About this season
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".
Episodes (36)
1. Check and Double Check
Aired 4 September 1952 • 30 min
2. Lost and Found
Aired 11 September 1952 • 30 min
3. Charge It, Please
Aired 18 September 1952 • 30 min
4. A Letter from Tessie
Aired 25 September 1952 • 30 min
5. The Expensive Tumble
Aired 2 October 1952 • 30 min
6. Beauty for HIre
Aired 9 October 1952 • 30 min
7. The Suit Club
Aired 23 October 1952 • 30 min
8. The Front Man
Aired 30 October 1952 • 30 min
9. At Your Service
Aired 6 November 1952 • 30 min
10. The Label Switchers
Aired 13 November 1952 • 30 min
11. Blessed Expense
Aired 20 November 1952 • 30 min
12. Strictly Legal
Aired 27 November 1952 • 30 min
13. The Elephant in Stockings
Aired 11 December 1952 • 30 min
14. False Tape
Aired 18 December 1952 • 30 min
15. The Christmas Caper
Aired 25 December 1952 • 30 min
16. The System
Aired 1 January 1953 • 30 min
Using his smokin' hot daughter as bait, a con man sells a system for betting on horses to a man who has the hots for the daughter.
17. The Baby-Faced Con
Aired 29 January 1953 • 30 min
18. The Case of the Dancing Lady
Aired 12 February 1953 • 30 min
19. His Borther's Keeper
Aired 26 February 1953 • 30 min
Braddock starts a crackdown on an organized begging racket.
20. Friend of the People
Aired 12 March 1953 • 30 min
21. Antique Racket
Aired 19 March 1953 • 30 min
22. Girl in the Mink Coat
Aired 9 April 1953 • 30 min
23. The Big Touch
Aired 23 April 1953 • 30 min
24. The White Carnation
Aired 18 June 1953 • 30 min
25. Take a Little, Leave a Little
Aired 2 July 1953 • 30 min
Several businessmen get conned into participating in a phony oil deal.
26. The Case of Lady Luck
Aired 6 July 1953 • 30 min
27. The Gentler Sex
Aired 13 July 1953 • 30 min
28. Sale Value
Aired 20 July 1953 • 30 min
29. The Phony Photo Contest
Aired 27 July 1953 • 30 min
30. Fraudulent Nursery School
Aired 3 August 1953 • 30 min
31. Romance Unlimited
Aired 10 August 1953 • 30 min
32. The Impatient Heir
Aired 17 August 1953 • 30 min
33. The Diamond Smugglers
Aired 24 August 1953 • 30 min
34. Sting of Fate
Aired 31 August 1953 • 30 min
35. The Sure Thing
Aired 7 September 1953 • 30 min
36. Flight of the Flying Fish
Aired 4 December 1952 • 30 min