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Dragnet - "Big Threat" (Old Time Radio, 1951)
Dragnet presents “Big Threat,” episode 96 of the classic NBC radio series, originally broadcast April 12, 1951. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as his early radio partner, Sergeant Ben Romero.
Assigned to Los Angeles Robbery Detail, Friday and Romero investigate a violent hold-up after a middle-aged businessman is beaten and robbed—but fear for his family keeps him from helping the police. Originally sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes, this tense 30-minute drama captures Dragnet’s early radio-era procedural style.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly…
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