Man Against Crime
{{Short description|American TV detective series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Man Against Crime 1951.jpg
| caption = Ralph Bellamy as Mike Barnett (1951)
| alt_name = Follow That Man
| genre = Crime drama
| creator = Lawrence Klee
| writer = Vin Bogert
| director = {{Plainlist|
- Paul Nickel (1949)
- Edward Montagne (1952-54)
- William Berke (1953)
- Frank McDonald (1953)
- Paul Alter (1953)
- Francis D. Lyon (1954)
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Ralph Bellamy (1949–54)
- Frank Lovejoy
- Nita Talbot
}}
| narrated = Carl King
| theme_music_composer = Fred Steiner
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 122
| list_episodes =
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Edward Montagne
- Lawrence M. Klee
}}
| editor = Maria Montague (1952-53)
| runtime = 30 mins. (approx)
| channel = CBS (1949–53)
DuMont (1953–54)
NBC (1953–54)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1949|10|07}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1954|06|27}}
}}
Man Against Crime (also known as Follow That Man) starring Ralph Bellamy, one of the first television programs about private eyes, ran on CBS, the DuMont Television Network and NBC from October 7, 1949, to June 27, 1954, and was briefly revived, starring Frank Lovejoy, during 1956. The show was created by Lawrence Klee and was broadcast live until 1952.{{cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/product-view/5051D.html|title=Follow That Man (a.k.a. Man Against Crime) |accessdate=2008-09-22 |publisher=Oldies.com }} The series was one of the few television programs ever to have been simulcast on more than one network: the program aired on both NBC and DuMont during the 1953–54 television season.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Man+Against+Crime+Detective+Drama%22&pg=PA843 |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (historian) |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |year=2007 |edition=9 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |page=843 |publisher=Random House Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |access-date=2024-06-04 }}
Synopsis
Man Against Crime stars Ralph Bellamy as Mike Barnett, a New York freelance private eye. In the 1951 season, Robert Preston co-starred as Mike Barnett's brother, Pat (who also assumed the lead while Bellamy was on vacation that summer).{{cite news |title=Channel Chatter |url=https://archive.org/details/tvguide-newyork-1951-06-30/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=April 5, 2022 |work=TV Guide |date=June 30, 1951 |page=3}} Mike Barnett did not carry a gun.
Accompanied by a frantic theme song by Fred Steiner [where is the evidence that Steiner wrote the theme? - the theme is named "Manhunt" and originally was in the Filmusic Library, then the Langlois Filmusic Library, then Cinemusic Library, and now in the APM Music Library - it can be found online at www.APMmusic.com and on YouTube], the film noir-style introduction features an unknown man running down a deserted New York City street while being chased by a black car, all of which is viewed from above. As he knocks on Barnett's door, there is a spray of sub-machine gun fire, and the man is killed. Barnett opens the door, hears the click of the bolt on the gun, ducks and is missed by a second, shorter burst of slugs. Barnett then takes off after the killer while Follow That Man appears in bold letters and the title of the episode is shown on a file folder that is propped up against a telephone. The filmed episodes were syndicated as Follow That Man because the sponsor owned the original title [see below].{{Citation needed |date=January 2023}}
The show's first prime-time episode aired on CBS on October 7, 1949, and the final prime-time episode was broadcast, on NBC, on August 26, 1956. In the 1950–51 season, the series finished at #13 in the Nielsen ratings, followed by a #29 finish in 1951–52.https://classictvguide.com/tvratings/index.htm
1956 version
Man Against Crime returned to TV on NBC from July 1, 1956, through August 19, 1956, at 10 p.m. Eastern Time as a summer replacement for The Loretta Young Show. Procter & Gamble sponsored this version, which starred Frank Lovejoy and originated in Hollywood, California. It was televised live.{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Val |title=Detective Series Returning to TV: 'Man Against Crime' Will Be Loretta Young Substitute, Starring Frank Lovejoy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/06/14/archives/detective-series-returning-to-tv-man-against-crime-will-be-loretta.html |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=June 14, 1956 |page=67|url-access=subscription}} Bill Spier was the producer, and George Cahan was the director.{{cite magazine |date=July 4, 1956 |page=25 |title=Man Against Crime |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety203-1956-07/page/n23/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=July 30, 2024 }}
A review of in the trade publication Variety described Lovejoy's acting as "mostly deadpan and businesslike, as perhaps befitting the infallible detective." It said, "Technical credits, including the sets, are good", but "The plots are almost incredible."
Production
The program was initially broadcast live from CBS's studio in the Grand Central Terminal building,{{cite book |last1=Barnouw |first1=Erik |title=The Image Empire: A History of Broadcasting in the United States, Volume III--from 1953 |date=November 15, 1970 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-802011-0 |pages=22–24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNdZBFd8vmYC&dq=%22Man+Against+Crime%22&pg=PA23 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |language=en}} but by mid-1953, it was being filmed at the Bedford Park Studios in New York City, while exterior sites included the East River, Grant's Tomb, the Hudson River, the Staten Island Ferry, and subways.{{cite news |last1=Gent |first1=George |title=Amiable Private Eye |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/08/30/archives/amiable-private-eye-as-a-tv-detective-ralph-bellamy-uses-brains-and.html |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=August 30, 1953 |page=X 9|url-access=subscription }} The budget was $10,000 - $15,000 per episode for the initial live broadcasts, but expenses increased with the shift to film.
