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The Man Behind The Badge  (1953-55)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Jim Brent, Sal Crisanti, Tom Alger, Cindy Rumbold, Rina Fox [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
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MAN BEHIND THE BADGE
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 Production Company not known
for
CBS (Sundays 9:30pm EST)(11Oct53 to 3Oct54)(season 1)
First-Run Syndication (1955)(season 2)
Produced by Bernard J. Prockter, Jerome Robinson

US Police Anthology series 1953-55   91 episodes x 30 min bw

Host/Narrator
Norman Rose (1953-1954)
Charles Bickford (1955)

Announcer: Joel Aldred

Premise:
Dramatizations of Actual Cases about Real Law Enforcement Personnel.

############ Man Behind The Badge ############
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CBS Sundays 9:30pm Eastern

 1.01 Man Behind the Badge: THE PROBATION OFFICER STORY
11Oct53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Paul Tripp
Joey Walsh
Synopsis:
A probation officer takes a juvenile delinquent into his home to
give him a chance at rehabilitation. [JB]

1.02 Man Behind the Badge: THE PORTLAND, OREGON STORY #1
18Oct53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Jack Warden
Ruth Enders
Richard Carlyle
Synopsis:
A detective tracks down a bank robber he has been seeking since
the days when he was a rookie cop. [JB]

1.03 Man Behind the Badge: THE DENVER STORY
25Oct53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Robert Emhardt
Ed Bond
Synopsis:
The story of a wealthy man who becomes entangled in financial
deals and eventually faces prosecution by the D. A., who happens
to be his best friend. [JB]

1.04 Man Behind the Badge: THE WILKES-BARRE STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
01-Nov-1953 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest cast:
James Gregory
Alan Devitt
Synopsis:
A postal inspector catches up with a crazed killer who has been
mailing bombs to his victims. [JB]

1.05 Man Behind the Badge: THE NASHVILLE STORY
08Nov53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Christine White
Dennis Harrison
Synopsis:
Martin Stephens, chief of detectives of the Nashville, Tenn. Police Dept., and
one of his policewomen work on a case of a co-ed who has run away from home. [JB]

1.06 Man Behind the Badge: THE STORY OF A WOMAN WARDEN  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
15Nov53 CBS Sun
15-Nov-1953 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest cast:
Ruth Matteson
Bethel Leslie

1.07 Man Behind the Badge: THE HOUSTON, TEXAS STORY
22Nov53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
John McGovern ........ Sheriff Isbell
Scott McKay .......... Jack Tyler
Dorothy Sands ........ Grace Spencer
Gene Sultan .......... Johnny Isbell
Synopsis:
The young son of a Texas sheriff receives a bad check from a
prominent Texan and his father uncovers a fabulous swindle. [JB]

1.08 Man Behind the Badge: THE NEBRASKA STORY [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
29-Nov-1953 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Rusty Lane
Jack Klugman
Synopsis:
The public defender of Douglas County, Nebraska, stakes the
prestige of his legal-aid office in the defense of a homicide suspect. [JB]

1.09 Man Behind the Badge: THE BUFFALO, NEW YORK STORY
06Dec53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Robert Lieb
Dorotha Duckworth
Sid Raymond
Synopsis:
An old charred chair leg, a phony furniture firm, and a firebug mesh into
 a pattern that endables police to solve a series of mysterious fires. [JB]

1.10 Man Behind the Badge: THE ST. PAUL STORY [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
13-Dec-1953 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Paul Newman
Carl Frank
Synopsis:
Captain William Steiner of the St. Paul, Minn., police department
strives to rehabilitate a man he sent to jail. [JB]

1.11 Man Behind the Badge: THE PAROLE OFFICER STORY
20Dec53 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
(no details)
Synopsis:
A parole officer strives to assist a paroled bank robber in his attempt to go "straight." [JB]

1.12 Man Behind the Badge: THE GERMANY STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
27-Dec-1953 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Thomas Coley
Jerry Crews
Wendell K. Phillips
Synopsis:
A chief warrant officer with the military police stationed in
Germany hunts the murderer of a German citizen. [JB]

1.13 Man Behind the Badge: THE READING, PENNSYLVANIA STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
03-Jan-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Wesley Addy
Bruce Marshall
Carmen Mathews
Synopsis:
The supervisor of a Reading, Pa. home for Boys aids in the rehabilitation of a
young boy who is trying to live down the shame of an alcoholic mother. [JB]

1.14 Man Behind the Badge: THE NEW ORLEANS STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
10-Jan-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Robert Emhardt
Ray Danton
Jan Leighton
Synopsis:
The custodian of the law is a New Orleans detective on the
pawn-shop detail who tails a gang of masked jewel thieves. [RF]

1.15 Man Behind the Badge: THE DETROIT STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
17-Jan-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
William Zuckert
Dennis Patrick (as Dennis Harrison)
Jean Carson
Synopsis:
Protection racket investigation. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Inspector Joseph Krug of Detroit's Special Investigations Squad investigates
the "protection" racket that has been terrorizing local shopkeepers. [RF]

1.16 Man Behind the Badge: THE OHIO STATE PRISON STORY
24Jan54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Leslie Nielsen
Dickie Moore
Rusty Lane
Synopsis:
The story of Dan McCullough, an Ohio State penitentiary guard, who has to
cope with one of the biggest riots in prison history. [RF]

