Decoy - 1957–1958

Decoy (Also known as) Decoy Police Woman 1957 - 1958

The series starred Beverly Garland as Patricia Casey Jones, a female police officer who
is often assigned to work undercover (hence becoming the decoy of the title). The cast
changed each week, with Garland's Casey Jones the only continuing character. Various
police colleagues and commanding officers were also seen, but never for more than one
episode. However, actors on this series were often cast in multiple episodes, so
Frank Campanella played three different (although similar) supervising lieutenants across
three episodes, and is listed in some sources as a recurring cast member.

The series was inspired by the success of Jack Webb's Dragnet, and used a similar
format to that series, with Jones portrayed as a serious, by-the-book, yet sympathetic
cop with no personal life outside of her job. The setting was New York City, with Jones
assigned to cases in the city's various boroughs. In the episode The Sound of Tears,
she reveals that the man she loved was a police officer who was shot and killed by the
man he was sent to apprehend.

Decoy is of historical significance as the first American television series to focus on
the work of a female police officer. The series also features early performances by
such future stars as Larry Hagman, Peter Falk, Simon Oakland, Suzanne Pleshette,
Edward Asner, Martin Balsam, Diane Ladd, and many others.

Each episode is dedicated to the Bureau of Policewomen of the New York Police Department.

Many episodes focus on females being victims of crime, and most episodes ended with
Garland breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the audience about the case
just solved.

The series was filmed on location in New York, with many episodes providing glimpses
of NYC street life around 1957.

This Collection is of All 39 Episodes and 9 of 10 Quality

Guest stars

Mason Adams - Edward Asner - Martin Balsam - Barbara Barrie - Frank Campanella
Joseph Campanella - Lonny Chapman - Albert Dekker - Peter Falk - Colleen Dewhurst
Betty Garde - Vincent Gardenia - Bruce Gordon - Larry Hagman - Don Hastings
William Hickey - Betty Lou Holland - Arch Johnson - Diane Ladd - Zohra Lampert
Al Lewis - Joanne Linville - Ruth McDevitt - Kay Medford -Lois Nettleton - Phyllis Newman
Simon Oakland - Tom Pedi - Leo Penn - Suzanne Pleshette - Joanna Roos - Norman Rose
Stefan Schnabel - Frank Silvera - Frank Sutton - Michael Tolan

Episodes

Stranglehold
The Little Red Clown
The Phoner
To Trap a Thief
Dream Fix
The Savage Payoff
Deadly Corridor
Escape Into Danger
Necklace of Glass
Scape Goat
Two Days to Kill
Queen of Diamonds
My Brother's Killer
Bullet of Hate
Death Watch
Odds Against the Jockey
Dressed for the Kill
An Eye for an Eye
The Challenger
Across the World
The Showplace
Reasonable Doubt
Night of Fire
Saturday Lost
High Swing
Earthbound Satellite
The Sound of Tears
Ladies' Man
Cry Revenge
The Gentle Gun-Man
Night Light
Fiesta at Midnight
The Lieutenant Had a Son
Shadow of Van Gogh
Tin Pan Payoff
Blind Date
The Come Back
First Arrest
The Lost Ones