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Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951)

Crawford Mystery Theatre poster
Genre
mystery, drama
Country
United States
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1950s TV show about a prosecutor who solves crimes. Each episode follows a different case.

mysteriousdramaticclassicsuspensefulold-fashionedepisodicunhurriedgritty

What happens

Crawford Mystery Theatre (originally planned for broadcast on NBC as Public Prosecutor before being dropped by NBC, then picked up by DuMont) is an American television program broadcast on the DuMont Television Network Thursdays at 9:30pm ET beginning on September 6, 1951. The series was also seen in first-run syndication. The series ran from 1951 to 1952. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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