Treasury Men in Action
| Treasury Men in Action | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ''Federal Men'' |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Directed by | William Beaudine Leigh Jason |
| Starring | Walter Greaza Ross Martin Tom McKee |
| Theme music composer | Melvyn Lenard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 189 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Everett Rosenthal Jerome C. Robinson |
| Editor(s) | Irving Berlin Everett Dodd |
| Running time | 24 mins. |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 11, 1950 – July 1, 1955 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
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 Tom McKee. It was directed by 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 starred in this series include Jesse White, James Dean, Claude Akins, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, and Nancy Evans.
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]
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