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The Big Joke
Originally Aired: May 10, 1953
Dragnet #203, "The Big Joke," Friday and Smith receive an unusual early morning call from Johnny Bronson, a bartender they know from 6th Street. Johnny tells them about a mysterious phone call he received the night before, in which an unidentified man offered him $5,000 to kill someone named Wilhelm Ulrich. At first, Johnny thought it was a prank, but when a special delivery letter arrives containing five hundred-dollar bills and detailed instructions about the victim's address on Vine Street in Hollywood, he realizes the threat is serious and immediately…
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