1.17 Man Behind the Badge: THE LOS ANGELES STORY [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
31-Jan-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Frances Reid
Bethel Leslie
Paul Newman
Synopsis:
A woman judge intervenes in the case of a young married couple
who are seeking a divorce. [JB]

1.18 Man Behind the Badge: THE CLEVELAND STORY
07Feb54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
James Gregory ........ Detective Masterson
Dorothy Donahue ...... Claire
Don Briggs ........... Harold
Pud Flanagan ......... Billy
John Gibson .......... Ordway
Katherine Raht ....... Customer
Synopsis:
Detective John V. Masterson, chief of Cleveland's shoplifting
detail, works on the case of a young boy. [JB]

1.19 Man Behind the Badge: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY #1
14Feb54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Joey Faye
Conrad Janis
Matt Crowley
Leonard Barry
Synopsis:
A narcotics source is uncovered. [JB]

1.20 Man Behind the Badge: THE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA STORY
21Feb54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Russell Hardie ....... Finnegan
William Thurnhurst ... Major Corning
Leslie Barrett ....... Lester Mapes
Joe Maross ........... Ham Hamlin
Synopsis:
John T, Finnigan, Chief of the Bureau of Fire, Richmond, Virginia,
works on the case of an arsonist who set fire to the Richmond hotel. [JB]

1.21 Man Behind the Badge: THE DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA STORY [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
28-Feb-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Murray Hamilton
Alice Pearce
Synopsis:
The story of W.A. Childres, an inspector for the Dade County building division, whose strict enforcement
of the building code prevented additional disaster during the Florida hurricane of 1950. [JB]

1.22 Man Behind the Badge: THE MASSACHUSETTS STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
07-Mar-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Carl Frank
Dick Moore
Jill Kraft
Ned H. Dearborn, President of the National Safety Council.
Synopsis:
Eugene Fanning, an Investigator for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles,
tracks down a hit-and-run driver who left his victim to die on the highway. [JB]

1.23 Man Behind the Badge: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY #2 [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
14-Mar-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Addison Richards
Haskell Coffin
Patricia Smith
Lewis Charles
Synopsis:
A fugitive from a Virginia prison boasts he knows all the answers. Story dramatizes
the work of Inspector James Ryan, head of the Quaker City's "Little Mob" Squad. [JB]


1.24 Man Behind the Badge: THE PORTLAND, OREGON STORY #2 [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
21-Mar-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest cast:
Norma Crane
Christine White
Robert Fuller
Gage Clarke.

1.25 Man Behind the Badge: THE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK STORY [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
28-Mar-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Jim Nolan
Orme Lewis, Assistant Secretary of Department of the Interior.
Synopsis:
U.S. Park Rangers track down armed robbers in the mountains. [JB]

1.26 Man Behind the Badge: THE SEATTLE STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
04-Apr-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Truman Smith
Lisa Ferraday
Boris Aplon
Synopsis:
An immigration inspector suspects two aliens of being big-time gamblers. [JB]

1.27 Man Behind the Badge: THE INDIANA STATE PRISON STORY [Updated Feb 2018-RF]
11-Apr-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Robert Middleton ..... Deputy Warden Lorenz C. Schmuhl
Matt Crowley
Harold Gary
Steve Gravers
Synopsis:
A warden leads the frantic search for a concealed bottle of nitro-glycerine.
He has received a tipoff about a planned prison break. [JB]


1.28 Man Behind the Badge: THE BOSTON STORY #1  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
18-Apr-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm [Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
George Mitchell
Frank Campanella
Harry Davis
Nellie Burt
Synopsis:
Guests at a Boston hotel discover their jewels are missing. A
house detective suspects it is an inside job. [JB]

1.29 Man Behind the Badge: THE EAST BATON ROUGE STORY  [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
25-Apr-1954 CBS Sun 9:30pm
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
William Zuckert ....... Sheriff Bryan Clemens
Joey Walsh
Will Scholz
Paul Clarke
Tony Perkins (a.k.a. Anthony Perkins)
Synopsis:
The junior deputy sheriffs help the senior officers of the
community to trap a gang of teenage thieves. [JB]

1.30 Man Behind the Badge: THE CHICAGO STORY
02May54
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Herbert Nelson
Robert Jennings
John Marriott
Synopsis:
A public-health inspector desperately searches for a man bitten
by a rabid dog. [JB]

1.31 Man Behind the Badge: THE BOSTON STORY #2
09May54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Howard St. John ...... Detective John Palmer
Cliff Hall
Harold McGee
Synopsis:
A detective on the Boston and Maine Railroad is puzzled by a series
of freight car pilferings. [JB]

[--] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING FREIGHT
(possibly aka for "The Boston Story #2")
22May54 Sat WNHC-TV (ABC, CBS, NBC, DUM affiliate Connecticut)
Synopsis:
An unbroken seal baffles railroad police. [RF]

1.32 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE BLUES
16May54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Royal Dano ........... Robert Butzler
Billy Butterfield, Jazz trumpeter ... the "Horn Player"
Synopsis:
A narcotics agent is called to Chicago to break up the activities
of vicious dope ring. Behind the badge is a plain-clothesman
Robert Butzler. As the camera takes along the "Street of Blues,"
we come face to face with the victims of the drug peddler. [JB]

