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The Big Informant
Originally Aired: March 22, 1953
Dragnet #196, "The Big Informant," Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are under pressure to crack a string of safe burglaries that have plagued Los Angeles for two months. With a dozen jobs completed and no solid leads, the detectives are feeling the heat from Captain Wisdom and the press. When an informant named Ernie calls requesting a meeting, Friday hopes for a breakthrough. Meanwhile, a routine field interrogation report leads them to Otto Bronson, an ex-convict with a burglary record who was spotted near the scene of the latest job. The…
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