Latest / Dragnet | Old Time Radio
Dragnet - "Big Switch" (Old Time Radio, 1954)
Dragnet presents “Big Switch,” episode 230, originally broadcast on January 12, 1954. In this NBC crime drama, Jack Webb stars as LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith.
Called to a low-cost Los Angeles hotel after Mona Fenton is found unconscious in a gas-filled room, Friday and Smith begin an inquiry that leads them through the hotel’s records and the details surrounding her stay. Sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes, this Homicide Detail case unfolds against the procedural backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.