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Dragnet: 2/9/1950 – The Big Girl

The cops search for a big blonde who shoots her victims in cold blood. Is she possibly a man in woman’s clothing?

Dragnet – The Big Girl

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 2/2/1950 - Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer

Two little girls, aged seven and eleven are missing. Their pet collie is found beaten to death and foul play is suspected.

Dragnet – Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 1/19/1950 – The Big Man, Part Two

Arthur Z. Belmont is the number one man in the narcotics business on the west coast. A stakeout begins in Manhattan Beach.

The conclusion of a two part episode.

Dragnet – The Big Man, Part Two

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, William Conrad.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 1/12/1950 – The Big Man, Part One

Sergeant Friday calls his mother to tell her that he’s going to not be home for a month. He’s going under cover to try to get evidence on the Flats gang of narcotics pushers.

The beginning of a two part episode.

Dragnet – The Big Man, Part One

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, William Conrad.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 1/05/1950 – Max Tyler, Escaped Convict

The search for Max Tyler: a friend of Sergeant Friday who pulled an armed robbery, escaped from jail, and even shot Ben Romero!

Dragnet – Max Tyler, Escaped Convict

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 12/29/1949 – Flowerland Roof Murder

A gang that usually holds up drugstores robs and kills the manager of a dance hall. A stake-out in a garage yields results and a total of twelve guns. After a trial, two of the gang break out of jail.

Dragnet – Flowerland Roof Murder

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 12/22/1949 – Rifle for Christmas

A young boy named Stanley Johnstone is missing, and so is the .22 caliber rifle he was going to get for Christmas. The script would be used as an X-Mas program four more times over the years.

Very well written, dramatic radio.

Dragnet – Rifle for Christmas

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough, William P. Rousseau (director), Bud Tollefson (sound effects), Wayne Kenworthy (sound effects), Walter Schumann (music), Hal Gibney (announcer), Herb Butterfield, Peggy Webber, William Johnstone.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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Dragnet: 12/15/1949 – The Garbage Chute Murder

Laura Barclay has been strangled with a lamp cord. The killer seems to have entered through an unused garbage chute.

Dragnet – The Garbage Chute Murder

Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough.

NBC network. Sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.

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