Show cover for Gang Busters

The Best Episodes of Gang Busters Season 1

Every episode of Gang Busters Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Gang Busters Season 1!

Gang Busters is a 30 minute television series, hosted by Chester Morris, that aired on NBC from March 20 to Oct. 23, 1952. The series...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:NBC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Alvin Karpis" is the best rated episode of "Gang Busters" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Bill Karn and written by N/A, it aired on 3/20/1952. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Phantom".

  • Alvin Karpis
    6.6/1014 votes

    #1 - Alvin Karpis

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/20/1952

    Detectives set out to track down a gang of international jewel thieves who have just stolen more than a million dollars worth of valuables from an estate in New York.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Phantom
    6.2/108 votes

    #2 - The Phantom

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired Unknown

    Charles Mendoro, an erstwhile family man, and his partner use poison gas to rob currency exchanges in Chicago.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Unholy Three
    6.6/1016 votes

    #3 - The Unholy Three

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired Unknown

    FBI special agents are called in to capture the notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis, the machine gun blasting thug who provides the muscle for the infamous Karpis-Barker gang. Federal heat forces Karpis from hideout to hideout but Karpis always stays one step of the FBI. The G-men play their trump card and, knowing that the gangster loves fishing, manage to track their quarry to popular pier.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • Dillinger
    6.5/109 votes

    #4 - Dillinger

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired Unknown

    Federal agents set off on the trail of a family of bank robbers who have stolen more than $50,000 from an Oregon bank.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • Bailat-Fiaschetti
    5.2/108 votes

    #5 - Bailat-Fiaschetti

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired Unknown

    A Canadian-born cat burglar tries to maintain his blissful domestic life while stealing guests jewelry at parties on both coasts and selling them to unwitting gem merchants in other major cities. Police begin to close in when one of the merchants recognizes the man from a wanted poster he accidentally saw while applying for a gun license.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • Charles Mendoro
    NaN/100 votes

    #6 - Charles Mendoro

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired Unknown

    Police in Buffalo, NY, mount a search for a ring of deadly jewel thieves believed to be hiding across the border in Canada.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • Homer Van Meter
    6.7/1010 votes

    #7 - Homer Van Meter

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired Unknown

    A masked phantom and his gang commit a series of payroll robberies, and the police can't seem to find a trace of them.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • O'Dell-Griffin
    6.8/1017 votes

    #8 - O'Dell-Griffin

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Barrow Gang
    5.9/1016 votes

    #9 - The Barrow Gang

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bayless Case
    6.6/1014 votes

    #10 - The Bayless Case

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown

    The story of bank robber/forger John Richard Bayless who was nabbed after being recognized on an airplane by an alert flight attendant.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blonde Tigress
    NaN/100 votes

    #11 - The Blonde Tigress

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired Unknown

    A policewoman is sent undercover to infiltrate and break up a gang led by a nasty blonde damsel.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Case of Willie Sutton
    NaN/100 votes

    #12 - The Case of Willie Sutton

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dennis Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #13 - The Dennis Case

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Durable Mike Malloy Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #14 - The Durable Mike Malloy Case

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired Unknown

    A Depression Era gang devises a plot to take out life insurance policies on derelicts then kill them and collect the proceeds. Unfortunately, one of their intended victims proves hard to kill.

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Quirley Gang
    NaN/100 votes

    #15 - The Quirley Gang

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: Bill Karn

    Writer: N/A

  • The Red Dress
    NaN/100 votes

    #16 - The Red Dress

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Scissors Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #17 - The Scissors Case

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired Unknown

    Connecticut State Police are desperate to apprehend the Scissors Gang who have committed over 50 robberies all across the Nutmeg State.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Suma Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #18 - The Suma Case

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ma Barker
    NaN/100 votes

    #19 - Ma Barker

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Norma Breighle
    NaN/100 votes

    #20 - Norma Breighle

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ricco-Trapani Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #21 - Ricco-Trapani Case

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Teenage Trouble
    NaN/100 votes

    #22 - Teenage Trouble

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Herbert Nole Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #23 - Herbert Nole Case

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lawrence Case
    NaN/100 votes

    #24 - Lawrence Case

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Schaffer-Staley
    NaN/100 votes

    #25 - Schaffer-Staley

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A