Gang Busters (1952)
Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.
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Episode 1 - Alvin Karpis
Release Date: 1952-03-20Detectives 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.
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Episode 2 - The Phantom
Release Date:Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.
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Episode 3 - The Unholy Three
Release Date: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.
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Episode 4 - Dillinger
Release Date:Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.
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Episode 5 - Bailat-Fiaschetti
Release Date: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.
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Episode 6 - Charles Mendoro
Release Date:Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.
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Episode 7 - Homer Van Meter
Release Date:A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.
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Episode 8 - O'Dell-Griffin
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Episode 9 - The Barrow Gang
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Episode 10 - The Bayless Case
Release Date:The story of bank robber/forger John Richard Bayless who was nabbed after being recognized on an airplane by an alert flight attendant.
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Episode 11 - The Blonde Tigress
Release Date:A policewoman is sent undercover to infiltrate and break up a gang led by a nasty blonde damsel.
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Episode 12 - The Case of Willie Sutton
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Episode 13 - The Dennis Case
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Episode 14 - The Durable Mike Malloy Case
Release Date: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.
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Episode 15 - The Quirley Gang
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Episode 16 - The Red Dress
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Episode 17 - The Scissors Case
Release Date: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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Episode 18 - The Suma Case
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Episode 19 - Ma Barker
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Episode 20 - Norma Breighle
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Episode 21 - Ricco-Trapani Case
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Episode 22 - Teenage Trouble
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Episode 23 - Herbert Nole Case
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Episode 24 - Lawrence Case
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Episode 25 - Schaffer-Staley
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Episode 26 - The Old Trapper
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Episode 27 - Duchess Spinelli
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