeral reception for a murdered girl shows Alden present. Though a young man was convicted, and Alden has no memory of the event, he suspects he might be the actual killer.
Guest stars: Mitchell Ryan, Hal Holbrook, Marisa Berenson, Joanna Roos and Phyllis Thaxter. (en)
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