Man Against Crime (detective drama)
(CBS Primetime, 1949 - 1953;
Syndicated, 1950 as "Follow That Man"
Dumont Primetime, 1953 - 1954;
NBC Primetime, 1953 - 1954;
NBC Primetime, 1956)
[Syndicated title "Follow That Man"]
[Ralph Bellamy played the wiley private eye Mike Burnett who did
not use a gun, in this series which was live until 1952; During
the summer of 1951, Robert Preston replaced Bellamy in the lead
as Mike Burnett's brother Pat; this series had the distinction
of airing simultaneously on both Dumont and NBC during the
1953 - 1954 season; a short-lived revival was attempted in
1956 as a live summer replacement starring Frank Lovejoy, but
it failed to catch on.]
Theme 1: "Man Against Crime Theme"
[THEME and composer credit from a phone conversation with the
CBS Music Department in 1982;
Music credits often list just his first name, "Arlo",
(shades of "Liberace" perhaps) -- or "Music By Arlo"
(shades of "Music by DeVol" perhaps :-)
No doubt this was only the CBS THEME, which was not used in
Syndication as "Follow That Man"]
Composer: Arlo Hults (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index of
Performed Compositions]
2001 Publisher: [not found in the ASCAP ACE database]
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Theme 2: "from Man Against Crime Cues"
Composer: Frederick ("Fred") Steiner (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [listed without publisher credit in the
1978 ASCAP Index of Performed Compositions]
2001 Publisher: Universal-Polygram International
Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Universal Music Publishing Group
a div. of Universal Studios,
of Los Angeles, CA
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Theme 3: "from Follow That Man Cues"
[Production Library music expert Paul Mandell states that
the end credits for the show when syndicated as "Follow That Man"
list an on-screen music credit for Melvyn Lenard Gordon; this
was the pseudonym of music packager/publisher David M. Gordon
who bought B-picture music tracks and re-cycled them for
use on 1950s television series; It is unknown if his screen
credits are for the Main Title / End Credits THEME or only
for internal cues; and it is not known who the original
composer would have been in any event...perhaps it was Fred
Steiner who is listed above]
Composer: Melvyn Lenard Gordon (ASCAP)
[pseudonym of publisher David Marvin Gordon]
1978 Publisher: [not listed in the 1978 ASCAP
Index of Performed Compositions]
2002 Publisher: [not listed in the 2002 ASCAP
ACE Database]
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Syndicated Theme 4: "Manhunt"
[THEME and COMPOSER credit from Mark Koldys, who mentions
this is a cue originally in the "Cinemusic" Library, now licensed
by APM Music. Mark says this is the music used to score the series'
OPENING scene -- with a man running away who eventually gets shot.
Theme collector Tom Perrone also indicates this was used as both
the OPEN and the CLOSING Theme for the syndicated version named
"Follow That Man", although there is another cue sometimes used
for the End Credits as seen on airchecks.]
Composer: Jack Shaindlin (BMI)
1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP Index of
Performed Compositions]
2020 Publisher: Cinemusic Metro Park (BMI)
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