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Video Theater

Dragnet: The Big Actor (Video Theater 288)

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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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Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)

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Todays Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that’s taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pictures.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 7, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Car (EP4622)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of fifteen market robberies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Petticoats and Pistols article on Graham Bread

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Dragnet: The Big Betty (EP4616)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a gang of conmen victimizing the loved ones of the recently deceased.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 23, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Video Theater

Dragnet: The Human Bomb (Video Theater 286)

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Step back in time with us as we revisit the very first TV episode of Dragnet, “The Human Bomb.” This episode, based on a radio script from 1949, takes you into the heart of Los Angeles, where Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough), face a tense, 26-minute race against time to prevent a disaster. 

Original AIr Date: December 14, 1951 based on a radio play from July 21, 1949

Season 1, Episode 1

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Dragnet: The Big Parrot (EP4610)

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Today’s Mystery:

A married couple is found murdered in their room with a dead parrot.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Mother (EP4604)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a three-day-old baby who was kidnapped from a local hospital.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)

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Todays Mystery:

At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Sergeant Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield

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Dragnet: The Big Meet (EP4574)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday goes undercover to complete a large drug buy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 19, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big .38 (EP4556)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Death (EP4550)

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Today’s Mystery:

A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John (Encore) (EP4544e)

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An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John.

Original Air Date: October 13, 1946

Originating in San Francisco

Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan

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