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Dragnet - "Big Phone Call" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Dragnet presents “Big Phone Call,” episode 140, originally broadcast on NBC on February 14, 1952. Written by James Moser, this early radio procedural stars Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs.
Working Los Angeles Robbery Detail, Friday and Jacobs question Garvey after a jewelry salesman is attacked and robbed of valuable stones. As the detectives carefully lay out months of evidence, concealed recordings and methodical interrogation drive the case forward.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction…
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