The Trucking Story (22 May 1953)

Lt. Kirby goes undercover on the waterfront to investigate the death of a dockworker. He discovers that the owner of a trucking company is engaged in some shady business, involving evading customs and shipping illegal cargo to China.

Director:

Robert G. Walker

Writers:

Marianne Mosner, Francis Rosenwald

Stars:

George Raft, Helen Parrish, John Doucette

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
George Raft	...	Police Lt. George Kirby
Helen Parrish	...	Woman
John Doucette	...	Robson
John Harmon	...	Brinkman
John Eldredge	...	Fred
William Phipps	...	Whitey (as Bill Phipps)
Frank Richards	...	Jake Lane
Joan Arnold	...	Waitress
John Beradino	...	Bernie

Storyline

Lt. Kirby goes undercover on the waterfront to investigate the death of a dockworker. He discovers that the owner of a trucking company is engaged in some shady business, involving evading customs and shipping illegal cargo to China.

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Plot Keywords:

china | smuggling | murder

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Genres:

Drama | Crime | Action

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 May 1953 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cosman Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Good cop TV

The "Trucking Story" is an episode from the 1953 George Raft series, "I Am The Law". There is something funny happening on the N.Y. waterfront and Poice Lt. Kirby gets the assignment. A teamster is dead after a large crate "slips" and lands on him. The police decide there is more to the accident when they discover a large wad of cash on the body. No way this guy made it legit so he must be involved in something underhanded. Raft goes undercover as a dock hand and starting digging. He soon discovers that the trucking outfit is playing fast and loose with the customs boys. The shipping outfit is loading extra cases onto ships bound for China. The cases have explosives hidden in them. Raft figures he has all the goods he needs in-order to make an arrest. Before he can call in the boys however, he is waylaid by a large gun in the back. Helen Parrish, the company owner has tumbled to Raft and calls in her heavy, John Doucette. "Get rid of Him!" She commands. Our man Raft soon gets the upper hand and disposes of Doucette after a rousing bout of fisticuffs. The gang is rounded up and off to the big house they go.

A quite watchable little bit of early crime TV. John Doucette seems to show up in every third TV show. Most of his bits are not even listed on IMDb. Helen Parrish was director Robert Parrish's sister. John Eldridge is also in the cast as a cop on Raft's squad. The director was Robert G. Walker who only worked in TV production. The d of p is of note though. Joseph Biroc lensed Roughshod, Cry Danger, Loan Shark, The Glass Wall, Vice Squad, World for Ransom, Down 3 dark Streets etc.