1.33 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE DEADLY CIRCLE(S)
23May54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Matt Crowley ......... Samuel Thomas (tonights "Man behind the Badge")
Synopsis:
The Columbus, Ohio, Arson Squad attempts to find the person responsible
for a series of automobile fires. [JB]

1.34 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF QUIET ROOM
30May54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
(no cast details)
Synopsis:
A man lies near death from a mugging. In tracking down the events
behind the attack, the investigators discover a giant gambling ring.
The "man behind the badge" is William A. Lang, chief investigator for
Tulsa County, Oklahoma. [JB]

1.35 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE MUTINOUS CREW
06Jun54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Rusty Lane
Ernest Parmentier
James Bender
Mario Gallo
Synopsis:
The crew of the S.S. Emporia is stirred up by the lies of a man who wants to
take the ship over for political reasons. The captain, Soren Willesen, is
the "man behind the badge" who tried to prevent the mutiny. [JB]

1.36 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE JINXED CIRCUS
13Jun54
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Ralph Dunn ........... Moore
Richard Bishop ....... Col. Hammond
Henrietta Moore ...... Stella
Lynn Loring .......... Daughter
Synopsis:
The policeman of the Hammond Circus becomes suspicious after a series of so-called
"accidents" befall the performers. Someone is trying to prove that the circus
is jinxed. [JB]

1.37 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE RELUCTANT FUGITIVE
20Jun54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Russell Hardie
Dean Harens
June Dayton
Christine White
Synopsis:
Tells the story of Sheriff Clyde Robert Parker of New Hampshire.
The sheriff tries to locate a runaway husband and reunite him
with his bewildered family. [JB]

1.38 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE YANKEE #II
27Jun54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Lawrence Fletcher
Leslie Nielsen
Loretta Daye
Synopsis:
Tells of Captain Harold Maguire of the Harbor Detail, Portland, Me., branch.
A gang of smugglers is discovered operating between Maine and the European
black market. [JB]

1.39 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE COP HATER
04Jul54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Bruce Gordon ......... Capt. Donahoe
John Connell ......... Herb
Florence Sundstrom ... Phyllis
Edwin Bruce .......... Chuck
Frank Dana ........... Bill
Richard Leone ........ Mike
Synopsis:
Jack Donahoe, head of the robbery Detail of the Los Angeles Force attempts
to track down a teenage gang that robs slum apartments and mansions. The
gang's leader is a vicious cop hater. [JB]

1.40 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE LAST ESCAPE
11Jul54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Harold J. Stone
Lawrence Tierney
Jason Robards
Frank Campanella
Synopsis:
The story takes place at Oregon State Penitentiary. Captain of the guards
Ellsworth Herder tries to thwart the prison break of a murderer who has
a reputation for being successful at "breaking out." [JB]

1.41 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE SLIGHTLY USED CAR
18Jul54
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Cameron Prud'homme
Joe Helgesen
Charles Rae King
(no synopsis)

1.42 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE PHANTOM FIRE
25Jul54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Harry Townes ......... Fogel
Joe Helgesen ......... Price
Robert Lieb .......... The Chief
Ruth York ............ Mrs. Fogel
Ernest Pamentier ..... Andy
Mason Adams .......... Conrad
Synopsis:
Volunteer fireman Lt. Mandell Fogel of the Franklin Square and Munson volunteer
fire dept. on Long Island, New york, attempts to track down the person who rings
in false alarms. Traces of fluorescent paint seem his only clue. The story tells
of the devotion to duty of the volunteer. [JB]

1.43 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE GAMBLING LADY
01Aug54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Constance Ford ....... Mary Rourke
Douglas Rutherford ... Brad Benedict
Humphrey Davis ....... Fraser
Synopsis:
A beautiful policewoman risks a watery grave when she boards a so-called
pleasure yacht and tries to smash a "floating crap game". [JB]

1.44 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE TELL-TALE COIN
08Aug54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Carl Frank
Edgar Stehli
Wynne Gibson
Virginia Gibson
Synopsis:
Story concerns Capt. Thomas Stratton of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
A trickle of coins is leaking from the counting room of the mint. Among
the suspects are the guards, Stratton's best friends. [JB]

1.45 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE BOUNCING CHECKBOOK
15Aug54
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Milo Boulton
Synopsis:
A pair of smooth talking bad check passers make victims of funeral parlor
employees. The pair, a man and a woman, change disguises and aliases many
times to elude police. [JB]

1.46 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE LIGHT-FINGERED SHOPLIFTER
22Aug54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Don Briggs ........... Sgt. Hale
Mary Alice Moore ..... Ella
Joe Downing .......... Knapp
Philip Truex ......... Averill
Lorna Lynn ........... Ruthie
Synopsis:
Sgt. Thomas Hale of the St. Louis Police Dept. attempts to break up a school for
shoplifters, and arrest the "Professor" who substitutes fake gems for real. [JB]

1.47 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE WINNING SYSTEM
29Aug54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Herbert Nelson ....... Spencer Drayton, head of the Thoroughbred Racing
Protective Bureau.
Gloria Marlowe ....... Vera
Sidney Smith
Allen Stevenson
Synopsis:
Investigation of a foolproof system for winning at the track. [JB]

