The Telltale Clue
The Telltale Clue, sometimes billed as The Tell-Tale Clue, is an American police drama that aired on CBS Television on Thursday nights at 10pm ET from July 8, 1954, to September 23, 1954. It briefly replaced The [Public Defender (TV series)|The Public Defender], which aired on CBS in the same time slot from March to July 1954, returning to that same time slot from September 30 until the end of its run in June 23, 1955.
The program was produced by Charles E. Martin, and sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes. At least two episodes were written by novelist and essayist Gore Vidal.