The Decoy
Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (Ikebe) whom he blames for the suicide of his pregnant mistress.
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Decoy (also titled Policewoman Decoy)[1] is an American crime drama television series created for syndication and initially broadcast from October 14, 1957, to July 7, 1958, with 39 black-and-white 30-minute episodes. The series was the first American police series with a female protagonist.[2] Many Decoy episodes are in the public domain.[3] Synopsis[edit]The series featured Beverly Garland as Patricia "Casey" Jones, a female undercover police officer in New York City.[4] The undercover nature of Jones's work had her impersonating women in a variety of roles, including gangster's molls, prostitutes, nurses, and singers.[1] Jones did not have a partner for her police work, and episodes revealed little about her personal life, with occasional exceptions of references to a love affair with a police officer who died on duty.[5]
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- Director
- Hideo Suzuki
- Starring
- Ryō Ikebe, Mitsuko Kusabue, Keiko Ieda, Susumu Fujita, Momoko Kôchi, Makoto Satō, Kurôemon Onoe, Chieko Nakakita
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