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Dragnet - "Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Dragnet presents “Twenty-Two Rifle for Christmas,” episode 183, originally broadcast on NBC on December 21, 1952. In this radio case, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Frank Smith; the script was written by James Moser.
During the Christmas season, Friday and Smith investigate the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy. The case becomes especially urgent when they learn that a .22-caliber rifle intended as a Christmas gift is also missing, sending the LAPD Homicide Detail on a careful search for the facts.
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