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The Big Eavesdrop
Originally Aired: December 14, 1952
Dragnet #182, "The Big Eavesdrop," finds Sergeants Joe Friday and Frank Smith working the narcotics detail when they stake out the 617 Club on Pico and Clemens to intercept a big heroin buy. While waiting in an adjacent booth, the detectives overhear a conversation between two men that changes the direction of their investigation entirely. One man mentions killing an old lady in San Francisco, prompting Friday and Smith to abandon their drug case and follow the suspects. They trail a man named Sam Allison to a hotel on West 6th Street, while Frank pursues…
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