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Gang Busters

Season 1 1952

  • 1952-03-20T05:00:00Z on NBC
  • 25m
  • 3h 30m (7 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama, Crime
The format of the series were action-packed stories on the apprehension of major criminals, taken from actual police and FBI files. The stories were presented in semi-documentary style. There was no continuing cast, but creator and writer Phillips H. Lord narrated each show. The series ran on alternate weeks with Dragnet on NBC on Thursday nights for a little more than a season. It was the highest rated show at the time NBC decided to cancel it, in favor of airing "Dragnet" weekly. The NBC episodes appeared in syndication in 1953 under the title "Captured", hosted by Chester Morris. In 1955, new first-run episodes under the original "Gang Busters" title were released in syndication by General Teleradio, following their release of the theatrical feature Gang Busters.

14 episodes

Series Premiere

1952-03-20T05:00:00Z

1x01 Bailat-Fiaschetti

Series Premiere

1x01 Bailat-Fiaschetti

  • 1952-03-20T05:00:00Z30m

Detectives set out to track down a gang of international jewel thieves who have just stolen more than a million dollars worth of valuables from an estate in New York.

1952-04-03T05:00:00Z

1x02 Charles Mendoro

1x02 Charles Mendoro

  • 1952-04-03T05:00:00Z30m

Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.

1952-04-17T05:00:00Z

1x03 Alvin Karpis

1x03 Alvin Karpis

  • 1952-04-17T05:00:00Z30m

FBI special agents are called in to capture the notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis, the machine gun blasting thug who provides the muscle for the infamous Karpis-Barker gang. Federal heat forces Karpis from hideout to hideout but Karpis always stays one step of the FBI. The G-men play their trump card and, knowing that the gangster loves fishing, manage to track their quarry to popular pier.

1952-05-01T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Quirley Gang

1x04 The Quirley Gang

  • 1952-05-01T04:00:00Z30m

Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.

1952-05-15T04:00:00Z

1x05 The Dennis Case

1x05 The Dennis Case

  • 1952-05-15T04:00:00Z30m

A Canadian-born cat burglar tries to maintain his blissful domestic life while stealing guests jewelry at parties on both coasts and selling them to unwitting gem merchants in other major cities. Police begin to close in when one of the merchants recognizes the man from a wanted poster he accidentally saw while applying for a gun license.

1952-06-12T04:00:00Z

1x06 The O'Dell-Griffin Case

1x06 The O'Dell-Griffin Case

  • 1952-06-12T04:00:00Z30m

Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.

1952-06-26T04:00:00Z

1x07 The Phantom

1x07 The Phantom

  • 1952-06-26T04:00:00Z30m

A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.

1x08 Unknown

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1x09 Unknown

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1x10 The Bayless Case

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The story of bank robber/forger John Richard Bayless who was nabbed after being recognized on an airplane by an alert flight attendant.

1x11 The Blonde Tigress

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A policewoman is sent undercover to infiltrate and break up a gang led by a nasty blonde damsel.

1x14 Durable Mike Malloy

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A Depression Era gang devises a plot to take out life insurance policies on derelicts then kill them and collect the proceeds. Unfortunately, one of their intended victims proves hard to kill.

1x16 The Red Dress Case

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An ex-con just enfranchised from prison is reunited with his old criminal cronies with one change - his girl friend, a beautiful blonde with a sharp mind and a heart of stone, demands to call the shots for the gang.

1x17 The Scissors Gang

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Connecticut State Police are desperate to apprehend the Scissors Gang who have committed over 50 robberies all across the Nutmeg State.

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