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Dragnet - "Big Compulsion" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
Dragnet presents “Big Compulsion,” originally broadcast on April 12, 1953. Episode 199 stars Jack Webb as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith.
Assigned to the LAPD’s Robbery Detail, Friday and Smith investigate a series of phony emergency calls that divert officers from real needs and put the public at risk. Written by John Robinson and directed by Jack Webb, this NBC broadcast follows the detectives through a tense case sparked by something as small as a dime.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short…
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