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The Plainclothesman (1949-54)
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Episode Guide -
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger, Rina Fox [Updated Apr 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)
The Plainclothesman (season 1) (DuMont) (1949-50)
The Plainclothesman (season 2) (DuMont) (1950-51)
The Plainclothesman (season 3) (DuMont) (1951-52)
The Plainclothesman (season 4) (DuMont) (1952-53)
The Plainclothesman (season 5) (DuMont) (1953-54)
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THE PLAINCLOTHESMAN
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DuMont Network Production (New York)
in association with Transamerican.
Season 1: 1949-50: DuMont WABD Wed 9:00pm Eastern / KTSL Tue 9:00pm Western
Season 2: 1950-51: DuMont Wed 9:30 pm Eastern / Tue 9:30 pm PST California.
Season 3: 1951-52: DuMont Sun 9:30pm Eastern / Sun, Thur, Tue Pacific
Season 4: 1952-53: DuMont Sun 9:30pm Eastern / Tue 9:00pm Pacific
Season 5: 1953-54: DuMont Sun 9:30pm Eastern / Aired two weeks later on the West
Coast
Produced by John L. Clark
Directors, William Marceau, Sean Dillon, Charles Peral
US Crime Drama 1949-54 240 episodes x 30 min (live?)
(12Oct49 Wed - 12Sep54 Sun)
Starring
Ken Lynch
as The Lieutenant, (face never seen on screen)
Jack Orrison
as Sergeant Brady
Premise:
The subjective camera is used to detail the investigations of a never-seen
lieutenant with the N.Y.P.D. By the use of the subjective camera, which enacts
emotion and becomes the eyes of the lieutenant, the viewer hears the actor's
voice and experiences situations as if he were actually present.
Background:
The Plainclothesman was the first network television police drama.
The program was groundbreaking an was expected to do as well as "Dragnet",
however DuMont
had a difficult time period with Sundays at 10pm against "The Loretta Young
Show".
The Plainclothesman was cancelled in 1954; the last program aired on
12-Sep-1954.
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