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Dragnet - "Big Key" (Old Time Radio, 1950)
Dragnet presents “Big Key,” episode 50 of the classic NBC radio series, originally broadcast on May 25, 1950. Jack Webb stars as LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.
When a woman is found dead in a Los Angeles churchyard, Friday and Romero begin with only a few physical clues—including a key, a fountain pen, and a trace of shoe polish. Their careful investigation follows the methodical police-procedural style that defined early radio Dragnet.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing…
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