# Decoy 1957

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. \[5\]

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1957
- By: Jerome Coopersmith
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/decoy-s-01-e-26-earthbound-satellite)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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