Tag: high-dollar theft

EP3345: Crime Photographer: The Handkerchief

Stats Cotsworth

The owner of a bar is murdered and $20,000 stolen. A loud handkerchief found at the scene of the crime points to a disgruntled employee.

Original Air Date: September 5, 1946

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EP3235: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Woodward, Manilla Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny Dollar goes to the Philippines to investigate the theft of $75,000.

Original Air Date: November 25, 1950
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EP3098: Dragnet: The Big Revision

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a $200,000 house burglary.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1955

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EP2988: Boston Blackie: The Amadon Pearl Murders

Richard Kollmar

Blackie matches wits with two different sets of jewel thieves to steal the million dollar Amadon Pearls.

Original Air Date: March 30, 1949
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EP2924: Dragnet: The Big Locker

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith catch a man outside a pawn shop with a thousand dollar emerald ring.

Original Air Date: November 2, 1954

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EP2829: Easy Money: The Gem Switch (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

Larry Haines


A small jewelry store has a $5,000 ruby disappear and be replaced with a duplicate. Mike Trent thinks he knows how to get it back–with the aid of a third hand.

Original Air Date: December 19, 1954

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EP2821: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Crystal Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is investigating a case of a stolen $300,000 necklace, and then it’s returned by a mysterious woman without explanation.

Original Air Date: September 23, 1962

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EP2789: Rocky Jordan: The Big Heist

Jack Moyles

Rocky goes to meet a friend arriving from England and finds out he disappeared along with a million dollars.

Original Air Date: November 20, 1949

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EP2770: Stand by for Crime: Quinton McLean’s Fortune

Glenn Langan
Chuck and Carol go to Vancouver in search for $3 million…in booze.

Original Air Date: 1952
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EP2760: Boston Blackie: The Joe Saunders Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man who works for Blackie’s friend Charlie Kingston is murdered en route to delivering $50,000 for Blackie to keep until morning.

Original Air Date: March 10, 1948

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EP2755: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Urned Income Matter

Johnny is called in to investigate when an insured man is robbed of an urn containing $5,000.

Original Air Date: December 4, 1960
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EP2750: Dragnet: The Big Lift

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of high-priced shop-lifting incidents.

Original Air Date: April 27, 1954

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EP2458: Rocky Fortune: Honor Among Thieves

Frank Sinatra

Rocky tries to help a doctor who has to account for $25,000 in missing drugs and a drug addict son who is behind it.

Original Air Date: March 2, 1954

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EP2174: Dragnet: The Big Bunco

Jack Webb

Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate a confidence man who has been scamming investors out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1952

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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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