Treasury Men in Action

Episode 0

Men Behind the Badge

Sun, Sep 6, 2026

I believe this to br a backyard pilot for the series Man Behind the Badge.

Episode 1

The Case of the Lonely People

Thu, Oct 7, 1954

An investigation into government checks stolen from mailboxes leads the T-men to a couple who turn to forging disability compensation checks.

Episode 2

The Case of the Still Waters

Thu, Oct 14, 1954

A young Fedrral agent infiltrates a gang of bootleggers whose still is on board a freighter ship.

Episode 3

The Case of the Gentleman Cheat

Thu, Oct 21, 1954 26 mins

As part of his settlement with the IRS, a tax cheat agrees to pay all the money he owes within ten days. However, a suspicious IRS agent believes that the man is going to pay his taxes with yet more money that he has illegally hidden from the government, and sets out to prove his case.

Episode 4

The Case of the Tarnished Lady

Thu, Oct 28, 1954

Episode 5

The Case of the Man Outside

Thu, Nov 4, 1954 30 mins

A prison gang discovers an ingenious way to print and distribute counterfeit money, even though they're behind bars.

Episode 6

The Case of the One Way Ride

Thu, Nov 11, 1954 30 mins

Episode 7

The Case of the Little Tin Box

Thu, Nov 18, 1954 25 mins

Three people who own a nightclub, where much of the business is on a strictly cash basis, decide to avoid paying income taxes by skimming money from the club.

Episode 8

The Case of the Green Feathers

Thu, Nov 25, 1954

Customs agents go after a ring of gangsters who are smuggling rare parrots into the U.S. from Mexico.

Episode 9

The Case of the Dangerous Dollars

Thu, Dec 2, 1954

Episode 10

The Case of the Escaped Convict

Thu, Dec 9, 1954

Episode 11

The Case of the Losing Gamble

Thu, Dec 16, 1954

Episode 12

The Case of the Bad Bargain

Thu, Dec 23, 1954 26 mins

A Treasury agent goes undercover at an East Coast port to break up an opium smuggling ring.

Episode 13

The Case of the Broken Bond

Thu, Dec 30, 1954

Frank Shelby, ailing from heart disease, breaks into a hone at the insistence of his wife and steals government bonds that he signs the names of the recipient to and then cashes himself, thereby pocketing the stolen money.

Episode 14

The Case of the Careless Murder

Thu, Jan 6, 1955 30 mins

Episode 15

The Case of the Chartered Chiseler

Thu, Jan 13, 1955

A bus-company owner decides to keep a little extra money for himself by falsely reporting charitable donations as tax deductions.

Episode 16

The Case of the Iron Curtain

Thu, Jan 20, 1955 30 mins

A heartless criminal sees an opportunity to take the troubles of a shaken Holocaust survivor and turn them to his own advantage.

Episode 17

The Case of the Unfair Verdict

Thu, Jan 27, 1955 30 mins

Episode 18

The Case of the Fatal Error

Thu, Feb 3, 1955

Episode 19

The Case of the Elder Brother

Thu, Feb 10, 1955

Episode 20

The Case of the Princely Pauper

Thu, Feb 17, 1955 30 mins

Although the feds know that an importer is smuggling expensive Swiss jewelry into the US, they can't discover how he's doing it, despite his being under constant surveillance. They begin an undercover operation, hoping to discover his methods.

Episode 21

Case of the Swindler's Gold

Thu, Feb 24, 1955 30 mins

Episode 22

The Case of the Perfect Crime

Sun, Sep 6, 2026 30 mins

Episode 23

The Case of the Lady in Hiding

Thu, Mar 10, 1955

Episode 24

The Case of the Tight Squeeze

Thu, Mar 17, 1955 26 mins

Customs agents discover large quantities of expensive--and undeclared--Cuban perfumes that are flooding the market. They soon discover a criminal ring that has a clever plan for smuggling the goods from Cuba into the US.

Episode 25

The Case of the Deadly Dilemma

Thu, Mar 24, 1955 27 mins

While attempting to infiltrate a counterfeiting ring, an undercover secret service agent is ordered to kill a man by the gang's leader.

Episode 26

The Case of the Black Sheep

Thu, Mar 31, 1955 26 mins

A businessman strikes a bargain with a gang of bootleggers to use his legitimate shipping company to distribute their illegal product.

Episode 27

The Case of the Avoided Taxes

Thu, Apr 7, 1955

A man doesn't want to put his money in a bank where the IRS may find out he has it, so he decides to bury it all in an old barn.

Episode 28

The Case of the Leather Bags

Thu, Apr 14, 1955 26 mins

An entertainer on a cruise ship whose career is on the skids is offered a chance to make some quick money by smuggling a quantity of heroin into the US aboard his ship.

Episode 29

The Case of the Steady Hand

Thu, Apr 21, 1955

Burglar Harry Malan has a foolproof plan: he looks in the newspaper for funeral notices of people who have recently died, and then goes and robs their now-empty houses. However, a stolen bond that he has redeemed arouses the suspicions of Treasury agents, who are soon on Harry's trail.

Episode 30

The Case of the Only Son

Thu, Apr 28, 1955

Episode 31

The Case of the Man Next Door

Thu, May 5, 1955 26 mins

A somewhat nosy landlady begins to suspect that one of her tenants may be a dangerous loan shark.

Episode 32

The Case of the Stolen Watches

Thu, May 12, 1955

U.S. Customs investigates the theft of imported watches from a government warehouse.

Episode 33

The Case of the Man Trap

Thu, May 19, 1955

Treasury agents get a tip that leads them to the largest counterfeiting syndicate the US has ever seen.

Episode 34

The Case of the Ready Guns

Thu, May 26, 1955

When Harry is released from prison, his brother tries to keep him out of trouble. But a scheme sounds just like something Harry may want to do. His brother does everything he can to get Harry back onto the straight and narrow before it's too late.

Episode 35

The Case of the Perfect Gentleman

Thu, Jun 2, 1955

An enterprising crook, who wishes to improve his lot in life, lavishes jewelry on a French female opera singer.

Episode 36

The Case of the Shot in the Dark

Thu, Jun 9, 1955 30 mins

Dangerous criminal Vince Sanderson visits his estranged wife Laura who he abused leaving her with a scar. The treasury men set a trap to capture the low life but endangering the beleaguered spouse.

Episode 37

The Case of the Betrayed Artist

Fri, Jun 17, 1955

Episode 38

The Case of the Frightened Man

Fri, Jun 24, 1955

Bootleggers buy into the business of a shellac and paint maker so they can use his machinery to make moonshine.

Episode 39

Case of the Slippery Eel

Fri, Jul 1, 1955 30 mins

The owner of a movie theater has come to the conclusion that it's alright to cheat on his income tax, because he's smart enough to never get caught.