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Original Air Date—30 January 1953
Bank robber Barney Stevens escapes from prison and immediately resumes his former profession. He's identified by a teller and later captured by the police. But then the teller is shot and killed by an accomplice. Blackie then tries to protect the teller's wife.
Boston Blackie s02e16 The Friendly Gesture
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Original Air Date—9 January 1953
Blackie befriends a college student/boxer who's torn between an academic career and winning fame and fortune in the squared circle.
Boston Blackie s02e11 So Was Goliath.
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Original Air Date—14 November 1952
Blackie and galpal Mary attend the engagement party of a merchant seaman and a singer and wind up having to solve the murder of the prospective groom.
Boston Blackie s02e05 Deep Six
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Original Air Date—21 November 1952
A young woman who's being blackmailed hires Blackie to recover a package containing indiscreet letters about her. Blackie's investigation leads to a mute burglar, a bus terminal, and a disbarred lawyer.
Boston Blackie s02e06 Minuet for Murder
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Original Air Date—27 December 1950
Tracy and Catchem investigate a series of car thefts and discover a gang who specialize in changing the appearance and serial numbers of the vehicles they've stolen.
Dick Tracy s01e16 Hi-Jack.mp4
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Original Air Date—1 July 1954
Tom Horn, who has made a career out of battling cattle rustlers, is hired by some ranch owners to keep the homesteaders in line. He decides to play both sides against the middle, and steal cattle for himself. Since they are old friends, Matt has a hard time believing that Tom is involved.
Stories of the Century s01e24 Tom Horn
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Original Air Date—10 April 1958
Friday and Smith attempt to get ahold of the leaders of several street gangs in order to stop an approaching gang war.
Dragnet s03e24 The Big Children
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After their younger brother Archie is accidentally killed by detectives, the James Gang go on a train and bank robbing spree. Matt and Frankie work undercover in order to smoke out the criminals.
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Stories of the Century s01e03 Frank and Jesse James
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Original Air Date—3 October 1952
Pam and Jerry are invited to spend the weekend at a Broadway actress' country home, but when they arrive their host can't be found.
Mr. and Mrs. North s01e01 Weekend Murder
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Original Air Date—1952
Action-packed stories on the apprehension of major criminals, taken from actual police and FBI files.
Gang Busters -The Bayless Case
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Original Air Date—9 January 1953
The ex-husband of Mary's beautician has been harassing her. Blackie tells the man to lay off but he's later found dead after being hit by a car. Was it an accident or murder? The case hinges on a superstitious villain.
Boston Blackie s02e13 The Gunman
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Original Air Date—1950
A criminal recently released from prison searches for the loot he hid before being incarcerated with Dick Tracy watching his every step.
Dick Tracy s02e14 Shaky's Secret Treasure
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Original Air Date—9 April 1954
Henrietta decides she going to sell the house without informing Cosmo first. She gets a buyer and has the house sold before Cosmo can stop her. George and Marion are very upset with Topper because they feel he wants to learn. They soon realize that Topper does not want to move. They make the new buyer think the house is haunted. He decides not to buy the house and of course it ends happily with Topper staying at the house.
Topper s01e27 Henrietta Sells the House
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Original Air Date—6 August 1950
When ranchers are slain with silver arrows, Gene suspects that someone is trying to throw suspicion on the local Indians to cover an even bigger crime.
Gene Autry Show s01e03 The Silver Arrow
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Original Air Date—10 September 1950
Gene investigates why a gang is trying so hard to gain control of an unprofitable ranch. During his investigation, he discovers a cache of gold.
Gene Autry Show s01e08 Doublecross Valley
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Original Air Date—30 April 1957
A Chicago fire investigator attempts to apprehend the arsonist who has set a series of blazes in run-down buildings near the river. He suspects that the perpetrator might be part of the throng of on-lookers that gawk at the firefighters battling the blazes. When a deaf woman is seriously injured in one of the torched buildings, the inspector redoubles his efforts to arrest the firebug before one of his blazes results in death.
