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Dragnet - "Big Shakedown" (Old Time Radio, 1952)
Dragnet presents “Big Shakedown,” episode 154 of the classic radio series, originally broadcast on May 22, 1952. In this NBC broadcast, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday alongside Herb Ellis as Officer Frank Smith.
Working Vice Detail on the daywatch, Friday and Smith investigate when a small-time bookmaker reports that a man claiming to be a vice officer is demanding weekly protection payments. The case leads them into a troubling phony-police extortion scheme that threatens public confidence in the department. Written by James Moser.
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