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The Line-Up
79 episodes Aired 1950-1960
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1. Eddie Gaynor Framed For Murder
   30mins Aired 1950-07-20
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2. Paradise Murder Case
   30mins Aired 1950-07-27
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3. Two Young Girls Killed by Hit and Run Driver
   30mins Aired 1950-08-03
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4. Man Dies of Poisoning
   30mins Aired 1950-08-10
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5. Gas Station Robbery
   22mins Aired 1950-09-23
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6. The Candy Store Murder
   30mins Aired 1950-11-16
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7. The Topaz Earring Case
   30mins Aired 1950-11-23
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8. The Cop Killer
   29mins Aired 1950-11-30
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9. The Jersey Parallel
   30mins Aired 1950-12-07
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10. The Holsteder Case
    29mins Aired 1950-12-21
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11. The Elsner Case
    30mins Aired 1950-12-28
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12. The Case of Frankie and Joyce
    30mins Aired 1951-01-04
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13. The Mad Bomber
    30mins Aired 1951-01-11
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14. Yudo in Ypsilanti
    30mins Aired 1951-01-18
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15. The Grocery Store Matter
    30mins Aired 1951-02-01
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16. Senile Slugging Case
    30mins Aired 1951-02-08
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17. The Cigar Box Boys Case
    29mins Aired 1951-02-15
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18. The Silver Swan Case
    30mins Aired 1951-02-22
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19. The Molly About Seven Case
    30mins Aired 1951-02-27
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20. The Check Killer Case
    26mins Aired 1951-03-06
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21. The Lapinish Lighter-Upper Case
    30mins Aired 1951-03-27
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22. The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case
    25mins Aired 1951-04-24
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23. The Hiccupping Hamster Hemostatic Case
    25mins Aired 1951-05-29
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24. The Red Shirt Case
    25mins Aired 1951-06-05
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25. The Harrowing Handball Haggada Case
    25mins Aired 1951-06-12
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26. The Malingering Martinelli Madcap Case
    25mins Aired 1951-06-19
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27. The Mad Bomber
    25mins Aired 1951-06-26
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28. The Syncopic Sweazy Sweat-Out Case
    30mins Aired 1951-07-05
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29. The Flightly Fulvous Finch Case
    25mins Aired 1951-07-12
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30. The Pointless Pierson Polemic Palarity Case
    30mins Aired 1951-09-05
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31. The Senile Slugging Case
    30mins Aired 1951-09-12
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32. The Fur Flaunting Floozie
    30mins Aired 1951-09-26
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33. The Wild, Wild Woman Case
    30mins Aired 1951-10-04
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34. The Frivolous Forger Fracas
    30mins Aired 1951-10-11
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35. The Nicely Nixed Nixon Case
    30mins Aired 1951-10-18
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36. The Jolted Justice Job Case
    30mins Aired 1951-11-01
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37. The Pixie Picker Pickle
    30mins Aired 1951-11-08
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38. The Keenly Clipped Kenovak Case
    28mins Aired 1951-11-22
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39. The Railroad Roundhouse Roundup
    29mins Aired 1951-11-29
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40. The Potting Peter Case
    27mins Aired 1952-02-05
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41. Murdering Mercer's Malingering Case
    27mins Aired 1952-03-04
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42. The Mirthless Moonshiner's Methyl Murders
    27mins Aired 1952-03-18
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43. The Bakery Bandit's Bad Blooper
    30mins Aired 1952-03-25
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44. Kastro's Kop Killing Karnage Kase
    25mins Aired 1952-04-01
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45. The Cornered Cop Killer Case
    25mins Aired 1952-04-08
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46. Nancy's Nauseating Naivete Case
    22mins Aired 1952-04-15
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47. The Corny Complainant's Case
    22mins Aired 1952-04-22
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48. The Big Boy's Brutish Back-Bending Case
    23mins Aired 1952-04-29
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49. Babs the Baggy Bungling Brunette Bombshell
    22mins Aired 1952-05-06
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50. Yudo in Ypsilanti
    22mins Aired 1952-05-13
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51. Wacky Williams' Wooftop Wrangle
    25mins Aired 1952-05-20
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52. The Aching Arthritics Anxious Antic
    30mins Aired 1952-06-03
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53. Lobdell's Poodle-Cut Tomato Case
    29mins Aired 1952-06-10
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54. The Pitiful Patricide Case
    29mins Aired 1952-06-17
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55. The Cutie-Calling Culprit Case
    29mins Aired 1952-06-24
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56. The Guided Gang Case
    29mins Aired 1952-07-01
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57. The Lugar Lugging Laddie Case
    29mins Aired 1952-07-08
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58. The Twitching Twist'sTwenty-Two Tweaking Case (aka-Missing Girl Kidnap
    29mins Aired 1952-07-15
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59. The Drinkler Kidnapping Case
    29mins Aired 1952-07-22
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60. The Charles Crocked Clobbering Case
    29mins Aired 1952-07-29
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61. The Karger Kops a Klinker Case
    29mins Aired 1952-08-05
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62. The Jane Doe Case
    29mins Aired 1952-09-10
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63. The Fresno Break Case
    29mins Aired 1952-09-17
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64. The Poker Party Killings
    29mins Aired 1952-10-01
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65. The Teacher's Pet
    29mins Aired 1952-10-08
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66. Bentley's Boo Boo Case
    24mins Aired 1952-10-15
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67. The Green Cap Case
    29mins Aired 1952-10-22
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68. The Sobbing Singer Saga
    26mins Aired 1952-10-29
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69. The Be-Bop Bandits Bungling Bang-Bang
    24mins Aired 1952-11-05
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70. The Buggered Bunco Boys
    30mins Aired 1952-11-12
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71. The Modern Sounds Case
    29mins Aired 1952-11-19
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72. The Matthews-Murray Mish Mosh Case
    29mins Aired 1952-11-26
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73. The Gasoline Bandit Case
    29mins Aired 1952-12-12
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74. The Two Tough Thugs Thing
    29mins Aired 1952-12-19
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75. Cowardly Castro
    30mins Aired 1953-01-02
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76. Once Upon a Snow-Plow
    27mins Aired 1953-01-07
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77. Good Enough to Eat
    30mins Aired 1953-02-11
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78. That Takes Care of Everything
    29mins Aired 1953-02-18
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79. The Anita Cameron Case
    32mins Aired 1950-05-27
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The Line-Up is a hard-boiled police drama radio show that offers a realistic look into the daily lives and activities of policemen. Set in an unnamed city, the series begins with a police line up and revolves around the investigations of various cases, ranging from murders and kidnappings to thefts and obscene phone calls. While the cases are fictional, the show maintains a high level of realism akin to Dragnet, another popular police drama of the time. Each episode offers a mix of suspense, action, and humor as the police officers work relentlessly to solve the cases.

The Line-Up aired from July 6, 1950 to February 20, 1953 on CBS radio network. Bill Johnstone played the role of Lt. Ben Guthrie while Joseph Kearns and later Wally Maher portrayed Sgt. Matt Grebb. The show then transitioned to television, where it was set in San Francisco and aired from 1954 to 1960 with Warner Anderson as Guthrie. A film adaptation was also released in 1958, starring Anderson. The creators of the show often accompanied police on their jobs and sat in on line-ups to get ideas for the series, sometimes incorporating real stories alongside their fictional plots. The Line-Up was initially designed as a summer replacement for The FBI in Peace and War in 1950, but quickly gained its own popularity and time slot.

Performers: Bill Johnstone, Joseph Kearns, Wally Maher, Warner Anderson

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