1.48 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE NARCOTICS RACKET
05Sep54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Vinton Hayworth Jr.... Tommy
Anthony Perkins ...... Pedro
Mimi Kelly ........... Miss Dennis
Russell Hicks ........ the Principal
Gage Clark ........... the District Attorney
Synopsis:
Texas Joe Foster of the Houston vice squad poses as a dope pusher
in a high school to find out why the youth of a middle-class
community have begun smoking "reefers." [JB]

1.49 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND
12Sep54  CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Philip Abbott
Jean Carson
Steve Gravers
Synopsis:
Air policeman Earl I. Pichette of the Carswell Air Base in Texas
investigates a gang of saboteurs. [JB]

1.50 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE BERKSHIRE FIRES
19Sep54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Douglas Fowley
Richard Purdy
Katharine Baht
Synopsis:
Fire Det. Lt. William J. Puzzo of Massachusetts investigates a
series of fires occurring in the homes of absent millionaires. [JB]

1.51 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE RELUCTANT FLOP ARTIST
26Sep54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Larry Haines
Robert Middleton
Jan Miner
Karen Lenay
John Buckwalter
Synopsis:
An electric brain's detective skill helps put insurance investigator Francis
Haggerty of Boston on the trail of a girl who claims to be the victim of
repeated accidents. [JB]

1.52 Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE AERIAL MANHUNT
03Oct54 CBS Sun
Host and narrator Norman Rose
Guest Cast:
Paul Tripp
Joe Maross
James Mishler
Last episode of the first series salutes Maj. Harry B. Medford of the Marine
Helicopter Transport Squadron. A search is on for two escaped convicts who
are holding a Marine hostage. [JB]

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############## season 2 1955 #################
##### (First-Run Syndicated Episodes) ########
CBS New York City, Saturdays 6:30pm Eastern

The series now continued in syndication, produced by Caravan Productions
of Canada; the teleplays each approximately 27 minutes, under the
sponsorship of Procter and Gamble and with Charles Bickford remaining
as host and narrator; the episodes below follow in the sequence of their
first New York City showing via the CBS affiliate (Saturdays, 6:30 - 7 PM)

2.01 [53] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE TROUBLED CIRCUS
08Jan55 NYC /04Apr57
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Lyle Talbot
Linda Stirling
Synopsis:
A special investigator exposes two clever racketeers who counterfeit
circus tickets and sell them to unsuspecting storekeepers. [JB]

2.02 [54] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE CRYING LADY
15Jan55 NYC / 12Sep56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Denver Pyle .......... Detective Lashley
Dorothy Green ........ Cindy
Joel Smith ........... Phil
Charles Cane ......... Police Captain
Marvin Bryan ......... Doctor
Gregg Martell ........ Danny
Synopsis:
Tonight we meet the Lieutenant of Detectives of the Vice Squad in columbus,
Ohio. He discovers that the three easiest things to buy in his town are ham,
honey and heroin. [JB]

2.03 [55] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE WILD WIND [verified -SC/RF]
22Jan55
Written by David P. Harmon [SC]
Directed by Harold Daniels [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Gues Cast:
Milburn Stone ........ Grady Norton
Rita Johnson ......... Ruth
James McCallion ...... Andy
Tristram Coffin ...... Carl Webster
Ray Walker ........... Atwater
Mel Ford ............. Clerk
Ed Penney ............ Peters
Lillian Powell ....... Mrs. Chase
Barry Norton
Synopsis:
Grady Norton, weather forecaster, for the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami, Florida,
tracks a predictable hurricane destined to hit the area within 72 hours. Local
businessmen disagree with his prediction, and want him to retract it publicly. [SC]

2.04 [56] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE FATAL WARNING
29Jan55 NYC / 11Feb55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Jeanette Nolan ....... Ruby Barrett
Joan Camden .......... Fran
Paul Bryar ........... Chief
Robert Osterloh ...... Roy
Synopsis:
Policewoman Ruby Barrett of Atlanta, Ga., comes to the assistance
of a girl and prevents her from becoming a murderess. [JB]

2.05 [57] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE TATTOOED MAN
05Feb55 NYC/ 23Sep56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Nehemiah Persoff
Synopsis:
A detective tries to catch a killer before he murders his "best
friend." [JB]

2.06 [58] Man Behind The Badge (anthology): THE CASE OF THE DYING PAST
12Feb55 NYC / 8Sep55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Wendell Holmes
Harry Shannon
Gene Reynolds
Charles Meredith
Synopsis 1:
State's Attorney Lawrence DeShaw investigates several complaints
against a bitter, angry old man who is found beaten to death. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A state's attorney in Vermont clears a woman of murder charge
and finds the real killer.
Synopsis 3 :
When an elderly man is found murdered, a young woman who he lent
money to is suspected of the crime. [TA]
(Synd: 8Mar57 WBRC-6, Birmingham, Alabama, Friday 11:15pm [TA]

2.07 [59] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE INVISIBLE MARK
19Feb55 NYC
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Charles Bronson
Synopsis:
The compassion of a parole officer helps a parolee find his way
from prison. [JB]