Charles Russell was the producer, Paul Nickell was the director, and Lawrence Klee was the writer. The program originated from WCBS-TV.{{cite news |title=Dramatic Shows |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele04ross/page/n80/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=January 31, 2023 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=November 27, 1949 |page=5}} Philip Reisman Jr. was the script editor.{{r|ie|page1=101}} Henry Sylvern provided the music.{{cite news |title=Man Against Crime |url=https://archive.org/details/rossreportstele09ross/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=April 7, 2023 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=June 18, 1950 |page=6}}
Sponsorship and scheduling
Camel cigarettes sponsored the series.{{cite news |title=Radio and Television: Ralph Bellamy to Star in New Detective Series for CBS Video, Starting Oct. 7 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/09/29/archives/radio-and-television-ralph-bellamy-to-star-in-new-detective-series.html |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=September 29, 1949 |page=58|url-access=subscription}} That sponsorship produced limitations for writers that included "no disreputable person could smoke, nor could anyone smoke nervously or in any unattractive manner. No coughing (implying cigarettes could cause disease) or arson (suggesting cigarettes could cause fires) was allowed."{{cite book |last1=Hawes |first1=William |title=Filmed Television Drama, 1952-1958 |date=December 26, 2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-1132-0 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pQKmPSfHCQC&dq=%22Man+Against+Crime%22&pg=PA110 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |language=en}}
In October 1953, Man Against Crime moved to NBC, but that network was unable to clear time for the program in approximately 10 cities, including New York City. DuMont had no program scheduled for the show's Sunday night time slot, so it carried Man Against Crime in those cities. By then, WOR-TV in New York City was broadcasting reruns of earlier episodes of the show on Saturday nights.{{cite news |last1=Coppola |first1=Jo |title=Man Against Viewers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118465785/newsday-nassau-edition/ |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |date=November 4, 1953 |location=New York, Hempstead |page=52|via = Newspapers.com }}
Episodes
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=Season 1 (1949–50)=
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=Season 2 (1950)=
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=Season 4 (1952–53)=
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Murder in Rhyme
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Baker Grandee
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| EpisodeNumber = 45
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Joy Ride
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Checkley Ellis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|10|22}}
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Carpathia
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 47
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Paradise Lost
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Checkley Ellis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|11|05}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 48
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = The Victim Is Venus
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|11|12}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 49
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Get Out of Town
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Burton Benjamin
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|11|19}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 50
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Fuller's Folly
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Max Erlich
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|11|26}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 51
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = Women's Reformatory
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|12|03}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 52
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Killer Cat
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = William L. Stuart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|12|10}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 53
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Bartholdi
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 54
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = The Day They Kidnapped Santa Claus
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 55
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Dragon's Blood
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1952|12|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 56
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Breaking Point
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|01|07}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 57
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Ferry Boat
| DirectedBy = Paul Alter
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|01|14}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 58
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Murder in the Studio
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|01|21}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 59
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = The Silken Touch
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Stanley Niss
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|01|28}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 60
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Third Rail
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Bill Demling
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|02|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 61
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Exclusive
| DirectedBy =
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|02|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 62
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = The Midnight Express
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|02|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 63
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = A Bottle of Death
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|02|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 64
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = The Iceman
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Stanley Niss
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|03|04}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 65
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Death Takes a Partner
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Don Sanford
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|03|11}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 66
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Sic Transit Gloria
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|03|18}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 67
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = Family Affair
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = Checkley Ellis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|03|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 68
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = The Hitch Heisters
| DirectedBy = Frank McDonald
| WrittenBy = Stanley Niss
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|04|01}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 69
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Free Ride
| DirectedBy = Frank McDonald
| WrittenBy = Art Stark & Irving Elman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|04|08}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 70
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = Death Below Decks
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|04|15}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 71
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = High Ambush
| DirectedBy = Paul Alter
| WrittenBy = William L. Stuart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|04|22}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 72
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Cocoanut's Eye
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = William L. Stuart
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|05|06}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 73
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Room 505
| DirectedBy = Frank McDonald
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|05|13}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 74
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = The Day Man
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = Paul Alter
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|05|20}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 75
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Hot Fur
| DirectedBy = Frank McDonald
| WrittenBy = Paul Alter
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|05|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 76
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The Doll Bandit
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|06|10}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 77
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Washington Story
