The Big Cowboy

Friday - The Dragnet Podcast · Nov 8, 2026 · 26m

Originally Aired: June 1, 1954

Dragnet #250, "The Big Cowboy," Sergeants Joe Friday and Frank Smith respond to a Code 3 call for unknown trouble at an apartment court on La Miranda Street. When they arrive, they find nothing apparently wrong until a gunshot rings out from one of the units. The manager, Marshal Rice, nervously explains that tenant Dudley Gray has barricaded himself inside his apartment and started shooting. Rice reveals that Gray, who lost his job two months ago and is six weeks behind on rent, has become increasingly unstable and paranoid, convinced that Rice is having an…