by Desmond Wilcox
Thirteen programmes which look at figures in an American landscape.
He's an ex-cop and a 'loner'. In the Yellow Pages John O'Grady describes himself quite simply as 'Hollywood's Number One Private Eye'. His office is on Sunset Boulevard- 'The Strip'. He drives a Cadillac, keeps a gun in his desk drawer, smokes 'Luckys' and dresses like his fictional counterparts. He was a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department and later was Head of the Hollywood Narcotics Division.
But times changed and the tough methods of John O'Grady went out of fashion. So O'Grady set himself up as a Private Eye, modelling himself on his fictional counterparts, because that's what his Hollywood clients expect - and pay for.