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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 6.8/1017 votes
#8 - O'Dell-Griffin
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Bill Karn
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1016 votes
#9 - The Barrow Gang
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Bill Karn
Writer: N/A
- 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
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - The Case of Willie Sutton
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - The Dennis Case
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - The Quirley Gang
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: Bill Karn
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - The Red Dress
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 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
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - The Suma Case
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Ma Barker
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Norma Breighle
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Ricco-Trapani Case
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Teenage Trouble
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Herbert Nole Case
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Lawrence Case
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Schaffer-Staley
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired Unknown
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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".