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The Plainclothesman
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For other uses, see Plainclothes Man (disambiguation).
The Plainclothesman was the first American police procedural series,[1] and was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from October 12, 1949 to September 12, 1954.[2]
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The Plainclothesman | |
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![]() Ken Lynch (face unseen) and Jack Orrison during broadcast | |
Created by | Henry Opperman |
Written by | Donald S. Sanford Lawrence Menkin |
Directed by | Sean Dillon William Marceau |
Starring | Ken Lynch Jack Orrison |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 233 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | DuMont |
Release | October 12, 1949 (1949-10-12) ā September 12, 1954 (1954-09-12) |
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