Racket Squad

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Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".

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Reed Hadley

Episodes

Season 1

13 episodes

S1 E1 · Don't Be a Sucker

1951-06-07

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S1 E2 · The Case of the Slightly Used Car

1951-06-14

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S1 E3 · Big Punch

1951-06-21

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S1 E4 · The Case of the Two Little Country Girls

1951-06-28

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S1 E5 · Heaven for Sale

1951-07-05

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S1 E6 · The Case of the Spanish Prisoner

1951-07-12

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S1 E7 · The Case of the Not-So-Old Masters

1951-07-19

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S1 E8 · The Fabulous Mr. James

1951-07-26

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S1 E9 · The Case of Just a Little Larceny

1951-08-02

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S1 E10 · The Diamond That Wasn't

1951-08-09

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S1 E11 · The Starmaker

1951-08-16

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S1 E12 · Night Bank

1951-08-23

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S1 E13 · The Case of the Perpetual Pellet

1951-08-30

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Season 2

49 episodes

S2 E1 · Kite High

1951-09-06

A private Las Vegas casino operator alters his customers' checks before they are deposited.

S2 E2 · Sick Old Man

1951-09-13

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S2 E3 · The Case of the Miracle Mud

1951-09-20

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S2 E4 · Skin Game

1951-09-27

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S2 E5 · The Raccoon Hunt

1951-10-04

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S2 E6 · The Case of the Old Flame

1951-10-11

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S2 E7 · Big Secret

1951-10-18

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S2 E8 · The Perfect Match

1951-10-25

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S2 E9 · Two for One

1951-11-01

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S2 E10 · Babies for Sale

1951-11-08

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S2 E11 · The Salted Mine

1951-11-15

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S2 E12 · The Vain Woman

1951-11-22

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S2 E13 · The Bill of Sale Racket

1951-11-29

A young couple who own a gas station get taken in by an escrow scam that resells their station and leaves them with nothing.

S2 E14 · Five Star Swindle

1951-12-06

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S2 E15 · The Case of the Widow's Mite

1951-12-13

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S2 E16 · The Case of the Condemned Cattle

1951-12-20

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S2 E17 · The Knockout

1951-12-27

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S2 E18 · Accidentally on Purpose

1952-01-03

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S2 E19 · Romance Market

1952-01-10

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S2 E20 · Big Trap

1952-01-17

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S2 E21 · Desperate Money

1952-01-24

Captain Braddock investigates a ruthless loanshark harassing an immigrant tailor.

S2 E22 · Three Ring Circus

1952-01-31

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S2 E23 · One Angel Too Many

1952-02-07

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S2 E24 · Fair Exchange

1952-02-14

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S2 E25 · title unknown

1952-02-21

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S2 E26 · The Case of the Hearse Chasers

1952-02-28

Capt. Braddock tries to locate a pair of swindlers who are trying to fleece a recently widowed lady out of three thousand dollars for a worthless portrait of her late husband.

S2 E27 · Accidentally on Purpose

1952-01-03

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S2 E28 · The Home Wreckers

1952-03-13

A phony lawyer takes advantage of bickering couples by encouraging divorce and then charging exorbitant fees to arrange things.

S2 E29 · The Case of the Matchmaker

1952-03-20

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S2 E30 · The Staff of Life

1952-03-27

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S2 E31 · The Case of the Cold Neck

1952-04-03

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S2 E32 · The Phanton Bible

1952-04-10

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S2 E33 · The Case of the Empty House

1952-04-17

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S2 E34 · Serenade for a Sucker

1952-04-24

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S2 E35 · The Soft Touch

1952-05-01

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S2 E36 · Small Town Racket

1952-05-08

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S2 E37 · One for the Books

1952-05-15

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S2 E38 · Shakedown

1952-05-22

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S2 E39 · The Fabulous Fraud

1952-05-29

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S2 E40 · The Case of the Frightened Man

1952-06-05

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S2 E41 · A Place for Grandma

1952-06-12

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S2 E42 · Money to Burn

1952-06-19

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S2 E43 · Blood Money

1952-06-26

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S2 E44 · The Long Shot

1952-07-03

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S2 E46 · Anyone Can Be a Sucker

1952-07-31

A small time crook squeals on a gangster who runs a gambling ring.

S2 E47 · The Strange Case of James Doyle

1952-08-07

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S2 E48 · Pick a Number

1952-08-14

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S2 E49 · Know Your Family Tree

1952-08-21

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S2 E50 · One More Dream

1952-08-02

A phony scientist who invents a "machine" bilks a greedy investor.

Season 3

37 episodes

S3 E0 · The Case of Sweet Charity

Braddock investigates a suspicious charity organization.

S3 E1 · Check and Double Check

1952-09-04

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S3 E2 · Lost and Found

1952-09-11

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S3 E3 · Charge It, Please

1952-09-18

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S3 E4 · A Letter from Tessie

1952-09-25

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S3 E5 · The Expensive Tumble

1952-10-02

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S3 E6 · Beauty for HIre

1952-10-09

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S3 E7 · The Suit Club

1952-10-23

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S3 E8 · The Front Man

1952-10-30

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S3 E9 · At Your Service

1952-11-06

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S3 E10 · The Label Switchers

1952-11-13

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S3 E11 · Blessed Expense

1952-11-20

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S3 E12 · Strictly Legal

1952-11-27

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S3 E13 · The Elephant in Stockings

1952-12-11

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S3 E14 · False Tape

1952-12-18

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S3 E15 · The Christmas Caper

1952-12-25

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S3 E16 · The System

1953-01-01

Using his smokin' hot daughter as bait, a con man sells a system for betting on horses to a man who has the hots for the daughter.

S3 E17 · The Baby-Faced Con

1953-01-29

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S3 E18 · The Case of the Dancing Lady

1953-02-12

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S3 E19 · His Borther's Keeper

1953-02-26

Braddock starts a crackdown on an organized begging racket.

S3 E20 · Friend of the People

1953-03-12

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S3 E21 · Antique Racket

1953-03-19

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S3 E22 · Girl in the Mink Coat

1953-04-09

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S3 E23 · The Big Touch

1953-04-23

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S3 E24 · The White Carnation

1953-06-18

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S3 E25 · Take a Little, Leave a Little

1953-07-02

Several businessmen get conned into participating in a phony oil deal.

S3 E26 · The Case of Lady Luck

1953-07-06

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S3 E27 · The Gentler Sex

1953-07-13

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S3 E28 · Sale Value

1953-07-20

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S3 E29 · The Phony Photo Contest

1953-07-27

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S3 E30 · Fraudulent Nursery School

1953-08-03

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S3 E31 · Romance Unlimited

1953-08-10

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S3 E32 · The Impatient Heir

1953-08-17

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S3 E33 · The Diamond Smugglers

1953-08-24

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S3 E34 · Sting of Fate

1953-08-31

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S3 E35 · The Sure Thing

1953-09-07

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S3 E36 · Flight of the Flying Fish

1952-12-04

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