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Dragnet - "Big Net" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
Dragnet presents “Big Net,” episode 244, originally broadcast on NBC on April 20, 1954. Jack Webb stars as Sgt. Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Webb also directed this Chesterfield-sponsored broadcast.
Friday and Smith investigate a citywide series of robberies and assaults targeting women. Fourteen victims have been attacked, but conflicting descriptions of the purse snatcher make the search across Los Angeles especially difficult.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently…
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