The Line Up — 1951
52 episodes broadcast in 1951.
A milkman fingers a man he saw bolt from the alley where Joyce Ronson lay dead at dawn; the suspect swears she was already dead when he passed.
A time-bomb attack on a man who can name no enemies leaves Guthrie with a bomber and no one to put in the line-up.
A gambling boss's men terrorize the neighborhood, and the killing of Abraham Goldberg puts the law onto Lester Yudo.
January 25, 1951
The Polygraph Case
A murder suspect held under guard in the hospital breaks out, taking a nurse hostage.
After a month of all-night-store robberies, a police stakeout still can't stop a grocery hold-up that leaves the manager's son dead.
A run of muggings preys on the elderly, beaten from behind for whatever they carry; a victim's stolen gold watch is the one thread to pull.
A witness names a man she saw flee a drugstore, but with no gun, no cigar box, and no record, Guthrie must break the suspected cigar-box bandit in questioning.
When dance-hall hostess Edna Hawley of the Silver Swan is strangled, a policewoman goes undercover to trap her killer.
The stabbing of Leon Crug in the park sets Guthrie after his killer.
March 13, 1951
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March 20, 1951
The Weeping Willie Case
April 3, 1951
The Callow Car Stealing Case
April 10, 1951
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April 17, 1951
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May 1, 1951
The Michael Hunter Murder
May 8, 1951
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May 15, 1951
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May 22, 1951
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When mob lawyer Griswold is murdered, an informant points Guthrie toward the two hit men behind it.
Guthrie himself is snatched by a theater-robbery gang after one of their number dies in a shootout.
A restaging of the January case: a time bomb wrecks George Hunter's house, and when a friend's home is bombed too, Guthrie races the bomber.
Picked up blocks from the murdered Dr. Simpson, Everett Sweety looks good for it -- the doctor had operated on his wife, who later died, and grief may have turned to revenge.
July 19, 1951
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July 26, 1951
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August 2, 1951
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August 9, 1951
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August 16, 1951
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August 23, 1951
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August 30, 1951
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Another wave of attacks leaves elderly victims beaten and robbed.
September 21, 1951
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Lorraine Oberhauser is shot dead, and the trail runs straight to her married lover, Claude.
A man-and-woman team robs jewelry stores across the country; Guthrie likes John Tynan and his partner Irene Oldham, but a victim won't make the identification.
Florian Bach is fingered as the passer behind a string of bad checks.
Two loan offices are robbed, and one of the raids leaves a man dead.
October 25, 1951
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A rash of nighttime ice-pick stabbings has the city on edge.
November 15, 1951
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December 6, 1951
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December 13, 1951
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December 20, 1951
First Bank Hold-up In Six Years
December 27, 1951
Old Women Found Strangled
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