About this season
Man Against Crime, one of the first television programs about private eyes, ran on CBS, the DuMont Television Network and NBC from October 7, 1949 to August 26, 1956. The show was created by Lawrence Klee and Paul Alter and was broadcast live until 1952. It was also directed by Paul Alter. The series was one of the few television programs ever to have been simulcast on more than one network: the program aired on both NBC and DuMont during the 1953-1954 television season.
Episodes (38)
1. Dead Wears Lead Shoes (1)
Aired 11 October 1953 • 30 min
2. Death Wears Lead Shoes (2)
Aired 18 October 1953
3. Three Cents Worth of Murder
Aired 25 October 1953
4. The Time Keepers
Aired 1 November 1953
5. Murder In The Rough
Aired 8 November 1953
6. The Main Bout Is Murder
Aired 15 November 1953
7. Thirty Dimes
Aired 29 November 1953
8. Cube Root of Evil
Aired 29 November 1953
9. Murder Mountain
Aired 6 December 1953
10. A Very Dead Ringer
Aired 13 December 1953
11. Petite Larceny
Aired 20 December 1953
12. Going, Going Gone
Aired 27 December 1953
13. Don't Feed the Animals
Aired 3 January 1954
14. Danger for Duffy
Aired 10 January 1954
15. Terror 12 Stories High
Aired 17 January 1954
16. Holler Uncle
Aired 24 January 1954
17. Beauty and the Beasts
Aired 31 January 1954
18. Little Boy Blues
Aired 7 February 1954
19. Target with Two T's
Aired 14 February 1954
20. Mike's Missing Marbles
Aired 21 February 1954
21. U.F.O
Aired 28 February 1954
22. Will o' the Wisp
Aired 7 March 1954
23. Rigged for Murder
Aired 14 March 1954
24. Hit and Run
Aired 21 March 1954
25. Canary Yellow
Aired 28 March 1954
26. The Plugged Shilling
Aired 4 April 1954
27. The Chinese Dolls
Aired 11 April 1954
28. Barometer Falling
Aired 18 April 1954
29. The Man From Dannemora
Aired 25 April 1954
30. The Man In the Iron Car
Aired 2 May 1954
31. Sunset Farm
Aired 9 May 1954
32. Where's Mimi?
Aired 16 May 1954
33. Hot as Three Pistols
Aired 23 May 1954
34. Concrete jungle
Aired 30 May 1954
35. The Young hoods
Aired 6 June 1954
36. Next to closing
Aired 13 June 1954
37. No Place to Hide
Aired 20 June 1954
38. Connecticut State Police
Aired 27 June 1954