Tag: fugitive

Dragnet: The Big Job (EP4412)

Today’s Mystery:

While the police are trying to apprehend a fugitive, a police officer is murdered. Joe Friday and Ben Romero set out to bring the fugitive to justice.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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EP3584: Tales of Texas Rangers: Trigger Man

Jayce has to hunt down two vicious fugitive brothers from Oklahoma.

Original Air Date: July 29, 1950

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EP3300: Mystery is My Hobby: Sally Anders is Murdered


A fugitive comes to Drake for help insisting he didn’t murder his wife.

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EP3041: Rocky Jordan: The Man from Damascus

George Raft

A disfigured man shows up in Damascus asking Jordan’s help to locate a dangerous fugitive he wants vengeance on.

Audition Date: March 28, 1951

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EP2440: Rocky Fortune: The Catskills Cover-Up

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as a social director at a Catskills bed and breakfast but finds the owner needs help with her fugitive son.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1954

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EP2438: Dragnet: The Big Want

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a fugitive from another city.

Original Air Date: March 1, 1953

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EP2171: Richard Diamond: The William Carnes Case

Dick Powell

Diamond goes to Cuba to obtain the location of $800,000 in stolen jewels from a fugitive waiting extradition.

Original Air Date: June 14, 1950

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EP2086: The Private Files of Rex Saunders: When They Track Down…The Human Game

Rex Harrison

A desperate fugitive accosts Rex at gunpoint, makes him change clothes with him, and then tosses him off a train.

Original Air Date: August 1, 1951

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EP1952s: Escape: Red Wine

Jeff Chandler
A detective goes searching for an American fugitive on a tropical isle.

Original Air Date: February 26, 1949

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