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Dragnet - "Big Grab" (Old Time Radio, 1950)
Dragnet presents “Big Grab,” episode 55 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast on June 29, 1950. In this NBC drama, Jack Webb stars as Los Angeles Homicide Detail’s Sgt. Joe Friday, alongside Barton Yarborough as Sgt. Ben Romero.
When a college professor’s wife is lured away from her home by someone claiming to be a police officer, Friday and Romero face a tense kidnapping investigation and mounting ransom pressure. The case unfolds against the Kessel family’s first-night Passover observance, in Dragnet’s documentary-style Los Angeles setting.
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