Tag: gang

EP3704s: Silver Theatre: Murder Unlimited

Carole Lombard

A reporter tries to track down a gang that specializes in wholesale murder.

Original Air Date: March 9, 1941

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EP3503: Nick Carter: Kidnapped for Sale, Parts Six and Seven (Encore)

Lon ClarkNick, Patsy, and Scubby are tied up with guns pointed at them as the gang of kidnappers prepares to execute them.

Original Air Dates: April 24 and 25, 1944

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EP3434: The Silent Men: The Bogus G.I.

A Department of Defense Agent enlists the help of a mother of a soldier killed in action to capture the gang that conned her out of her life savings.

Original Air Date: December 16, 1951

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Video Theater 195: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

Dick Tracy (Ralph Byrd) investigates when a gang of crooks including Gruesome (Boris Karloff) rob a bank using a gas that freezes everyone in place.

Original Release Date: September 26, 1947

EP3232: Dick Tracy: Dick Captures the Gang/Pat Hypnotized

Dick Tracy conducts a surprise raid on the gang’s headquarters.
Original Air Date: February 18 and 21, 1938
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EP2808: Boston Blackie: The Bolo Prison Break

Richard Kollmar

Blackie has to figure out how a gang of criminals broke out of prison even though they were barred from speaking to each other.

Original Air Date: May 5, 1948

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EP2670: Boston Blackie: Blackie Breaks Up the Murdoch Gang

Richard Kollmar

With Farraday out of town and an ambitious replacement in charge, Blackie sets out to single-handedly break up the Murdoch gang.

Original Air Date: November 26, 1947
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EP2636: Dragnet: The Big Brink

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for an armed robbery gang.

Original Air Date: December 15, 1953

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EP2572: Nick Carter: Kidnapped for Sale, Parts Six and Seven

Lon ClarkNick, Patsy, and Scubby are tied up with guns pointed at them as the gang of kidnappers prepares to execute them.

Original Air Dates: April 24 and 25, 1944

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EP2548: Air Mail Mystery Episodes 11-13

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Irene Delroy gets a shocking revelation regarding what happened to Andy Andrews, meanwhile her boyfriend Jimmy Gifford has flown into danger in pursuit of the gang.

Original Air Date: 1932

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EP2414: Dragnet: The Big Strip

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a gang of car strippers.

Original Air Date: February 1, 1953

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EP2306: Dragnet: The Big Brain

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a gang that are robbing motorists and then shoving them in the trunks of their car.

Original Air Date: September 28, 1952

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EP2090: Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two

Jack Webb

Having captured two members of the gang, Friday has to continue his undercover efforts to find the source of a new supply of heroin.

Original Air Date: January 10, 1952

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EP1576: Police Headquarters: $80,000 Robbery and Two Officers Disappear

A fur robbery occurs but the criminals get away far too quickly in $80,000 Robbery. 

Two police officers disappear when bringing in a dangerous fugitive and then a gang boss offers an Inspector a deal

Episodes: 19 and 22

Original Air Date: 1932

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