5.4 /10 1 Votes
Created by Henry Opperman Running time 30 minutes First episode date 12 October 1949 Network DuMont Television Network Genre Police procedural | 5.3/10 TV Country of origin United States Original network DuMont Final episode date 12 September 1954 Written by Donald S. Sanford Cast Ken Lynch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Directed by Sean Dillon
William Marceau Starring Ken Lynch
Jack Orrison
Helen Gillette Similar Rocky King Detective, Man Against Crime, One Man's Family, The Magic Clown, The Johns Hopkins Science | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Plainclothesman is an American crime drama series which was broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.
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Broadcast history
The series ran from 1949 to 1954, and was a detective show starring Ken Lynch, whose character was known only as "The Lieutenant". Uniquely on television, the main character's face was never seen on camera (with one exception) as the series used the "point of view shot" technique. The exception was a July 1952 episode, which featured flashbacks in which Lynch's (and The Lieutenant's) face was shown.
The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, aired Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on most DuMont affiliates during the 1949-1950 season, on Wednesdays at 9:30 pm ET during 1950-1951, and Sundays at 9:30 pm ET during 1951-1952. The Plainclothesman was cancelled in 1954, with the last program airing on September 12.
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Episode status
Only around four episodes were preserved. One kinescoped episode of the series is held in the J. Fred MacDonald collection at the Library of Congress.