Decoy (1957) Beverly Garland plays an undercover police woman in this syndicated cop series that was filmed in New York City. Casey Jones’ assignment to fight crime often entails her going undercover in some of the seediest and most dangerous parts of the city.
Lawless Years (1959) Follows Barney Ruditsky (played by James Gregory), a plainclothes police detective in New York City during the 1920’s. The show was loosely based on the real life Ruditsky who was a New York police officer during the period.
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952-’54) Jerry (Richard Denning) and Pamela North (Barbara Britton) live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.
Sherlock Holmes (1954) (1954-’55) All 39 episodes of the British TV series aka. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The adventures of master detective Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard) as he and his assistant, Dr. Watson (H. Marion-Crawford) and, somewhat reluctantly, the bumbling Inspector Lestrade (Archie Duncan) battle criminals in London.