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American TV series or program
Racket Squad
Genre
Crime drama Anthology
Starring
Reed Hadley
Narrated by
Hugh Beaumont (1952–1953)
Composers
Herschel Burke Gilbert Leon Klatzkin Alexander Laszlo Herbert Taylor
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
98 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Hal Roach Hal Roach, Jr.
Producers
Carroll Case Hal Roach, Jr.
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
23–26 minutes
Production companies
Showcase Productions, Inc. Rabco Productions[1]
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
June 7, 1951 (1951-06-07) – September 28, 1953 (1953-09-28)
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Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series that aired from 1951 to 1953.
The format was a narrated anthology drama, as each individual episode featured various ordinary citizens getting ensnared in a different confidence scheme. Episodes were introduced and narrated by Reed Hadley as "Captain John Braddock", a fictional detective working for a police department in a large, unnamed American city. Braddock served as the series' host and narrator.
^Ward, Richard Lewis (1995). A History of the Hal Roach Studios. SIU Press. p. 148. ISBN 0809388065. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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