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The Man Behind the Badge Season 2 Episodes

Season 2 Episode Guide

38 Episodes 1955 - 1955

Episode 1

The Case of the Troubled Circus

Sat, Jan 8, 1955

A special investigator exposes two clever racketeers who counterfeit circus tickets and sell them to unsuspecting storekeepers.

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Episode 2

The Case of the Crying Lady

Sat, Jan 15, 1955

Detective Lashley of the Columbus, Ohio police realizes a heroin epidemic is happening in his jurisdiction. Lashley is determined to find the drug suppliers and end the suffering of so many.

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Episode 3

The Case of the Wild Wind

Sat, Jan 22, 1955

Grady Norton, a Florida weatherman, predicts a forceful hurricane about to hit the area. Local businessmen who are dependent on the tourist trade want him to retract his forecast but he refuses.

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Episode 4

The Case of the Fatal Warning

Sat, Jan 29, 1955

Policewoman Ruby Barrett of Atlanta, Georgia, comes to the assistance of a girl and prevents her from becoming a murderess.

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Episode 5

The Case of the Tattooed Man

Sat, Feb 5, 1955

A detective tries to catch a killer before he murders his "best friend."

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Episode 6

The Case of the Dying Past

Sat, Feb 12, 1955

An attorney in Vermont hunts the killer of a leathermaker who still used the old, traditional methods.

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Episode 7

The Case of the Invisible Mark

Sat, Feb 19, 1955

A state's attorney in Vermont clears a woman of murder charge and finds the real killer.

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Episode 8

The Case of the Priceless Passport

Sat, Feb 26, 1955

Two U.S. Immigration agents are sent undercover to Acapulco, Mexico to find the source of forged passports being provided to undesirables seeking to enter the United States.

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Episode 9

The Case of the Black Sheep

Sat, Mar 5, 1955

A series of safe robberies bears the mark of a master safe-cracker known to be in prison.

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Episode 10

The Case of the Wholesale Burglaries

Sat, Mar 12, 1955

Portland, Oregon police detectives investigate a series of vicious armed robberies that are perpetrated by a pair of gunmen wearing Halloween masks who hold up small shop owners just before closing time and viciously pistol-whip their victims after rifling the cash register. The police develop a lead that points to denizens of church mission in a rundown portion of town.

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Episode 11

The Case of the Part-Time Cop

Sat, Mar 19, 1955

A part-time Waterton, Mass., cop takes us around his beat, as he handles stranded cats, noisy parties and a hit-and-run killer.

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Episode 12

The Case of the One-Eyed Jack

Sat, Mar 26, 1955

A cardsharp attempts to ply his trade on a U.S. luxury liner and runs into a plainclothes cop.

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Episode 13

The Case of the Uncrowned Champ

Sat, Apr 2, 1955

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Episode 14

The Case of the Deadly Delicacy

Sat, Apr 9, 1955

A Food and Drug Administration inspector is after a man carrying a cake that's spiced with arsenic.

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Episode 15

The Case of the Unknown Man

Sat, Apr 16, 1955

The Salt Lake City, Utah, police department are attempting to break up a chain of illegal gambling establishments run by the Syndicate. Although the police manage to knock off most of the dens, they still haven't identified the leader of the gambling ring. Similarly, the crooks haven't found the undercover cop who's supplying the information to the Vice Squad. The cops and crook engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to see who can identify the others' key personnel first.

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Episode 16

The Case of the Long, Dark Night

Sat, Apr 23, 1955

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Episode 17

The Case of the Capital Crime

Sat, Apr 30, 1955

Police detectives in Washington D.C. investigate the murder of a pair of security guards working in a downtown department store. Although they quickly identify a suspect, finding him in a large city with plenty of places to hide proves much more difficult.

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Episode 18

The Case of the Elusive Firebug

Sat, May 7, 1955

An arson investigator looking into a series of supposedly accidental fires uncovers evidence that points to a convicted pyromaniac as the culprit--but he's confined to a hospital for the criminally insane.

