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Man Against Crime, one of the first television programs about private eyes, ran on CBS, the DuMont Television Network and NBC from October 7, 1949 to August 26, 1956. The show was created by Lawrence Klee and Paul Alter and was broadcast live until 1952. It was also directed by Paul Alter. The series was one of the few television programs ever to have been simulcast on more than one network: the program aired on both NBC and DuMont during the 1953-1954 television season.

Witness the raw, unpolished energy of one of television's earliest attempts at the private investigator subgenre. This broadcast era relic captures the nervous tension of live crime drama before the slick polish of modern production took hold.