Man Behind The Badge - Volume 3

True stories from the casebooks of police departments and courtrooms across America are brought to life in this gritty crime anthology from the golden age of television drama. Hosted by veteran Hollywood character actor and multiple Academy Award nominee, Charles Bickford (The Song of Bernadette, Johnny Belinda) these four episodes deliver hard-boiled sagas of real criminals and the dedicated men in uniform who work tirelessly to bring them to justice. The Man Behind the Badge aired in syndication throughout 1955 with Bickford after a year of shows on CBS hosted by Norman Rose.

THE CASE OF THE CRYING LADY: A beautiful heroin addict holds the key to bringing down the city's narcotics ring.

THE CASE OF THE TROUBLED CIRCUS: Two racketeers make a killing with a crooked traveling circus.

THE CASE OF THE ONE-EYED JACK: On an ocean liner, a private eye plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a card shark.

THE CASE OF THE BIG BREAK: An insurance investigator learns that a bodybuilder is faking an injury claim.

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