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The Big Dream
Originally Aired: March 29, 1953
Dragnet #197, "The Big Dream," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith respond to an early morning robbery at a large liquor and grocery store on San Marino Avenue. The manager, Henry Alden, reports that an elderly man—appearing to be around 70 years old, wearing shabby clothes and looking like a bum—entered through the unlocked back door just after 8 a.m., pulled what looked like a .45 automatic, and made off with over $5,200 in weekend receipts. What makes this holdup unusual is the suspect's strange behavior: he repeatedly apologizes to his victim…
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