1 9 5 4 – 1 9 6 0 (USA)
183 x 30 minute episodes
18 x 60 minute episodes
This long-running CBS crime/drama series (based on a popular radio show) followed the day-to-day assignments of a group of detectives – dressed in overcoats and fedoras – attached to the San Francisco Police Department.
As the title suggests, episodes featured the use of line-ups (witnesses to a crime identifying the culprit from a line-up of five or more similar-looking individuals) to help bring cases to successful conclusions.
The series, syndicated as San Francisco Beat, ran for 30 minutes from October 1954 to September 1959 (183 episodes) and for 60 minutes from September 1959 to January 1960 (18 episodes).
Produced with the cooperation of the SFPD, the series was filmed largely on location and featured some terrific vistas of the City by the Bay.
The theme tune, San Francisco Blues, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Lt. Ben Guthrie
Warner Anderson Inspector Matt Grebb
Tom Tully Officer Sandy McAllister
Jan Brooks (1)
Rachel Ames (2) Officer Pete Larkin
Bob Palmer (1)
Skip Ward (2) Inspector Dan Delaney
William Leslie Inspector Charlie Summers
Tod Burton Inspector Fred Asher
Marshall Reed Announcer
Art Gilmore
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As the title suggests, episodes featured the use of line-ups (witnesses to a crime identifying the culprit from a line-up of five or more similar-looking individuals) to help bring cases to successful conclusions.
