Gang Busters

30min

Crime

Drama

Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series dramatized FBI cases.

Episodes

Cast

Alvin Karpis

1. Alvin Karpis

30min

20th Mar 1952

Detectives set out to track down a gang of international jewel thieves who have just stolen more than a million dollars worth of valuables from an estate in New York.

The Phantom

2. The Phantom

30min

Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.

The Unholy Three

3. The Unholy Three

30min

FBI special agents are called in to capture the notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis, the machine gun blasting thug who provides the muscle for the infamous Karpis-Barker gang. Federal heat forces Karpis from hideout to hideout but Karpis always stays one step of the FBI. The G-men play their trump card and, knowing that the gangster loves fishing, manage to track their quarry to popular pier.

Dillinger

4. Dillinger

30min

Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.

Bailat-Fiaschetti

5. Bailat-Fiaschetti

30min

A Canadian-born cat burglar tries to maintain his blissful domestic life while stealing guests jewelry at parties on both coasts and selling them to unwitting gem merchants in other major cities. Police begin to close in when one of the merchants recognizes the man from a wanted poster he accidentally saw while applying for a gun license.

Charles Mendoro

6. Charles Mendoro

30min

Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.

Homer Van Meter

7. Homer Van Meter

30min

A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.

O'Dell-Griffin

8. O'Dell-Griffin

30min

The Barrow Gang

9. The Barrow Gang

30min

The Bayless Case

10. The Bayless Case

30min

The story of bank robber/forger John Richard Bayless who was nabbed after being recognized on an airplane by an alert flight attendant.

The Blonde Tigress

11. The Blonde Tigress

30min

A policewoman is sent undercover to infiltrate and break up a gang led by a nasty blonde damsel.

The Case of Willie Sutton

12. The Case of Willie Sutton

30min

The Dennis Case

13. The Dennis Case

30min

The Durable Mike Malloy Case

14. The Durable Mike Malloy Case

30min

A Depression Era gang devises a plot to take out life insurance policies on derelicts then kill them and collect the proceeds. Unfortunately, one of their intended victims proves hard to kill.

The Quirley Gang

15. The Quirley Gang

30min

Herbert Noble Case

16. Herbert Noble Case

25min

Herbert Noble starts an illegal casino despite his wife's objections that it will attract criminal elements. He survives many attempts on his life made as a result of his failure to pay protection money to the syndicate for his gambling enterprises.

The Scissors Case

17. The Scissors Case

30min

Connecticut State Police are desperate to apprehend the Scissors Gang who have committed over 50 robberies all across the Nutmeg State.

The Suma Case

18. The Suma Case

30min

Ma Barker

19. Ma Barker

30min

Norma Breighle

20. Norma Breighle

30min

Ricco-Trapani Case

21. Ricco-Trapani Case

30min

Teenage Trouble

22. Teenage Trouble

30min

Herbert Nole Case

23. Herbert Nole Case

30min

Lawrence Case

24. Lawrence Case

30min

Schaffer-Staley

25. Schaffer-Staley

30min

The Old Trapper

26. The Old Trapper

30min

Duchess Spinelli

27. Duchess Spinelli

30min

First air date

20th Mar 1952

Last air date

23rd Oct 1952

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks