Treasury Men in Action
Treasury Men in Action | |
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Also known as | Federal Men |
Genre | Crime drama |
Directed by | William Beaudine Leigh Jason |
Starring | Walter Greaza Ross Martin |
Theme music composer | |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 189 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | |
Editors | |
Running time | 24 mins. |
Production companies | Combo-Stephens Inc. (1954-1955) (season 5) Prockter Television Enterprises |
Distributor | MCA TV |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 11, 1950 July 1, 1955 | –
Treasury Men in Action (also known as Federal Men) is an American crime drama series broadcast live and which aired from 1950 through April 1951 on ABC and then on NBC through 1955. The series stars Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, and . It was directed by, among others, William Beaudine, Leigh Jason, and Will Jason among others.
Overview[]
The series was an anthology drama dramatizing cases from one of the various law enforcement agencies that operated under the US Treasury Department. The host was Walter Greaza, who introduced each episode as "The Chief" of whichever agency was featured in a given episode. Counterfeiters, tax evaders, smugglers, narcotics traffickers, and other federal offenders whose crimes fell within the jurisdiction of Treasury were pursued. Cases from the files of the US Secret Service, the Customs Bureau. the Alcohol Tax Unit, the Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics were dramatized.
Other actors who appeared in this series include Claude Akins, Charles Bronson, Jesse White, James Dean, Vivi Janiss, Carolyn Jones, and Harry Lauter.
Treasury Men in Action finished at #27 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1952–1953 season and #15 for 1953–1954.[1] It appeared in reruns under the title of Federal Men.
In an interview with Kliph Nesteroff, assistant director Arthur Marks stated the show was shot at the same time and on the same sets as The Man Behind the Badge.[2]
References[]
- ^ "ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings". www.classictvhits.com.
- ^ Nesteroff, Kliph (April 15, 2012). "Classic Television Showbiz: An Interview with Arthur Marks".
External links[]
- 1950 American television series debuts
- 1955 American television series endings
- 1950s American drama television series
- American Broadcasting Company original programming
- American crime drama television series
- Black-and-white American television shows
- English-language television shows
- American live television series
- United States television show stubs