The Man Behind the Badge

- Season 1

(1953)

A probation officer takes a juvenile delinquent into his home to give him a chance at rehabilitation.

A veteran policeman finds that his quarry, a bank robber, continues to be elusive. He has been after the criminal since his days as a rookie cop.

A wealthy man finds himself in trouble due to some dubious financial dealings and is arrested. To worsen the situation the chief prosecutor is his best friend.

A postal inspector is determined to find a crazed killer who uses the mail to send deadly packages to his unfortunate victims.

A cord in the Nashville area disappears and Chief of Police Stephens make it a priority to find her.

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The young son of a Texas sheriff receives a bad check from a prominent Texan, and his father uncovers a fabulous swindle.

The public defender of Douglas County, Nebraska, stakes the prestige of his legal-aid office in the defense of a homicide suspect.

A member of the Buffalo, New York arson squad tracks down a pyromaniac and a gang.

Captain William Steiner of the St. Paul, Minn., police department strives to rehabilitate a man he sent to jail.

A parole officer strives to assist a paroled bank robber in his attempt to go "straight."

A chief warrant officer with the military police stationed in Germany hunts the murderer of a German citizen.

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.

The custodian of the law is a New Orleans detective on the pawn-shop detail who tails a gang of masked jewel thieves.

Inspector Joseph Krug of Detroit's Special Investigations Squad investigates the "protection" racket that has been terrorizing local shopkeepers.

The story of an Ohio State penitentiary guard who has to cope with one of the biggest riots in prison history.

A woman judge intervenes in the case of a young married couple who are seeking a divorce.

Detective John V. Masterson, chief of Cleveland's shoplifting detail, works on the case of a young boy.

A narcotics source is uncovered.

The Chief of the Bureau of Fire in Richmond, Virginia, works on the case of an arsonist who set fire to the Richmond hotel.

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.

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.

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U.S. Park Rangers track down armed robbers in the mountains.

An immigration inspector suspects two aliens of being big-time gamblers.

A warden has received a tip-off about a planned prison break. He leads the frantic search for a concealed bottle of nitro-glycerin.

Guests at a Boston hotel discover their jewels are missing. A house detective suspects it is an inside job.

The junior deputy sheriffs help the senior officers of the community trap a gang of teenage thieves.

A public-health inspector desperately searches for a man bitten by a rabid dog.

A detective on the Boston and Maine Railroad is puzzled by a series of freight car pilferings.

A plain-clothes narcotics agent is called to Chicago to break up the activities of vicious dope ring. As the camera moves along the "Street of Blues," we come face to face with the victims of the drug peddler.

The Columbus, Ohio, Arson Squad attempts to find the person responsible for a series of automobile fires.

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.

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.

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

The story of Sheriff Clyde Robert Parker of New Hampshire, who tries to locate a runaway husband and reunite him with his bewildered family.

A Captain from the Harbor Detail in Portland, Maine pursues a gang of smugglers operating between Maine and the European black market.

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.

The Captain of the guards at the Oregon State Penitentiary tries to thwart the prison break of a murderer who has a reputation for being successful at "breaking out."

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Volunteer fireman Mandell Fogel of Long Island, New York, attempts to track down the person who rings in false alarms. Traces of fluorescent paint seem to be his only clue.

A beautiful policewoman risks a watery grave when she boards a so-called pleasure yacht and tries to smash a "floating crap game."

A trickle of coins is leaking from the counting room of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. Among the suspects are the guards, best friends of the investigating Captain.

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.

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.

Investigation of a foolproof system for winning at the track.

Joe Foster of the Houston, Texas 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.

An air policeman at the Carswell Air Base in Texas investigates a gang of saboteurs.

Fire Det. Lt. William J. Puzzo of Massachusetts investigates a series of fires occurring in the homes of absent millionaires.

An electric brain's detective skill helps put a Boston insurance investigator on the trail of a girl who claims to be the victim of repeated accidents.

A Major in the Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron engages in a search for two escaped convicts who are holding a Marine hostage.