2.08 [60] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE PRICELESS PASSPORT
26Feb55 NYC
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Willis B. Bouchey .... Immigration Officer
Claude Akins ......... Tony
Leon Askin ........... Leon
Pepe Hern ............ Pedro
Robert S. Carson ..... Winston
George Eldredge ...... Gallup
Synopsis:
A former immigration officer comes out of retirement to expose the
illegal selling of American passports in Mexico. [RF]

2.09 [61] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE BLACK SHEEP
05Mar55 NYC / 08Aug55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Russ Conway
Tom McKee
Frances Morris
Christopher Dark
Synopsis:
A series of safe robberies bears the mark of a master safe
-cracker known to be in prison. [JB]

2.10 [62] Man Behind The Badge: THE CASE OF WHOLESALE BURGLARIES [verified -SC]
12Mar55 NYC/ 15Sep56
Directed By Harold Daniels [SC]
Written By Alvin Boretz Guest [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast: [SC]
Don Haggerty........... Det. William J. Nelson
William Boyett......... Det.Pete Lovick
Claude Akins........... Fred Webster
Strother Martin........ Brother Daniel
William Schallert...... Mr. Lyons/ Attendant
Joe Mell............... Howell
Alice Reinheart........ Mrs.Webster
Lewis Charles.......... Harris
Synopsis 1:
Hundreds of shopkeepers live in fear of a gang of hold-up men until sharp
sleuthing by the hold-up detail brings the holocaust to an end. This week's
law enforcer is Det. William J. Nelson of Portland, Oregon. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Two masked bandits are terrorizing Portland, Ore. Then one is killed
and his partner becomes all the more elusive. [RF]

2.11 [63] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE PART-TIME COP
19Mar55 NYC / 27Apr56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Hal March
Gloria Talbott ....... Mary
Malcolm Atterbury .... Kelley
Parley Baer .......... Fallon
Ruth Perrot .......... Mrs. Casey
Wendell Holmes ....... Pawling
Bob Bray ............. Fireman
Synopsis:
An auxiliary policeman takes us around his beat. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A part-time Waterton, Mass., cop handling stranded cats,
noisy parties and a hit-and-run killer.

2.12 [64] Man Behind The Badge: THE CASE OF THE ONE-EYED JACK [verified -SC]
26Mar55 NYC / 14Jul55
Directed By Gilbert L. Kay [SC]
Written By David P. Harmon [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast: [SC]
Douglas Kennedy ....... William Tracy Webster [SC] / Weston [RF]
James Bell ............ Clifford Montgomery
Robert Foulk .......... Capt. Olvera
Selmer Jackson ........ Undercliff
Don Harvey ............ Melton
George Eldredge ....... Middleton
Joesph Hamilton ....... Lake
Carlyle Mitchell ...... Sexton
Nico Lek .............. The Bartender
Synopsis 1:
An investigator pursues a card-sharp aboard a luxury liner.[JB]
Synopsis 2:
A cardsharp attempts to ply his trade on a U.S. luxury liner
and runs into a plainclothes man.

2.13 [65] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE UNCROWNED CHAMP
02Apr55 NYC
Host and narrator Charles Bickford

2.14 [66] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE DEADLY DELICACY
09Apr55 NYC / 11Nov55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
James Millican ....... Barnes
Tom McKee ............ Wheeler
Judy Nugent .......... Donna
Kay Stewart .......... Mrs. Sanborn
John Harmon .......... Ferguson
Vivi James ........... Sarah
Clark Howat .......... Doctor
Thayer Roberts ....... Taylor
Lillian Buyeff ....... Mrs. Eldred
Synopsis 1:
An inspector is faced with the job of finding a man walking around town with
a one-pound package of death (a cake containing arsenic) under his arm. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Food and Drug Administration is after a man carrying a cake
that's spiced with arsenic.

2.15 [67] Man Behind The Badge: THE CASE OF THE UNKNOWN MAN [verified -SC]
16Apr55 NYC / 23Apr55
Directed By Gilbert L. Kay [SC]
Written By Alvin Boretz [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast: [SC]
George Wallace ........ as Officer Crowther
Mary Beth Hughes ........ as Rose Gilbert
Paul Dubov ........ as Herby
Tyler McVey ........ as Capt. Clark
Dan Seymour ........ as John Renick
Dick Cutting ........ as Leo Salem
Amzie Strickland ........ as Fay
Peter Brocco ........ as August Paoli
George Sawaya ........ as The Bartender (uncredited)
Synopsis 1 :
Law enforcement officer Leonard Crowther poses as a roulette-playing miner in
order to smoke out a crooked gambling syndicate in Salt Lake City. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A policeman risks his life in an undercover sting designed to pass on information
about illegal gambling spots so they can be raided. [TA]

2.16 [68] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE LONG, DARK NIGHT
23Apr55 NYC
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
(no cast details/synopsis)

2.17 [69] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE CAPITAL CRIME
aka "The Case of the Imperfect Crime"
30Apr55 NYC / 25Dec55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Frank Ferguson ....... Laurin Goin
Herb Ellis ........... Pete
George Wallace ....... Fowler
Bill Leicester ....... Jerry
Harry Tyler .......... Vernon
Roy Barcroft
Dabbs Greer
Synopsis:
Laurin Goin, director of the Pittsbugh and Allegheny Crime Laboratory, tries
to find a killer who has left some imperceptible clues. [JB]
Synopsis:
Can the crime lab unearth clues where none seem to exist?