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Episode 19

The Case of the Wild West

Sat, May 14, 195530 mins

A small town in the far west is being taken over by a gang of crooks who are trying to pressure the residents into voting them into office. The local sheriff tries old west tactics to fight them.

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Episode 20

The Case of the Desperate Moment

Sat, May 21, 1955

A warden who doesn't want to see any of his convicts get hurt faces down two inmates who are planning a prison revolt.

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Episode 21

The Case of the Unwelcome Stranger

Sat, May 28, 1955

While teaching volunteer firemen the latest methods of combating fire, a deputy state fire marshal discovers a case of arson.

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Episode 22

The Case of the One-Way Ticket

Sat, Jun 4, 1955

The captain of security for a railroad company sends a modern day "Jesse James" to jail.

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Episode 23

The Case of the Educated Prisoner

Sat, Jun 11, 195530 mins

The female warden of a womans prison struggles to rehabilitate imates but wonders if they are creating career criminals.

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Episode 24

The Case of the Pot of Gold

Sat, Jun 18, 1955

Boston's police force investigates a well-organized policy and numbers racket.

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Episode 25

The Case of the Hot Stock

Sat, Jun 25, 1955

A swindler comes into the life of an aging Nebraska spinster, making her think he's in love with her as he cons her into buying a phony oil well partnership. The state bureau of investigations catches up with him but the woman still believes he'll marry her and refuses to testify against him.

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Episode 26

The Case of the Red Letter Day

Sat, Jul 2, 1955

U.S. Post Office investigators pursue gangsters who are using first-class mail for illegal purposes.

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Episode 27

The Case of the Second Chance

Sat, Jul 9, 1955

Charles Wade led two lives in his effort to combat crime.

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Episode 28

The Case of the Deadly Homburg

Sat, Jul 16, 1955

Capt. Harold Smith of Nebraska's Highway Patrol has only one clue to a criminal's identity: he's a fashionable dresser.

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Episode 29

The Case of the Most Dangerous Game

Sat, Jul 23, 1955

Warden Supervisor H.N. Taylor went hunting for dangerous game and found that the hunter can become the hunted.

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Episode 30

The Case of the Phoney Paper

Sat, Jul 30, 1955

Jacob H. Gomborow of the Philadelphia Forgery Squad found out that there was nothing busier than a counterfeiter.

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Episode 31

The Case of the Quiet Guest

Sat, Aug 6, 1955

Burglary detectives in Manchester, NH, search for a burglar who seems to be able to get through every locked door in town.

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Episode 32

The Case of the Guardian Angel

Sat, Aug 13, 1955

Sgt. Nick Van Cina of the Los Angeles Police tackles one of his most unusual cases.

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Episode 33

The Case of the Hunted Hobo

Sat, Aug 20, 1955

The Chicago police investigate a series of armed robberies perpetrated upon couples parked in lovers lanes with the same modus operandi - the thief steals the boy's wallet and then pistol whips his girlfriend. Since the victims agree that the thug was dressed as a hobo, a vaudevillian turned police officer agrees to go undercover and to see if the thief can be found one of the area's hobo jungles.

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Episode 34

The Case of the One-Armed Bandits

Sat, Aug 27, 1955

A country prosecutor convinces a syndicate of gamblers that the weaker sex can also be the deadlier of the species.

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Episode 35

The Case of the Big Break

Sat, Sep 3, 1955

Insurance investigator Frederick P. Schmid finds himself gambling in a game where a man bets $2000 against two years of his life.

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Episode 36

The Case of the Reluctant Thief

Sat, Sep 10, 1955

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Episode 37

The Case of Operation Sabotage

Sat, Sep 17, 1955

Capt. Osborn, Aircraft Commander of a B-47 Strategic Air Command, found that loyalty was the key to a dangerous mission.

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Episode 38

The Case of the Silent War

Sat, Sep 24, 1955

The police chief at a Maryland Naval base must expose a traitor before U.S. security is sabotaged.

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