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = Burton Benjamin & Robert Shaplen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|06|17}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 500050
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 78
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = Black Leg – White Tie
| DirectedBy = Frank McDonald
| WrittenBy = Stanley Niss
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|06|24}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 79
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Fraternity of Five
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t=Hamish McLeod|s=Don Sanford}}
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|07|01}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 80
| EpisodeNumber2 = 39
| Title = Death on the Diamond
| DirectedBy =
| WrittenBy =
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|07|17}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 81
| EpisodeNumber2 = 40
| Title = The Polecat Shakedown
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = J.P. Miller
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|07|24}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 82
| EpisodeNumber2 = 41
| Title = Hide and Seek
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = Vincent Bogert
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|08|07}}
| ShortSummary =
| LineColor = 500050
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 83
| EpisodeNumber2 = 42
| Title = The Wire Tappers
| DirectedBy = William Berke
| WrittenBy = Checkley Ellis
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|08|14}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 84
| EpisodeNumber2 = 43
| Title = The Missing Cadet
| DirectedBy = Edward J. Montagne
| WrittenBy = B. Loring
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|08|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
=Season 5 (1953–54)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 85
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| Title = Death Wears Lead Shoes: Part 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|10|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 86
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| Title = Death Wears Lead Shoes: Part 2
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|10|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 87
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| Title = Three Cents Worth of Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|10|25}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 88
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| Title = Time Keepers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|11|01}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 89
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| Title = Murder in the Rough
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|11|08}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 90
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| Title = Main Bout Is Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|11|15}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 91
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| Title = Thirty Dimes
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|11|22}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 92
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| Title = Cube Root of Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|11|29}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 93
| EpisodeNumber2 = 9
| Title = Murder Mountain
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|12|06}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 94
| EpisodeNumber2 = 10
| Title = A Very Dead Ringer
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|12|13}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 95
| EpisodeNumber2 = 11
| Title = Petite Larceny
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|12|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 96
| EpisodeNumber2 = 12
| Title = Going, Going Gone
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1953|12|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 97
| EpisodeNumber2 = 13
| Title = Don't Feed the Animals
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|01|03}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 98
| EpisodeNumber2 = 14
| Title = Danger for Duffy
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|01|10}}{{cite news |title=Sunday January 10 (Cont'd) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Index/1954/TV-Index-1954-01-11.pdf#page=8 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=January 11, 1954 |page=B}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 99
| EpisodeNumber2 = 15
| Title = Terror 12 Stories High
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|01|17}}{{cite news |title=Sunday January 17 (Cont'd) |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-TV-Index/1954/TV-Index-1954-01-11.pdf#page=10 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |work=Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index |date=January 11, 1954 |page=10}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 100
| EpisodeNumber2 = 16
| Title = Holler Uncle
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|01|24}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 101
| EpisodeNumber2 = 17
| Title = Beauty and the Beasts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|01|31}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 102
| EpisodeNumber2 = 18
| Title = Little Boy Blues
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|02|07}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 103
| EpisodeNumber2 = 19
| Title = Target with Two Ts
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|02|14}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 104
| EpisodeNumber2 = 20
| Title = Mike's Missing Marbles
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|02|21}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 105
| EpisodeNumber2 = 21
| Title = U.F.O.
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|02|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 106
| EpisodeNumber2 = 22
| Title = Will o' the Wisp
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|03|07}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 107
| EpisodeNumber2 = 23
| Title = Rigged for Murder
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|03|14}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 108
| EpisodeNumber2 = 24
| Title = Hit and Run
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|03|21}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 109
| EpisodeNumber2 = 25
| Title = Canary Yellow
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|03|28}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 110
| EpisodeNumber2 = 26
| Title = The Plugged Shilling
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|04|04}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 111
| EpisodeNumber2 = 27
| Title = The Chinese Dolls
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|04|11}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 112
| EpisodeNumber2 = 28
| Title = Barometer Falling
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|04|18}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 113
| EpisodeNumber2 = 29
| Title = The Man from Dannemora
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|04|25}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 114
| EpisodeNumber2 = 30
| Title = The Man in the Iron Car
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|05|02}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 115
| EpisodeNumber2 = 31
| Title = The Sunset Farm
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|05|09}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 116
| EpisodeNumber2 = 32
| Title = Where's Mimi?
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|05|16}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 117
| EpisodeNumber2 = 33
| Title = Hot as Three Pistols
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|05|23}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 118
| EpisodeNumber2 = 34
| Title = Concrete Jungle
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|05|30}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 119
| EpisodeNumber2 = 35
| Title = The Young Hoods
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|06|06}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 120
| EpisodeNumber2 = 36
| Title = Next to Closing
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|06|13}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 121
| EpisodeNumber2 = 37
| Title = No Place to Hide
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|06|20}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 122
| EpisodeNumber2 = 38
| Title = Connecticut State Police
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1954|06|27}}
| ShortSummary =
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}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
Bibliography
- David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) {{ISBN|1-59213-245-6}}
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) {{ISBN|0-345-31864-1}}
External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0041040}} — 1949 – 1954 series
- {{IMDb title|id=0048884}} — 1956 series
- [https://dumonthistory.com/a2.html DuMont historical website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214203158/https://dumonthistory.com/a2.html |date=2022-02-14 }}
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