Man Against Crime
Series· 1949–1954· 30m

Man Against Crime

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Man Against Crime, one of the first television programs about private eyes, ran on CBS, the DuMont Television Network and NBC from October 7, 1949 to August 26, 1956. The show was created by Lawrence Klee and Paul Alter and was broadcast live until 1952. It was also directed by Paul Alter. 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 1953-1954 television season.

Creator:
Lawrence M. Klee

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Last aired
S5 · E38Connecticut State Police

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Seasons

Season 51953
38 episodes
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    E1Dead Wears Lead Shoes (1)
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    E2Death Wears Lead Shoes (2)
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    E3Three Cents Worth of Murder
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    E4The Time Keepers
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    E5Murder In The Rough
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    E6The Main Bout Is Murder
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    E7Thirty Dimes
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    E8Cube Root of Evil
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    E9Murder Mountain
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    E10A Very Dead Ringer
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    E11Petite Larceny
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    E12Going, Going Gone
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    E13Don't Feed the Animals
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    E14Danger for Duffy
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    E15Terror 12 Stories High
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    E16Holler Uncle
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    E17Beauty and the Beasts
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    E18Little Boy Blues
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    E19Target with Two T'sFinale
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    E20Mike's Missing Marbles
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    E21U.F.O
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    E22Will o' the Wisp
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    E23Rigged for Murder
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    E24Hit and Run
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    E25Canary Yellow
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    E26The Plugged Shilling
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    E27The Chinese Dolls
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    E28Barometer Falling
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    E29The Man From Dannemora
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    E30The Man In the Iron Car
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    E31Sunset Farm
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    E32Where's Mimi?
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    E33Hot as Three Pistols
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    E34Concrete jungle
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    E35The Young hoods
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    E36Next to closing
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    E37No Place to Hide
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    E38Connecticut State Police
Season 41952
43 episodes
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    E1Phobia
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    E2Murder in Rhyme
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    E3Baker Grandee
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    E4Joy Ride
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    E5Carpathia
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    E6Paradise Lost

    A patient witnesses a woman being murdered in her hotel room across the street through his dentist's office window. Once Barnett is on the case, he suspects that more than just the witness's tooth is being pulled.

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    E7The Victim Is Venus
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    E8Get Out of Town
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    E9Fuller's Folly
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    E10Women's Reformatory
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    E11Killer Cat
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    E12Bartholdi
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    E13The Day They Kidnapped Santa Claus
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    E14Dragon's Blood
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    E15Breaking Point
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    E16Ferry Boat
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    E17Murder in the Studio
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    E18The Silken Touch

    While investigating theft at a trucking company Barnet is kidnapped when he gets too close to the truth; it takes all his wits and courage to stay alive and get the authorities involved.

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    E19Third Rail

    Barnett goes in search of a subway carriage he'd ridden the previous night, but a group of mobsters follows him.

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    E20Exclusive
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    E21The Midnight Express
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    E22A Bottle of Death
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    E23The Iceman

    Mike goes after a pair of thieves who specialize in robbing the rooms of hotel guests.

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    E24Death Takes a Partner

    Barnett is called in to oversee the running of a six-day cycling race in which forces are trying to influence the race for their own benefit.

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    E25Sic Transit Gloria

    Barnet has his life endangered when a girl claims he has information about a murder; he is confused as to why she would do this till she explains she needed the protection from the mob, rather than protection she has now put two lives in danger.

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    E26A Family AffairFinale

    A bank robbery by a lone gunman results in the murder of two employees. Mike suspects that it wasn't just an ordinary bank holdup--he believes the robber had help from someone on the inside.

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    E27The Hitch Heisters

    Two seemingly innocent young girls hitchhiking are actually a pair of murderous con artists.

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    E28Free Ride
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    E29Death Below Decks
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    E30High Ambush
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    E31The Cocoanut's Eye
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    E32Room 505

    A man reports that he's seen a murder through the window of a hotel; there are three possible rooms, each with its own story; Barnett has to figure out who the person murdered was and who may have killed them.

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    E33The Day Man
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    E34Hot Fur

    A fur company owner calls Barnett when he realizes his security has been compromised.

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    E35The Doll Bandit
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    E36Washington Story
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    E37Black Leg-White Tie
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    E38Fraternity of Five

    Mike Barnett is accused of stealing diamonds by four smugglers and killing their partner. Barnett gets the smugglers to second guess each other. He finally determines who is the killer and thief is.

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    E39Death on the Diamond
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    E40The Polecat Shakedown
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    E41Hide and Seek
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    E42The Wire Tappers

    A group of criminals wire tap an apartment as an experiment to see if they can get some leads to exploit for their operations; after a key is stolen, Barnett becomes involved in tracking down who is responsible and the significance of the key.

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    E43Missing Cadet
Season 31951
1 episode
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    E1Episode 1Finale
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Season 21950
1 episode

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Season 11949
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Details

Networks
CBS, DuMont Television Network, NBC
Seasons
5 · 49 episodes
Runtime
30m per episode
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
October 7, 1949
Production
Pathescope Productions
IMDB ID
tt0041040
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