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| Racket Squad | |
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| 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 – September 28, 1953 |
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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.