The Man Behind the Badge

*The Man Behind the Badge*
The Man Behind the Badge
Genre	Police drama
Developed by	Prockter Television Enterprises
Directed by	John Peyser, Paul Landres
Starring	Charles Bickford (Host)
Theme music composer	Melvyn Lenard
Country of origin	USA
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	38
Production
Executive producers	Bernard J. Prockter, Jerome C. Robinson
Editor	Fred W. Berger
Running time	30 mins.
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 11, 1953 –; September 4, 1955

The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on the CBS network from 1953-1955 starring and hosted by character actor Charles Bickford. Years later, Bickford appeared as one of the owners of Shiloh Ranch in the NBC western series, The Virginian.

In its first season, The Man Behind the Badge aired on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. EST opposite ABC's Jukebox Jury.^[1]

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 Treasury Men in Action^[2].

Synopsis

The series is based on real crime stories from around the world.

Recurring Roles and Notable Guest Stars:

Actor	Role	Appearances
Norman Rose	Himself	33 episodes
Charles Bronson	Ralph	"The Case of the Invisible Mark" (1955)
Paul Brinegar		3 episodes
Sam Flint		3 episodes
Carolyn Jones	Louise	"The Case of the Desperate Moment" (1955)
Ann McCrea	Laura	"The Case of the One-Armed Bandits" (1955)
Paul Newman		"The St. Paul Story" (1953)
Leslie Nielson		2 episodes
Anthony Perkins		2 episodes
Lillian Powell		3 episodes
Denver Pyle	Detective Lashley	"The Case of the Crying Lady" (1955)
Jason Robards		"The Case of the Last Escape" (1954)
Lee Van Cleef	Floyd	"The Case of the Desperate Moment" (1955)
Jack Warden		"The Portland, Oregon Story" (1953)

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