Category: Video Theater

Video Theater 0146: Dragnet:The Big Little Jesus

Friday and Smith try to recover a stolen statue of the child Jesus for a church before the Christmas Mass.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1953

Season 3, Episode 17

Video Theater 0145: Racket Squad: The Christmas Caper

A lovable old man is roped into working for a fraudulent charity Santa ring.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1952

Season 3, Episode 15

Video Theater 0144: Boston Blackie: Shoot the Works

A gambler friend of Blackie is murdered in Las Vegas while placing a big bet.

Season 2, Episode 24

Original Air Date: March 27, 1953

Video Theater 0143: Dragnet: The Big Frame

Friday and Smith investigate an apparent hit and run that has signs of being a murder.

Original Air Date: April 22, 1954

Season 3, Episode 34

Video Theater 0142: Boston Blackie: The Heist Job

A cabbie ex-con who Blackie sent to prison is implicated in a robbery.

Season 2, Episode 17

Original Air Date: February 6, 1953

Video Theater 0141: Dragnet: The Big Girl

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies committed by a beautiful woman with an ever-changing description.

Season 3, Episode 31

Original Air Date: April 1, 1954

Video Theater 0140: Boston Blackie: The Friendly Gesture

A bank teller tips Blackie off that an East Coast bank robber is waiting in the next line. The robber’s friend murders the teller and threatens the teller’s wife if she talks.

Season 2, Episode 16

Original Air Date: January 30, 1953

Video Theater 0139: Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a truck that hit and killed a woman and her grandson. Season 3, Episode 29 Original Air Date: March 18, 1954

Video Theater 138: Checkmate: The Human Touch

Alonzo Pace Graham (Peter Lorre) is released from prison and plots revenge on the man who sent him there, Doctor Carl Hyatt (Jonathan Cabot.)

Season 1, Episode 16,

Original Air Date: January 14, 1961

Video Theater 0137: Dragnet: The Big Shoplift

Friday and Smith investigate a series of shopliftings at upscale department stores.
 
Season 3, Episode 28
 
Original Air Date: March 11, 1954

Video Theater 0136: Boston Blackie: The Gunman

Boston Blackie tries to convince a friend of Mary’s ex-husband of the risk of a life of crime.

Original Air Date: January 9, 1953

Season 2, Episode 13

Video Theater 0135: Dragnet: The Big Winchester

What first appears to be a suicide by a wealthy elderly bachelor turns into a murder investigation.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1954

Season 3, Episode 27

Video Theater 0134: Boston Blackie: Death Does a Rumba

Blackie investigates the murder of a waiter.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1953

Season 2, Episode 12

Video Theater 0133: Dragnet: The Big Children

Friday and Smith investigate a case of child neglect in a well-to-do neighborhood.

Original Air Date: February 11, 1954

Season 3, Episode 11

Video Theater 0132: Boston Blackie: So Was Goliath

Blackie tries to help out a boxer/law student who wants out of the fight game, but is held in place by a contract and a crooked fight boss.

Season 2, Episode 11

Original Air Date: December 26, 1952