Treasury Men in Action

Season 5

Treasury Men in Action is an American crime drama series broadcast live and which aired from 1950 through 1955 on ABC. The series stars Walter Greaza, Ross Martin, and Tom McKee. It was directed by William Beaudine, Leigh Jason, and Will Jason among others.

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39 Episodes

  • The Case of the Lonely People
    E1
    The Case of the Lonely PeopleAn investigation into government checks stolen from mailboxes leads the T-men to a couple who turn to forging disability compensation checks.
  • The Case of the Still Waters
    E2
    The Case of the Still WatersA young Federal agent infiltrates a gang of bootleggers whose still is on board a freighter ship.
  • The Case of the Gentleman Cheat
    E3
    The Case of the Gentleman CheatAs part of his settlement with the IRS, a tax cheat agrees to pay all the money he owes within ten days. However, a suspicious IRS agent believes that the man is going to pay his taxes with yet more money that he has illegally hidden from the government, and sets out to prove his case.
  • The Case of the Tarnished Lady
    E4
    The Case of the Tarnished Lady
  • The Case of the Man Outside
    E5
    The Case of the Man OutsideSome ingenious convicts working in a prison's print shop have begun a counterfeiting operation. The shop's foreman is deliberately looking the other way because he's up for parole in two months and wants to stay "clean."
  • The Case of the One Way Ride
    E6
    The Case of the One Way Ride
  • The Case of the Little Tin Box
    E7
    The Case of the Little Tin BoxThree people who own a nightclub, where much of the business is on a strictly cash basis, decide to avoid paying income taxes by skimming money from the club.
  • The Case of the Green Feathers
    E8
    The Case of the Green FeathersCustoms agents go after a ring of gangsters who are smuggling rare parrots into the U.S. from Mexico.
  • The Case of the Dangerous Dollars
    E9
    The Case of the Dangerous Dollars
  • The Case of the Escaped Convict
    E10
    The Case of the Escaped Convict
  • The Case of the Losing Gamble
    E11
    The Case of the Losing GambleA racehorse owner proves too clever for his own good. His doctored tax returns are filled with phoney deductions, attracting the attention of the T-men.
  • The Case of the Bad Bargain
    E12
    The Case of the Bad BargainA Treasury agent goes undercover at an East Coast port to break up an opium smuggling ring.
  • The Case of the Broken Bond
    E13
    The Case of the Broken BondFrank Shelby, ailing from heart disease, breaks into a hone at the insistence of his wife and steals government bonds that he signs the names of the recipient to and then cashes himself, thereby pocketing the stolen money.
  • The Case of the Careless Murder
    E14
    The Case of the Careless Murder
  • The Case of the Chartered Chiseler
    E15
    The Case of the Chartered ChiselerA bus-company owner decides to keep a little extra money for himself by falsely reporting charitable donations as tax deductions. In a case of "poetic justice", he is carried to a Federal penitentiary in one of his own vehicles.
  • The Case of the Iron Curtain
    E16
    The Case of the Iron CurtainA heartless American criminal sees an opportunity to take the troubles of a shaken Holocaust survivor and turn them to his own advantage. He violates the Neutrality Act and ships airplane parts to France for sale to a country behind the Iron Curtain.
  • The Case of the Unfair Verdict
    E17
    The Case of the Unfair Verdict
  • The Case of the Fatal Error
    E18
    The Case of the Fatal ErrorBarney is an old-time gangster who's quickly losing his grip on reality. He leads his gang back into bootlegging, convinced that the prohibition days are still in effect.
  • The Case of the Elder Brother
    E19
    The Case of the Elder BrotherThe IRS is tipped off in a case of tax fraud by a suspect's embittered sibling.
  • The Case of the Princely Pauper
    E20
    The Case of the Princely PauperAlthough the feds know that an importer is smuggling expensive Swiss jewelry into the US, they can't discover how he's doing it, despite his being under constant surveillance. They begin an undercover operation, hoping to discover his methods.
  • The Case of the Swindler's Gold
    E21
    The Case of the Swindler's GoldA former con man is blackmailed into peddling illegal gold
  • The Case of the Perfect Crime
    E22
    The Case of the Perfect Crime
  • The Case of the Lady in Hiding
    E23
    The Case of the Lady in Hiding
  • The Case of the Tight Squeeze
    E24
    The Case of the Tight SqueezeCustoms agents discover large quantities of expensive--and undeclared--Cuban perfumes that are flooding the market. They soon discover a criminal ring that has a clever plan for smuggling the goods from Cuba into the US.
  • The Case of the Deadly Dilemma
    E25
    The Case of the Deadly DilemmaUndercover agent Frank Ames poses as a small-time hoodlum and gets himself hired by racketeer Herb Kerry. His mission is to uncover information on the criminal's counterfeiting operation. Kerry gets suspicious because of all the questions Ames asks and gives him a job to prove he's not a cop: to carry out a "hit".
  • The Case of the Black Sheep
    E26
    The Case of the Black SheepAfter becoming interested in mobster's girl, the son of a sugar distributor gets hooked up with a gang selling illegal liquor.
  • The Case of the Buried Treasure
    E27
    The Case of the Buried TreasurePaul Lacosta buries his profit from running a gambling den in the backyard to avoid paying taxes. After five years of incessant haranguing from his wife, he digs up the bills to find they've molded. Against his better judgement, they begin to spend the bills they salvaged which tips off authorities.
  • The Case of the Smuggled Heroin
    E28
    The Case of the Smuggled Heroin
  • The Case of the Steady Hand
    E29
    The Case of the Steady HandTo find empty homes he can rob, burglar Harry Malan looks up funeral notices in the newspapers. His plan goes unnoticed until agents trace a stolenbond that he redeemed
  • The Case of the Only Son
    E30
    The Case of the Only Son
  • The Case of the Man Next Door
    E31
    The Case of the Man Next DoorA somewhat nosy landlady begins to suspect that one of her tenants may be a dangerous loan shark.
  • The Case of the Stolen Watches
    E32
    The Case of the Stolen Watches
  • The Case of the Man Trap
    E33
    The Case of the Man TrapThe Secret Service is onto counterfeiter Russ Bagley who's working for a major crime syndicate. The agency's anonymous tip comes from Russ' girlfriend who's carrying on an affair with Russ' right-hand man, Nick. They figure that if they get him out of the way, they'll be free to carry on their romance and Nick will be promoted by the mob.
  • The Case of the Ready Guns
    E34
    The Case of the Ready GunsBen Adams picks up his younger brother, Harry, from prison after a four year sentence and gives him a job in his metal shop. Harry, though, has no intention of "going straight." He hooks up with an old criminal buddy who's heisted five cases of semi-automatics and converts them into fully automatic rifles to sell to mobsters.
  • The Case of the Perfect Gentleman
    E35
    The Case of the Perfect GentlemanAn enterprising crook, who wishes to improve his lot in life, lavishes jewelry on a French female opera singer.
  • The Case of the Shot in the Dark
    E36
    The Case of the Shot in the DarkDangerous criminal Vince Sanderson visits his estranged wife Laura who he abused leaving her with a scar. The treasury men set a trap to capture the low life but endangering the beleaguered spouse.
  • The Case of the Betrayed Artist
    E37
    The Case of the Betrayed Artist
  • The Case of the Frightened Man
    E38
    The Case of the Frightened ManBootleggers take over the business of an unwitting merchant.
  • The Case of the Slippery Eel
    E39
    The Case of the Slippery EelA local theatre owner makes it a standard practice to cheat on his income tax return, believing he will never get caught.

Cast of Season 5

  • Walter GreazaThe Chief

 

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