Tag: hit and run

Dragnet: The Big Frame (EP4478)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Bill Johnstone; Sheldon Leonard; Stacy Harris

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Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP4406)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a driver who committed a hit-and-run.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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EP3541: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Latourette Matter

John Lund

Johnny takes over an investigation of a book store arson after the previous insurance investigator was killed in an apparent hit and run, that Johnny suspects was murder.

Original Air Date: February 20, 1953

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EP3463: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glen English Matter

Edmond O'Brien

A lawyer friend of Johnny’s is killed in an apparent hit and run.

Original Air Date: January 5, 1952

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EP3360: Mystery is My Hobby: Lake George Murder


While returning from a fishing trip, Drake and Danton find a dead man killed by an apparent hit and run, but Barton Drake suspects there’s more to it.

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EP3154: Roger Kilgore, Public Defender: The Case of Don Winthrop

A college student is charged with a hit and run slaying, but insists he was in his dorm studying.

Original Air Date: April 18, 1948

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EP3112: It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins: The Lost Film

Gail witnesses a man being hit a truck and then finds herself being followed around New York City.

Original Air Date: November 11, 1957

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EP2888: Dragnet: The Big Try

Jack Webb

A young man confesses to a hit and run. Friday and Smith have to verify if the story is true.

Original Air Date: September 21, 1954

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EP2851: Dragnet: The Big Rod

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a souped up car who hit a woman and left her for dead.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1954

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EP2714: Dragnet: The Big Rod

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a souped up car who hit a woman and left her for dead.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1954

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EP2223: Night Beat: A Case of Butter

Frank Lovejoy

A hit and run case involve a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butter.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1950

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EP2036: Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer

Jack Webb

A panel truck plows into an elderly woman and her young grandson and Friday and Romero search for the truck and the driver.

Original Air Date: November 8, 1951

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EP1895: Defense Attorney: Client: Jim Leonard

Mercedes McCambridge

A teenage paperboy is accused of a hit and run killing and Martha seeks to find the truth.

Original Air Date: September 14, 1951

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EP1628: Dragnet: The Big Frame

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1950

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EP1562: Dragnet: The Big Trial

Jack Webb

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a hit and run driver.

Original Air Date: April 20, 1950

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