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Dragnet - "Homicide" (Old Time Radio, 1949)
Dragnet presents “Homicide,” episode 4, originally broadcast on June 24, 1949. Also cataloged as “Quick Trigger Gun Men,” this early NBC sustaining broadcast stars Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday and Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero.
After a police stakeout at a Los Angeles bar turns deadly, Friday and Romero join an urgent overnight hunt for three armed suspects. This tense early case captures Dragnet’s stark procedural style and nighttime city atmosphere.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently…
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