2.18 [70] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE ELUSIVE FIREBUG
07May55 NYC / 02Jun55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Walter Sande ......... Foster
Bill Fawcett ......... Old Man
Bill Foster .......... Lobou
James Flavin ......... Carroll
Butch Cavell ......... Walter
Paul Keast ........... Police Chief
Barbara Woodell ...... Helen
Synopsis 1:
Chief Arson Investigator Harry A. Foster of Houston, Texas, finds a pattern
in a series of "accidential" fires. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A series of "accidental" fires in Houston prompts a search for a pyromaniac.

2.19 [71] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE WILD WEST
14May55 NYC / 09Apr55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Emile Meyer
Ian MacDonald ........ Slade
Stanley Andrews ...... Cochrane
John Harmon .......... Tully
Sam Flint ............ Arnold
Tracey Roberts
Synopsis 1:
A former policeman from Iowa goes who to Elroy, Arizona for his health, but is
pressed into service when law-abiding citizens want to vote for incorporation. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A retired Iowa cop is persuaded to clean up a modern Arizona town ruled
by racketeers.

2.20 [72] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE DESPERATE MOMENT
21May55 NYC / 08Jul55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Hugh Sanders ......... Warden Dowd
Lee Van Cleef ........ Floyd
Christopher Dark ..... Frank
Bill Lechner ......... Phillips
Carolyn Jones ........ Louise
John Damler .......... Adams
Jean Willes .......... Helen
Synopsis:
The courage of a warden wins out. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Indiana State Prison's warden Dowd, fearing for the safety of all
inmates, must stop a revolt by two rebellious convicts. [RF]

2.21 [73] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE UNWELCOME STRANGER
28May55 NYC / 22Jul55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Hayden Rorke ......... Germain
Mort Mills ........... Lloyd
Joan Camden .......... Elvy
Barney Phillips ...... Ted
Dan M. White ......... Caretaker
Jim Musser ........... Coroner
Synopsis 1:
Deputy State Fire Marshall Germain of Nebraska travels the state, teaching the
volunteer firemen the latest methods of combating fire. He also is the arson
investigator as the volunteers have no facilities and training for such
investigations. While in Grand Island, Nebraska, to address a fire school,
he comes across a case of arson. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
While teaching volunteer firemen the latest methods of combating fire,
a deputy state fire marshal discovers a case of arson. [RF]

2.22 [74] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE ONE-WAY TICKET
04Jun55 NYC/ 1Jul55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Synopsis:
Charles Bickford introduces you to Capt. Joseph A. Dugan, Security Officer
of a large Eastern railroad, who as the "Man Behind the Badge," sells a
modern Jesse James a one-way ticket to the penitentiary. [JB]

2.23 [75] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE EDUCATED PRISONER
11Jun55 NYC / 04Apr57
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Ernestine Barrier .... Warden Monahan
Karen Steele ......... Peggy
Helen Kleeb .......... Deputy
Walter Kingsford ..... Bartlett
Jeanne Dean .......... Ruth
Yvonne Doughty ....... Miss Sampson
Synopsis 1:
Warden Monahan of the women's penitentiary has to fight legal authorities
as well as the prison inmates. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The warden of a women's prison fights both inmates and legal authorities
to improve conditions at the institution.

2.24 [76] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE POT OF GOLD
18Jun55 NYC / 20Apr56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Ted de Corsia ........ Capt. Joseph Crescio
Douglas Dick ......... Harry
Joanne David ......... Rose
Peter Brocco ......... Ben
Don Kennedy .......... Paul
Byron Foulger ........ Swanson
Synopsis:
Policy and numbers racket men, part of a two billion dollar yearly
business, are exposed and imprisoned. Tonight's law enforcer is
Capt. Joseph Crescio of the Massachusetts State Police. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Boston's police force investigates a well-organized policy and numbers
racket.

2.25 [77] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE HOT STOCK
25Jun55 NYC / 19May55/ 18Nov55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Ellen Corby .......... Katherine LeRoy
Rhys Williams ........ Johnson
Dan M. White ......... Floyd
Don Murphy ........... Conklin
Sam Flint ............ Clerk
John Halloran ........ Sheriff
Muriel Mansell ....... Florence
Synopsis 1:
Katherine LeRoy, of the Nebraska Bureau of Securities, tries
to trap a con man who sells unregistered securities. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The Nebraska Bureau of Securities gathers evidence against
con men selling worthless stock. [JB]

2.26 [78] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE RED LETTER DAY
2Jul55 NYC / 09Jul56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
John Litel ........... Pauling
Frank Ferguson ....... Harvey
Vivi Janiss .......... Thelma
Frank Gerstle ........ Bernie
Ray Walker ........... Lieutenant
Mike Fox ............. Stranger
Synopsis:
A Post Office Department investigator must break up a gang using
first class mail to further a fifth column. [JB/TA]
(synd: 24May57 WBRC-6, Birmingham, Alabama, Friday 11:15pm)[TA]
Synopsis 2:
U.S. Post Office investigators pursue gangsters who are using
first-class mail for illegal purposes. [RF]

