Racket Squad
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Racket Squad was an American television crime drama series from the early 1950s that focused on exposing and dramatizing real-life confidence schemes and swindles.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| basedOn |
real-life confidence schemes
ⓘ
real-life swindles ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | syndication ⓘ |
| character | Captain John Braddock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depicts |
con artists
ⓘ
victims of fraud ⓘ |
| era | early 1950s American television ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1950 ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white television series ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasEpisodeStructure | self-contained stories ⓘ |
| hasOpening | didactic introduction about crime prevention ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1953 ⓘ |
| mediaType | television ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | voice-over narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | semi-documentary ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 98 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 3 ⓘ |
| originalBroadcastFormat | monophonic sound ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| portrays | police captain ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Hal Roach Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to expose confidence schemes
ⓘ
to warn viewers about swindles ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| starred | Reed Hadley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
confidence tricks
ⓘ
fraud ⓘ swindling ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general television audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary 1950s United States ⓘ |
| uses | dramatic reenactments of crimes ⓘ |
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