Charlie Wild was a private investigator with headquarters in New York City, with most of his cases involving murder. He often used violence to solve cases, bending the law at times without actually breaking it. Effie Perrine was Wild's secretary.[^(\[4\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective#cite_note-etvs-4)

A review of the program's premiere episode in the trade publication [*Billboard*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)) described the plot as "run-of-the-mill" except that "the menace ran to silk dressing gowns and Beethoven symphonies" as Wild solved two murders.[^(\[2\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective#cite_note-bb-2) The reviewer summarized by saying that the show needed "more original story approach and less hokum.Charlie Wild was a private investigator with headquarters in New York City, with most of his cases involving murder. He often used violence to solve cases, bending the law at times without actually breaking it. Effie Perrine was Wild's secretary.[^(\[4\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective#cite_note-etvs-4)

A review of the program's premiere episode in the trade publication [*Billboard*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)) described the plot as "run-of-the-mill" except that "the menace ran to silk dressing gowns and Beethoven symphonies" as Wild solved two murders.[^(\[2\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wild,_Private_Detective#cite_note-bb-2) The reviewer summarized by saying that the show needed "more original story approach and less hokum.

A New York City detective dealing almost exclusively with murder cases. Twenty episodes in 1950.