1952
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- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsLee MarvinFriday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but Friday's relentless interrogation soon begin to crack the man's facade.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsVic PerrinFriday and Jacobs question a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler's outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsStacy HarrisSomeone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall?
- DirectorGeorge BlairStarsReed HadleyJames BellEmily HeathA young couple buys a used car from a slick salesman, but soon afterwards the car's brakes fail, and the resulting accident nearly causes their death. Capt. Braddock begins to suspect that this "accident" was more the result of criminal negligence than happenstance, and sets out to prove it.
- DirectorJames FloodStarsReed HadleyNancy ValentineJames FlavinIn order to prevent a murder, small-time crook Smiley Gibbons squeals on a major gangster who's running a gambling ring, thereby putting his own life in danger.
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsReed HadleyAdele JergensJack La RueAn ex-convict's sudden interest in the details of a deceased man's life arouses the interest of Capt. Braddock, who believes that the man's former cellmate, an artist who is now a washed-up alcoholic, may know the motive for the ex-con's suspicious actions.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonJor-El, Krypton's leading scientist, sends his infant son to Earth in a rocket just as the planet explodes. The rocket is found by Eben and Sarah Kent and Eben gets the infant out before the craft explodes. They raise the child as their own. Years later, after Eben's death and now aware of his super powers, Clark Kent moves to Metropolis. Sarah has made a costume for him, and she tells him that he must use his powers for good. Superman makes his debut saving a man falling from a blimp. As Clark, he hustles the man to the Daily Planet, which scores a scoop. This convinces editor Perry White to hire Clark.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonWhile visiting his aunt and cousin on Moose Island, Jimmy is alarmed by their suspicious behavior. After being warned to stay away from a lighthouse that is said to be haunted, he calls Clark for help in his investigation.
- 1952–195826mTV-G6.9 (242)TV EpisodeDirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonClark, Lois, and Jimmy attend a ventriloquist act that goes wrong when the dummy appears to talk by itself. Upon further investigation, they link what the dummy appears to have said to a series of armored car hijackings.
- 1952–195825mTV-G7.1 (238)TV EpisodeDirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonA notorious con artist and his thugs are going to all the antique shops in town, buying cheap figurines, and smashing them. Clark and Lois assume that they are looking for something hidden inside the figurines, so they investigate.
- DirectorThomas CarrLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonThe daughter of an Eastern European scientist flees to the United States to give a secret formula to the president before the communists who killed her father can get to it, and Lois receives information on her whereabouts from an organ grinder and his monkey.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonWhile on vacation, Lois stumbles upon a ring of criminals who are smuggling fugitives into Canada. She and the innkeeper's wife are captured, and it is up to Jimmy and Superman to save them.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonA crippled young girl writes Superman a letter asking him to take her to the fair for her birthday, but before he arrives she is kidnapped by a group of counterfeiters who need information that she has been given by mistake.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonA mobster kidnaps a scientist and takes possession of his invention. The crook uses the device to damage the minds of people testifying before an investigative committee. The victims die a short time later. Superman races to find the mobster before Lois Lane testifies before the committee.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonWhile Lois is in Carbide, Pennsylvania, gathering information for a story about the town's mining system, an old prospector is trapped in a cave-in. Lois attempts to rescue him, but when she is trapped in the mine with him it is up to Superman to save them both.
- DirectorThomas CarrLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonDr. H.L. Ort is using an advanced version of a truth serum to hypnotize employees of the Daily Planet in an attempt to discover Superman's secret identity.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJohn HamiltonBad Luck Brannigan, a wrestler working for a crooked promoter, uses "the paralyzer" to cripple opponents. Clark Kent discovers the promoter has imprisoned an immigrant dubbed "the swami," who has extensive knowledge of the body's pressure points. In his Superman identity, Clark sees the immigrant. "The swami" instructs Superman in his techniques. As Clark, he then teaches a college wrestler -- who has publicly challenged Brannigan -- how to counter "the paralyzer."
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonWhen Lois has trouble getting her nurse on the telephone, she and Clark drive to the small town of Cliffton to see what the problem is. After arriving, they find that the town is mostly deserted, and the few remaining townspeople don't seem to want them to know what is going on.
- DirectorLee SholemStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonA criminal breaks into Clark Kent's apartment, finds a hidden closet and steals Clark's Superman costume. The criminal is fatally wounded but not before he takes the costume to hood Ace and his girlfriend Connie. Clark is desperate to find the missing costume.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonWhile Lois is on her way to an auction featuring South American items, a man asks her to purchase an Inca tapestry for him. Soon after, the man is killed and the tapestry is stolen from Lois, so she, Jimmy, and Clark follow the murderer to Lima to find the tapestry and catch the criminals behind the murder.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesPhyllis CoatesJack LarsonA man aboard a ship to Metropolis is smuggling something valuable into the country, but when one of his partner's henchmen shows up to help him get the item through customs, the passenger kills the other man. The passenger then dresses up as a woman, and, in an attempt to give his partner the slip, he gives Jimmy, who is at the dock to interview an actress, an empty box and tells him to give it to the men who are waiting or him. When Jimmy is kidnapped by the men, Superman must save him--but in order to do that, he first must figure out why he was kidnapped, solve the murder, track down the passenger, find out what is being smuggled, and find the passenger's partner.
