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Dragnet - "Big Fire" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Dragnet presents “Big Fire,” episode 144, originally broadcast on NBC Radio on March 13, 1952. Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday, with Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs.
Friday and Jacobs investigate after prospective tenants at a recently renovated Los Angeles apartment building find their signed leases and paid rent abruptly rejected by landlord Edward Daniels. When the dispute turns threatening, the detectives dig into the reason behind his alarming behavior. Written by Jim Moser and sponsored by Fatima.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual…
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