About this season
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.
Episodes (30)
1. Crime and Commitment (1)
Aired 19 September 1961 • 60 min
Cain locks horns with mob chief George Vincent and Vincent sets out to have him killed.
2. Crime and Commitment (2)
Aired 26 September 1961 • 60 min
3. Blue Water, White Beach
Aired 3 October 1961 • 60 min
There's an accident at bootlegger Ed Hoagley's distillery, and Hoagley has the victim made to look like a hit-and-run case. The ruse works—until Cain identifies the man as one of Hoagley's boys.
4. Markdown on a Man
Aired 10 October 1961 • 60 min
5. Degrees of Guilt
Aired 17 October 1961 • 60 min
6. King of the Mountain
Aired 24 October 1961 • 60 min
Cain arrives in a small but wide-open town, intent upon smashing the power of local vice baron, Herman Coombs. He gets nowhere fast with the police force--all handpicked by Coombs.
7. Penitent
Aired 31 October 1961 • 60 min
Cain finds it hard to believe that narcotics boss Lou Strode has really guit, even though Strode has a good reason--his son died as a result of dope addiction. Cain looks for evidence on which to get him indicted.
8. Comeback
Aired 7 November 1961 • 60 min
9. Dead Load
10.0Aired 21 November 1961 • 60 min
Cain searches for a waterfront racketeer.
10. In the Balance
Aired 28 November 1961 • 60 min
An examination of syndicate kingpin Frank Neehan's operation turns up the name Phillip Hallson. Cain wonders if this is the Phillip Hallson who is a federal judge--until Neehan's case is suddenly transferred to Hallson's court.
11. Five for One
Aired 5 December 1961 • 60 min
12. The Fixer
Aired 12 December 1961 • 60 min
13. Cain's Final Judgement
Aired 19 December 1961 • 60 min
14. The Plush Jungle
Aired 2 January 1962 • 60 min
15. Take a Number
Aired 9 January 1962 • 60 min
16. The Debasers
Aired 16 January 1962 • 60 min
17. The Schemer
Aired 23 January 1962 • 60 min
18. The Manipulator
Aired 30 January 1962 • 60 min
19. Marked by Proxy
Aired 6 February 1962 • 60 min
20. Blood Money
Aired 13 February 1962 • 60 min
21. Blues for a Junkman
Aired 20 February 1962 • 60 min
22. The New Order
Aired 6 March 1962 • 60 min
23. The Cost of Living
Aired 20 March 1962 • 60 min
24. Savage in Darkness
Aired 27 March 1962 • 60 min
25. The Swinger
Aired 3 April 1962 • 60 min
26. Inside Track
Aired 10 April 1962 • 60 min
27. A Creature Lurks in Ambush
Aired 17 April 1962 • 60 min
Gambling czar Big Ed Pavanne's dying wish is to see his son Rick, who is at college in the Midwest.
28. Woman of Silence
Aired 24 April 1962 • 60 min
29. The Left Side of Canada
Aired 1 May 1962 • 60 min
30. The Quick Brown Fox
Aired 15 May 1962 • 60 min