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Dragnet - "Big Fraud" (Old Time Radio, 1953)
Dragnet presents “Big Fraud,” episode 219, originally broadcast October 27, 1953. In this NBC radio drama, Jack Webb stars as Sergeant Joe Friday alongside Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith.
Working the LAPD Bunco-Fugitive Detail in Los Angeles, Friday and Smith investigate reports of a confidence racket preying on traveling businessmen. When phony narcotics officers and a staged arrest become part of the pattern, the detectives go undercover to stop the impersonation scheme. Written by John Robinson.
Dragnet presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a…
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