
Man Against Crime
Mike Barnett is a bright and tough private detective in New York.
- 1949-1954
- 5 seasons
- CBS
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Suspense
Mike Barnett is a bright and tough private detective in New York.
Season 5 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 1953 - 1954
Episode 1
Death Wears Lead Shoes: Part 1
Sun, Oct 11, 1953
Episode 2
Death Wears Lead Shoes: Part 2
Sun, Oct 18, 1953
Episode 3
Three Cents Worth of Murder
Sun, Oct 25, 1953
Episode 4
The Time Keepers
Sun, Nov 1, 1953
Episode 5
Murder in the Rough
Sun, Nov 8, 1953
Mike is invited to play in a pro/am golf championship. While there a seemingly impossible murder takes place. Mike begins to investigate and worry about his own safety.
Episode 6
Main Bout Is Murder
Sun, Nov 15, 1953
A boxing trainer calls Barnett in because he has concerns about his boxers performance, and suspects the fight be fixed. As Barnett investigates he discovers things are worse than anyone thought, and Barnett's own life could be in danger.
Episode 7
Thirty Dimes
Sun, Nov 22, 1953
Chris, a former POW who has been returned from Korea, searches for an informer who betrayed him. The man is known only as Judas. Mike has to find Chris before he commits murder.
Episode 8
Cube Root of Evil
Sun, Nov 29, 1953
A drunken conventioneer looking for "a good time" gets lured to a private party with the promise of a high-takes dice game, but winds up getting beaten up and robbed.
Episode 9
Murder Mountain
Sun, Dec 6, 1953
Barnett's car breaks down near an old hotel. Deciding to stay the night he discovers things are not as expected, and despite being on holiday becomes dragged into a very strange situation.
Episode 10
A Very Dead Ringer
Sun, Dec 13, 1953
Episode 11
Petite Larceny
Sun, Dec 20, 1953 27 mins
Barnett acting as a store detective discovers a rash of thefts from the staff and customers within the store. Because the thefts all occurred in and around the toy department, Barnett suspects a child must be somehow involved.
Episode 12
Going, Going Gone
Sun, Dec 27, 1953
Episode 13
Don't Feed the Animals
Sun, Jan 3, 1954
Episode 14
Danger for Duffy
Sun, Jan 10, 1954
Episode 15
Terror 12 Stories High
Sun, Jan 17, 1954
Episode 16
Holler Uncle
Sun, Jan 24, 1954
Episode 17
Beauty and the Beasts
Sun, Jan 31, 1954
While investigating a suspicious insurance claim regarding stolen jewelry, Mike discovers that a local beauty parlor is connected with several such crimes that take place when the victim is having a complete makeover.
Episode 18
Little Boy Blues
Sun, Feb 7, 1954
Episode 19
Target with Two T's
Sun, Feb 14, 1954
Episode 20
Mike's Missing Marbles
Sun, Feb 21, 1954
Episode 21
U. F. O.
Sun, Feb 28, 1954
Episode 22
Will o' the Wisp
Sun, Mar 7, 1954
Episode 23
Rigged for Murder
Sun, Mar 14, 1954
Episode 24
Hit and Run
Sun, Mar 21, 1954
Episode 25
Canary Yellow
Sun, Mar 28, 1954
Episode 26
The Plugged Shilling
Sat, Apr 3, 1954
Episode 27
The Chinese Dolls
Sat, Apr 10, 1954
Episode 28
Barometer Falling
Sun, Apr 18, 1954
Episode 29
The Man from Dannemora
Sun, Apr 25, 1954
Episode 30
The Man in the Iron Car
Sun, May 2, 1954
Episode 31
Sunset Farm
Sun, May 9, 1954 30 mins
Episode 32
Where's Mimi?
Sun, May 16, 1954
Episode 33
Hot as Three Pistols
Sun, May 23, 1954
Episode 34
Rumble in the Streets - Part 1
Sun, May 30, 1954
Episode 35
The Young Hoods
Sun, Jun 6, 1954
Episode 36
Next to Closing
Sun, Jun 13, 1954
Episode 37
No Place to Hide
Sun, Jun 20, 1954 26 mins
Mike is hired by a his fashion model friend after a fellow model is murdered in her apartment and she recognized the suspect when he left her building...more importantly, the murder suspect recognized her.
Episode 38
Connecticut State Police
Sun, Jun 27, 1954 26 mins
Mike Barnett focuses on the Connecticut State Police as they track two armed and dangerous bank robbers through the forests in the western part of the state. Barnett only appears in the beginning, ending and as the narrator.