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The Man Behind the Badge is a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on CBS from October 11, 1953, to October 3, 1954, originally hosted by Norman Rose. In its second syndicated season, the host became character actor Charles Bickford. Jerry Robinson was the producer.

The CBS version was broadcast from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays. It replaced Arthur Murray Party and was replaced by Honestly, Celeste!. The sponsor was Bristol Myers. Everett Rosenthal was the executive producer, with Arthur Singer as director.

Beginning in January 1955, a filmed version of the program was syndicated to local stations by MCA TV.

In an interview with Kliph Nesteroff, assistant director Arthur Marks stated the filmed episodes were shot at the same time and on the same sets as Treasury Men in Action. Bernard J. Prockter produced the series in Hollywood.

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