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The Big Brink
Originally Aired: December 15, 1953
Dragnet #226, "The Big Brink,"
Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are working the night watch out of robbery detail when they receive a promising break in a major case. Ten days earlier, three armed men hijacked a bank truck on Wilshire Boulevard using sawed-off shotguns, making off with over $100,000 in cash. They forced the drivers to the San Fernando Valley, where they beat and tied up the victims before escaping with the money. Despite intensive investigation by both the LAPD and the FBI, including fingerprint analysis, mug book…
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