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.
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.
Episode 3
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.
Episode 4
Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.
Episode 5
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.
Episode 6
Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.
Episode 7
A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.
Episode 8
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Episode 9
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Episode 10
The story of bank robber/forger John Richard Bayless who was nabbed after being recognized on an airplane by an alert flight attendant.
Episode 11
A policewoman is sent undercover to infiltrate and break up a gang led by a nasty blonde damsel.
Episode 12
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Episode 13
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Episode 14
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.
Episode 15
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Episode 16
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.
Episode 17
Connecticut State Police are desperate to apprehend the Scissors Gang who have committed over 50 robberies all across the Nutmeg State.
Episode 18
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Episode 19
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Episode 20
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Episode 21
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Episode 22
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Episode 23
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Episode 24
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Episode 25
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Episode 26
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Episode 27
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