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Dragnet - "Big Border" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Dragnet presents “Big Border,” episode 145, originally broadcast on March 20, 1952. In this NBC drama, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday alongside Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs.
Friday and Jacobs of the LAPD Robbery Detail search for two armed San Quentin escapees believed to be headed toward Los Angeles. Following records, witnesses, and a lead tied to one fugitive’s past, the detectives join a tense investigation that reaches toward the California-Mexico border. Written by Jim Moser, the episode was originally sponsored by Fatima Cigarettes.
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