• 1951
  • 30m
Racket Squad

Summary This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock. View more details

  • 1951
  • 30m

Racket Squad

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Hugh Beaumont Reed Hadley Keith Richards Griff Barnett

All cast & crew

7.5

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Jun 6, 1951

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : Hal Roach Studios Showcase Productions

Summary This series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama

Release date : Jun 6, 1951

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : Hal Roach Studios Showcase Productions

Photos

Racket Squad (1950) Reed Hadley in Racket Squad (1950) Reed Hadley in Racket Squad (1950) Reed Hadley in Racket Squad (1950) Reed Hadley in Racket Squad (1950) Reed Hadley and June Wurster in Racket Squad (1950) Racket Squad (1950)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jun 06, 1951
Don't Be a Sucker
A conman and woman use young kids to cash welfare and government checks stolen from mailboxes. The children then attempt to cash the checks for their parents at groceries and pharmacies. They tell heartbreaking stories to the store owners. If asked for proof, they give the phone numbers of the conartists as their parents.
Episode 2 • Jun 13, 1951
The Case of the Slightly Used Car
The danger of buying used cars that are not safe. In the series they are known as "dogs". It starts with a couple who are getting married and buy a used car. They are warned by a mechanic not to buy the car but the salesman talked them into the car. The couple end up in an accident. The husband is injured. A member of Racket Squad interviews the couple and asks why they did not get auto insurance. The couple was crossing state lines and didn't feel they needed insurance until they got to their new home. The mechanic visits the couple in Hospital and confesses that the car dealer was paying the mechanic to fix up old wrecks that have 80,000.00 miles on them (LOL). It shows old tricks for fixing up clunkers. Putting old cork in the differential....etc. And winding back the speedometer. And regrooving ply tires.
Episode 3 • Jun 20, 1951
Big Punch
The dangers of confidence men known as "bunko men", scammers and tricksters. A 1951 version of "The Sting".
Episode 4 • Jun 27, 1951
The Case of the Two Little Country Girls
Two innocent-looking country girls are actually a clever pair of con artists who stage thefts of their own goods in order to extort money from hotels.
Episode 5 • Jul 04, 1951
Heaven for Sale
A grief-stricken father requests help from Captain Braddock when he becomes convinced that a medium the old man used to contact his recently deceased daughter caused him to be conned out of a valuable diamond necklace.
Episode 6 • Jul 11, 1951
The Case of the Spanish Prisoner
A girl comes to the home of the parents of a college student and asks them to give her the money she needs to free her father from prison in Mexico. She is actually working for a Spanish racketeer and has been carefully primed in what she should say to them, in a racket that is as old as civilisation itself but is now more often seen online.
Episode 7 • Jul 11, 1951
The Case of the Not-So-Old-Masters
Episode 8 • Jul 25, 1951
The Fabulous Mr. James
Episode 9 • Aug 01, 1951
The Case of Just a Little Larceny
Episode 10 • Aug 08, 1951
The Diamond That Wasn't
Episode 11 • Aug 15, 1951
The Starmaker
Episode 12 • Aug 22, 1951
Night Bank
Episode 13 • Aug 29, 1951
The Case of the Perpetual Pellet
A charming stranger acquaints himself with a wealthy family. After a while he reveals to them that instead of gas his car is running on a mixture of water and a special pellet. As this is much cheaper than gas, the oil companies threatened him, he says, when he tried to put this new product on the market. The wealthy family get excited by the prospect of gaining big profits from producing and selling the miraculous pellet. They give him all their money to secure the rights for it.
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