2.27 [79] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE SECOND CHANCE
09Jul55 NYC / 08Oct56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Barney Phillips ...... Charles Wade
Biff Elliott ......... Curley
Stanley Clements ..... Andy
Jan Shepard .......... Helen
Tyler McVey .......... Chief
Kay Stewart .......... Betty
Vernon Rich .......... Keene
Ben Niems ............ Slim
Synopsis 1:
Charles Wade led two lives in his effort to combat crime. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Charles Bickford narrates the story of a detective who led two lives. [RF]

2.28 [80] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE DEADLY HOMBURG
16Jul55 NYC/ 13Mar56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
John Dehner .......... Captain Harold D. Smith
Richard Gaines ....... Lamar
John Pickard ......... Walker
John Hiestand ........ Harry
Tris Coffin .......... Lawrence
Dick Elliott ......... Campbell
Joe Hamilton ......... Bill
Byron Foulger ........ Calloway
Phil Tead ............ Barber
Synopsis:
Charles Bickford introduces the head of Criminal Investigation
Department of the Nebraska State Highway Patrol, Capt. Harold D.
Smith, who as the "man behind the badge," discovered that clothes
can make a man into a fashion plate or a crook. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Capt. Harold Smith of Nebraska's Highway Patrol has only one
clue to a criminal's identity, he's a fashionable dresser. [RF]

2.29 [81] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
23Jul55 NYC / 09Sep58 Kansas City
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
(no details)
Synopsis:
Charles Bickford introduces Warden Supervisor H.N. Taylor, who went hunting
for dangerous game and found that the hunter can become the hunted. [JB/RF]

2.30 [82] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE PHONEY PAPER
30Jul55 NYC/ 22May56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Robert S. Carson ..... Lt. Jason H. Gomborow
Tris Coffin .......... Canton
Bill Boyett .......... Miller
Carlyle Mitchell ..... Dixon
Jack Gardner ......... Jackson
Jennifer Raine ....... Miss Hanson
Pierre Watkin ........ Tremont
Synopsis:
Charles Bickford introduces Jacob H. Gomborow of the Philadelphia Forgery Squad,
who found out that there was nothing busier than a counterfeiter. [JB]

2.31 [83] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE QUIET GUEST
06Aug55 NYC / 08Feb58 Kansas City
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
John Gallaudet ....... Lt. Insp. Frank J. Healy
Dehl Berti ........... Delmar
John Doucette ........ Garrison
Byron Foulger ........ Depew
Ruth Perrott ......... Mrs. Nolan
Charles Cane ......... Wilson
Bob Bice ............. Courtland
Keith Richards ....... Alloway
Synopsis:
Tonight's law enforcer is Lt. Insp. Frank J. Healy, burglary division,
Manchester, New Hampshire police. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A New Hampshire bandit seems to have a key that fits every lock in
town. [RF]

2.32 [84] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
13Aug55 NYC /05Feb58 Kansas City
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Walter Reed .......... Sgt. Nick Van Cina
Donald Curtis ........ Brant
Alan Dexter .......... George
Anitra Stevens ....... Paula
Tom Monroe ........... Captain
Laurie Mitchell ...... Betty
Sam Flint ............ Bank Manager
Cheerio Meredith ..... Landlady
Austin Green ......... Lab Man
Synopsis:
Tonight's guest is Sgt. Nick Van Cina of the Los Angeles Police
Department. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
Sgt. Nick Van Cina of the Los Angeles Police tackles one of
his most unusual cases. [RF]

2.33 [85] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE HUNTED HOBO [verified -SC]
20Aug55 NYC/ 31Oct55
Directed By John Peyser [SC]
Written By David P. Harmon [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast [SC]
Frank Jenks ........... Officer John O'Mara
Aaron Spelling ........ Billy
Lewis Charles ......... Cherokee Kid
Bill Phillips ......... Chester
Maureen Cassidy ....... Betzy
Amzie Strickland ...... Betty
Paul Knight ........... The Reporter
Don Oreck ............. Al
Dick McGowen .......... The Boy
Synopsis 1:
John J. O'Mara followed his victim in to a human jungle where a man be
quick to live. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A policeman risks his life to capture a murder suspect in Chicago's
hobo jungle. [RF]

2.34 [86] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE ONE-ARMED BANDITS
27Aug55 NYC / 29Apr56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
June Vincent ........ Dorothy Nelson
Synopsis:
A country prosecutor convinces a syndicate of gamblers that the
weaker sex can also be the deadlier of the species. [JB]

2.35 [87] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE BIG BREAK
03Sep55 NYC / 05Jan56
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Wally Brown
Claire Carleton ...... Pearl
Dick Cutting ......... Frederick P. Schmid
Gregory Walcott ...... Tom
Virginia Lee ......... June
Fred Sherman ......... Doctor
Sid Clute ............ Theater Manager
Synopsis:
Insurance investigator Frederick P. Schmid finds himself gambling
in a game where a man bets $2000 against two years of his life. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A man who can win $2000 in a game or he can lose two years of his life. [RF]

2.36 [88] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE RELUCTANT THIEF
10Sep55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Ted Bessell
(no synopsis)

