Racket Squad
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Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series that aired from 1951 to 1953.
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Racket Squad | |
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Genre | Crime drama Anthology |
Starring | Reed Hadley |
Narrated by | Hugh Beaumont (1952–1953) |
Composers | Herschel Burke Gilbert Leon Klatzkin Alexander Laszlo Herbert Taylor |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 98 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Hal Roach Hal Roach, Jr. |
Producers | Carroll Case Hal Roach, Jr. |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 23–26 minutes |
Production companies | Showcase Productions, Inc. Rabco Productions[1] |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | June 7, 1951 (1951-06-07) – September 28, 1953 (1953-09-28) |
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The format was a narrated anthology drama, as each individual episode featured various ordinary citizens getting ensnared in a different confidence scheme. Episodes were introduced and narrated by Reed Hadley as "Captain John Braddock", a fictional detective working for a police department in a large, unnamed American city. Braddock served as the series' host and narrator.