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Assignment : Manhunt (Talent Associates/NBC) (Summer 1951 & Summer 1952) starring John Baragrey
Manhunt (Screen Gems)(1959-61) starring Victor Jory
 Assignment: Manhunt (1951-52)
 Sponsors  Lucky Strike (cigarettes)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:Rina Fox [Updated March 2017]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Writers Guild of America (wga)

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ASSIGNMENT: MANHUNT
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Talent Associates production
for
NBC
Produced by Julian Claman

US Police Anthology series Summer 1951 & Summer 1952 16 episodes x 30 min

Starring:
John Baragrey

Summer replacement for "Your Hit Parade"

Series was best known as: "Manhunt" [according to UCLA].

Note: Not to be confused with:  Manhunt (Screen Gems)(1959-61) starring Victor Jory

############# Assignment: Manhunt ############
############ season 1 Summer 1951 ############
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NBC Saturdays 10:30-11:00pm Eastern (14Jul51-1Sep51)
Summer replacement for "Your Hit Parade"

1.01 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: STRANGER IN THE PARK  [Season 1 Premiere]
14Jul1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.02 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: THROUGH A DEAD MAN'S EYE
21Jul1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.03 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: THE PIPES ARE CALLING
28Jul1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.04 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: SENTENCE OF DEATH
04Aug1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.05 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: THE TRAP
11Aug1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.06 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: CONFIDENTIAL FILE
18Aug1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.07 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: DELAYED VERDICT
25Aug1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

1.08 [--] Assignment: Manhunt: THE GOOD PROSPECT
01Sep1951 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

############# Assignment: Manhunt ############
############ season 2 Summer 1952 ############
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NBC Saturdays 10:30-11:00pm Eastern (5Jul52-23Aug52)
Summer replacement for "Your Hit Parade"

2.01 [09] Assignment: Manhunt: OVERDUE ACCOUNT [Season 2 Premiere]
05Jul952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
Guest cast:
Pat O'Malley
and Ralph Stantley

2.02 [10] Assignment: Manhunt: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
12Jul1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
Walter Brooke
Barbara Ames
Jack Warden
Lew Charles

2.03 [11] Assignment: Manhunt: THE AUTHOR CAN DIE
19Jul1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
Philip Abbott
Isabel Robbins
Constance Davis

2.4 [--] Assignment Manhunt. NIGHT RIDE [UCLA]
26-July-1952 NBC Sat
Talent Associates production
Produced by Julian Claman
Written by Charles B. Morton / Directed by Bill Hobin
Music, Jules Seidman.
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
Don Keefer
Addison Richards
Sally Chamberlain
Allen Nourse
Chris Campel
Winnifred H. Cushing
Lori March.
Synopsis:
A young man is accosted by strangers on a train. He feels he is being persecuted by them, as they never tell
him what they want from him. Finally, it turns out that they are the law and he is a psycho killer. [UCLA]
Contents: Commercials: Lucky Strike.

2.05 [13] Assignment: Manhunt: WRITTEN IN THE STARS
02Aug1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
Russell Hardie
Dulcy Jordan
Rudolph Justice Watson

2.06 [14] Assignment: Manhunt: DOUBLE TROUBLE
09Aug1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
John Marley
Nita Talbot
Martin Newman

2.07 [15] Assignment: Manhunt: THE CHAMP
16Aug1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey
with
Jack Warden
Jamie Smith

2.08 [16] Assignment: Manhunt: END OF A VOYAGE [Final episode]
23Aug1952 NBC Sat
Starring:
John Baragrey

############# Assignment: Manhunt ############
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