Cavalcade of America s05e28 Chicago 2-1-2
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Original Air Date—17 January 1956
An actress, whose boyfriend is killed in Korea, suffers a breakdown and is sent to prison for writing bad checks. After she's released from prison, her parole officer tries to help her get life back together.
Cavalcade of America s04e13 The Prison Within
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In the sketch, officers haul "Baby Face" Bogart into the police station. He tells Detective Benny he knows nothing about the murder of Blinky Mason. Benny tries to get rough but Bogart keeps slapping him back.
Jack Benny Program s04e03 Humphrey Bogart Show
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Original Air Date—2 April 1960
The Cartwrights, with Hop Sing, finish a cattle drive in San Francisco. Ben warns the other men of the dangers of the big city. Nevertheless, some of the men are careless and naive. Two of the hired hands disappear, and Ben suspects that the men were shanghaied. With invaluable assistance from several of Hop Sing's cousins, the Cartwrights locate the missing men and break up the racket.
Bonanza S01E28 San Francisco
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Original Air Date—28 November 1954
Rochester is typing up the script for next week's show: Jack Benny's life story. The Sportsmen Quartet sing "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby." Jack begins auditioning actors for the various parts in his saga. He hires a gorgeous young woman to play his first love, and his real first girlfriend to be his mother. He passes on the first young man who's auditioning to play himself as a child, instead casting the pushy little boy who is acting as the kid's agent.
Jack Benny s05e05 The Life of Jack Benny
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Original Air Date—23 February 1954
Danny Williams, a successful nightclub singer, encounters a variety of difficult or amusing situations in trying to balance his career with his family; his outspoken wife Cathy, teenage daughter Teri from his first marriage, children Russ and Linda, and old-fashioned Uncle Tonouse.
Make Room for Daddy s01e22 Margaret's Birthday
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Original Air Date—30 May 1955
Set in Black Mesa Bar-B-Q at desert crosswords, as a patrons, owner and his daughter Gaby Maple and an unfortunate hitchhiker Alan Squier are held hostage by fleeing killer Duke Mantee and his henchmen, with Squier signing over his life insurance policy to Gaby to fund her dream of traveling to France to paint, and then persuading Mantee to kill him . Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Paul Hartman, Natalie Shaeffer and Jack Warden
Producers Showcase s01e11 The Petrified Forest
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Original Air Date—14 November 1954
Played out on a stylized, dramatically lit set,
I'm a Fool is the story of a heartsick farm boy who takes on a false identity to impress a beautiful girl. The young man is working as a stable boy at an Ohio racetrack when he encounters the beautiful and rich Lucy. He begins to save his money so that the next time they meet, he can face her as an equal. When that time arrives, he presents himself as the son of a wealthy stable owner and the pair has a wonderful day together. Twenty years out, he looks back, wondering what might have been had he told her the truth about himself.
General Electric Theater s03e08 I'm a Fool
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Original Air Date—17 September 1960
Hoss befriends an old drunk named Charlie Trent, who at one time had been the best scout the Army had. He led John C. Fremont and his Expedition across the Great Salt Flats. When the Army's current scout, Lewt Cutter, refuses to obey Captain Pender's orders, he is fired and replaced by Charlie, whom the Captain knew from his earlier days. Charlie, along with Hoss, must guide the troops and a shipment of gold across the desert. This is Charlie's chance to redeem himself, but Cutter and his men are waiting in the desert to bushwack the troops and steal the gold.
Bonanza s02e2 The Mission
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The Apache chief Geronimo leads a raid on a rail depot in search of guns and provisions, and one of his braves is captured. Matt joins Frankie on a wagon train in order to transport the prisoner back to Tuscon. Geronimo attacks the wagon train and rescues the prisoner. Matt and Frankie return to warn the Army that Geronimo is on the warpath.
Stories of the Century s01e04 Geronimo
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