Tag: hold up

Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are on the trail of The Rattlesnake Bandit, a sadistic robber who holds up couples in cars and inflicts violence for the pleasure of it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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EP3364: The Fat Man: Murder Seeks a Lost Penny (AU)


Brad and his mother are held up at a drug store who demands that they hand over all their pennies.
Original Air Date: December 9, 1954
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EP3068: Dragnet: The Big No Tooth

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of Sunday hold-ups of hotels.

Original Air Date: April 5, 1955

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EP2913: Dragnet: The Big Badge (Standard Division #6 (Tied)

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero search for “The Badge Bandit” holds up couples in parked cars while pretending to be a police officer.

Original Air Date: May 4, 1950

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Video Theater 159: Dragnet: The Big Bar

Friday and Smith a series of hold ups where the victims are often shot and killed.

Season 4, Episode 8

Original Air Date: October 14, 1954

EP2832: Boston Blackie: Diamonds Stolen from Blackie and Charlie

Richard Kollmar

Blackie’s friend Charlie is held up while Blackie is visiting and the thieves claim to have an alibi that Blackie has to break.
Original Air Date: July 7, 1948

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EP2504: Dragnet: The Big False Move

Jack Webb

A man has confessed to holding up a store, but Friday suspects he’s not telling the truth.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1953

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EP2466: Boston Blackie: The Cy Gardner Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man calls Blackie for help and tells him to take a bus to the country. On the bus, a woman with a gun forces Blackie off the bus.

Original Air Date: April 1, 1946

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