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Dragnet - "Big Holdup" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Dragnet presents “Big Holdup,” originally broadcast on January 4, 1951. Episode 82 of the NBC radio series stars Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.
Working the Los Angeles night watch, Friday and Romero investigate a string of violent robberies linked to the armed “Rattlesnake Bandit,” whose attacks on couples in parked cars are growing increasingly brutal. Under Chief of Detectives Thadd Brown, the detectives race to identify the suspect before another victim is targeted.
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