- DirectorPaul NickellStarsPeggy Ann GarnerFrank OvertonJean CarsonA crooked club owner's wife witnesses his murder, and has to flee from gangsters.
- DirectorRobert G. WalkerStarsRoy RogersTriggerDale EvansRoy notices strangers digging on an isolated section of his land. When he investigates, he discovers that the handlers for prizefighter Willie "Killer" Conley have set up a training camp for the champ. However, Roy begins to suspect that quite a bit more than training is going on there.[The Fighter]
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsTom ConwayJames BurkeJohn DoucetteSaber is on the case when criminal Morrie is found stabbed in a locked room. A suspect is arrested but the inspector finds it too easy. A number of other candidates appear, tied to the case by Lanie Winter's dog and it's fur.
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsBarbara BrittonRichard DenningFrancis De SalesPam and Jerry are invited to spend the weekend at a famous actress' country home, but when they arrive the housekeeper can't be found and there's a dead man in the pantry.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbHerbert EllisAllene RobertsUpper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsMyron HealeyRichard CraneDarlene FieldsJohn Dillinger, a notorious 1930s bank robber, escapes from the state penitentiary using a wooden gun, but makes a critical error when he crosses the state line in a stolen car. That act violated a U.S. law, causing the FBI to take up the hunt. Although Dillinger manages to escape from several traps set by the G-men, he's finally cornered by agents leaving a Chicago movie theater with "The Lady in Red".
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyLloyd CorriganJackie CooganBraddock and his men investigate several con artists who use phony street corner Santa Clauses to collect money for poor children and distribute it among themselves.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsReed HadleyRoss FordDonna MartellA struggling service station owner who has recently learned his wife is pregnant is conned into buying cut-rate health insurance from a pair bunko artists.
- DirectorPaul GarrisonStarsLucia CarrollSidney DubinShepard MenkenA beautiful socialite hires Drake to recover a diamond studded watch that was stolen during a casino robbery.
- DirectorEdward MontagneStarsRalph BellamyBeverly DennisAlan ShayneBarnett becomes involved when a man is found dead and assumed to be a suicide until it is realized some very odd clues are found in the margin of the man's favorite novel "Paradise Lost".
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsBarbara BrittonRichard DenningFrancis De SalesThe Norths meet their new neighbor, Tommy Clarkson, when he tumbles down the stairs and lands at their feet. He claims someone's been trying to kill him. After Pam's purse gets switched with that of his Aunt Laura, she goes to the Clarkson apartment and finds the young man nearly dead on the floor. With Lt. Weigand now involved, Pam goes snooping on her own and uncovers the reason someone desperately wants Tommy dead before his 21st birthday.
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsRichard DenningBarbara BrittonFrancis De SalesWhile heading out to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, the Norths receive a package containing bride and groom dolls--and the bride has a bloody dagger stuck in her back. Suddenly, there's a scream from the hall and in falls a neighbor in her bridal gown, stabbed to death. Confusing matters more, an old woman with a gun arrives demanding the dolls back, saying they were delivered to the Norths by mistake
- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsBarbara BrittonRichard DenningFrancis De SalesThe Norths' new butler, Oliver, comes with a lot of baggage. He's carrying on an affair with the married maid who works next door, and his ex-flame refuses to accept that they're over. The maid's husband, also a butler, is found dead in the building's basement and Oliver is the obvious suspect.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsJason JohnsonAlan ReynoldsBrad TrumbullThe work of an observant bank president, a creative flight attendant and state of the art forensics for the time result in the quick apprehension of a bank robber.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsMax PalmerAlan ReynoldsGeorge DiestelA masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.
- DirectorBill KarnStarsTudor OwenJim HaywardFrank MarloweThree vicious hoods on a crime rampage take over a church mission as their headquarters, figuring the cops would never look for them there.
- DirectorW. Lee WilderStarsJohn RavenLyle TalbotPeter DavisState police attempt to apprehend the brutal Scissors Gang, who have committed over 50 armed robberies across Connecticut.
- DirectorFrank BurnsStarsWalter KinsellaKing CalderRita LynnEveryone in a nightclub has a grudge against a singer who has just been shot to death.
- DirectorFrank BurnsStarsWalter KinsellaKing CalderMary Alice MooreMartin Kane receives an unsigned letter asking him to pose as a reporter. Martin goes to the yacht of Angus Redfield, a wealthy pearl collector, as instructed but finds Angus killed and himself as the chief suspect.
- DirectorJames TinlingStarsReed HadleyFred EsslerAline TowneIn immigrant tailor is severely beaten by a brutal loan shark. His terrified family turns to Capt. Braddock for help.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsHarry BartellFriday and Jacobs are called to the apartment of a man who phoned in the fatal shooting of his wife. He claims it was suicide, but upon looking at the crime scene and talking to neighbors they begin to wonder if it was murder.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbHerbert EllisWilliam JohnstoneFriday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is serious is when blood is found. Further probing reveals the boy's parents had purchased him a .22-caliber rifle for Christmas -- and the weapon is missing, removed from its wrapped package.
- DirectorArnold WesterStarsEdmund LowePaula DrewKathryn CardWhile researching a human interest story on the waterfront, David Chase stumbles upon a smuggling operation and is shot for his troubles.