Day: February 23, 2025

Dragnet: The Big Actor (Video Theater 288)

Join us as we follow Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero on a complex case involving a robbery at All Saints Hospital’s pharmacy, where $10,000 worth of narcotics goes missing. With a wounded intern and a trail of clues leading to the dark underbelly of drug distribution, the detectives race against time to catch the culprit before the stolen drugs can be sold on the streets.

Original Air Date: January 3, 1952

Season 1, Episode 2

Referenced:
Radio Version of The Big Actor

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Nero Wolfe: A Slight Case of Perjury (EP4634s)

Sidney Greenstreet

A man is acquitted of murder on perjured testimony and hires Wolfe to locate the real killer.

Original Air Date: April 6, 1951

Starring: Sidney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe; Harry Bartel as Archie Goodwin; William Johnstone; Mary Lansing; Jeanne Bates; Barney Phillips; Paul Marion; Ken Peters

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