2.37 [89] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF OPERATION SABOTAGE
17Sep55 NYC / 26Nov55
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast:
Jess Barker .......... Capt. Osborn
Joyce Holden ......... Claire
Roy Engel ............ Petosky
Vic Perrin ........... Saugus
Bill Baldwin ......... Natick
Dick Simmons ......... Hebart
John Bryant .......... Torrington
Rayford Barnes ....... Pully
Mary Dean Moss ....... Lucy
Ronny Liss ........... Joplin
Clark Howat .......... Briefing Officer
Synopsis:
Capt. Osborn, Aircraft Commander of a B-47 Strategic Air Command,
found that loyalty was the key to a dangerous mission. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
A Strategic Air Command pilot, on a dangerous mission, faces a
loyalty problem. [RF]

2.38 [90] Man Behind the Badge: THE CASE OF THE SILENT WAR [verified -SC]
24Sep55 NYC/ 14Feb56
Directed By John Peyser [SC]
Written Bt David P. Harmon [SC]
Host and narrator Charles Bickford
Guest Cast: [SC]
Hugh Sanders ......... Capt. Randall
Bob Harris ........... Lubeck
Jim McCallion ........ Boyle
Robert Foulk ......... The Foreman
Harlan Warde ......... Baxter [SC] / Dexter [RF]
Don McGowan .......... Ludell
Eva Ralf ............. Carla
Chet Marshall ........ The Sailor
Ed Penney ............ The Guard
Synopsis 1:
An ex-police officer must protect America's lifeline against a modern
traitor. [JB]
Synopsis 2:
The police chief at a Maryland Naval base must expose a traitor
before U.S. security is sabotaged. [RF]

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UNKNOWNS
=========

[--] Man Behind the Badge: Unknown Episode
53/54
Guest cast:
Jack Klugman
Wright King
Pamela Duncan ....... Mrs. Rowland
Jeff York ........... Bert
Eddie Ryder ......... Frank
Robert Lynn ......... Judge
Mack Williams ....... Lieutenant
John S. Launer ...... Attorney
Frank London ........ Pinky
Jess Kirkpatrick .... Joe
Howard Culver ....... Prosecutor
Synopsis:
A probation officer (Jack Klugman) tries to find out why an apparently
successful man (Wright King) wanted to go to prison. [RF]

[--] Man Behind the Badge: Unknown Episode
53/54
Guest cast:
Bob Bray
Dabbs Greer ......... Merrick
Roy Barcroft ........ Pulasky
Jerry Eskow ......... Wells
Darlene Fields ...... Miss La Rue
Ezele Roule ......... Miss Mallory
Lillian Powell ...... Mrs. Paterson
Synopsis:
A Washington, D.C., policeman (Bob Bray) tracks down a killer by
learning how he spends his spare time. [RF]

[--] Man Behind the Badge: Unknown Episode
53/54
Guest cast:
Barry Kelley ........ Flavin
John Gallaudet ...... Baldwin
Phil Van Zandt ...... Charlie
George E. Stone ..... Blinky
Harry Tyler ......... Sailor Jack
Bill Fawcett ........ Simple Simon
Alan Lee ............ Flophouse Manager
Paul Brinegar ....... Canmer
Lester Dorr ......... Castle
Lillian Powell ...... Mrs. Mahoney
Synopsis:
Three men are marked for murder by a man they think is their best
friend. [RF]

[--] Man Behind the Badge: Unknown Episode
1955
Charles Bickford is the host and narrator.
Guest cast:
Christian Drake ..... Mickey Pease
Sally Fraser ........ Alice
Bob Crosson ......... Phil
Jimmy Ogg ........... Max
Peter Miller ........ Barney
Howard Negley ....... Police Chief
John Hiestand ....... Rudy
Synopsis:
Mickey Pease, a Portland, Ore., cop, spends eight years trying to
establish a home for underprivileged boys. [RF]

[--] Man Behind the Badge: Unknown Episode
1955
Charles Bickford is the narrator.
Guest cast:
Roy Roberts ......... Captain Dan O'Connell
Elisha Cook ......... Drews
Evelyn Scott ........ Miss Jensen
Lewis Martin ........ Chief
Nelson Leigh ........ District Attorney
John Truax .......... Sergeant
Kay Stewart ......... Wife
Lewis Charles ....... Stoolie
Synopsis:
Police captain Dan O'Connell arrests a suspected mugger and then tries
to prove his innocence after weighing the evidence. [RF]

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"This stiff, constructionist view of law enforcement told of culprit-baiting
by officials in American cities (and once, in the twelfth episode, in
a town in Germany), the malefactors including the usual juvenile
delinquent ("The Probation Officer Story"), the usual bank robbers
("The Portland, Oregon Story", "The Parole Officer Story"), a homicide at
loose in a circus ("The Case of the Jinxed Circus"), and, in the fact-based
"The Dade County, Florida Story," the story of local inspector
W. A. Childres, a cluster of faulty buildings the amendment of which
significantly curtailed the damage of a 1950 Florida hurricane. Much
too simplistic to substantiate its commitment to archives (but there to
be found nevertheless), although no worse than most contemporary drama
programming, the series is saved for a before-the-film introductory by the
distinguished actor Charles Bickford."
("Television Drama Series Programming" by Larry Gianakos)

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