Jack Webb
1) The Big Boys
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A gang of four robbers, and their puppy have come to Los Angeles from San Francisco, planning to pull a job. A long stake-out with an alcoholic desk clerk provides results. Detective Sergeant Friday is assigned to robbery detail. Four young hoodlums wanted for a series of robberies are headed for your city. They're armed, reckless and cold-blooded. It's Friday's job to get them.
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Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. This volume contains episodes of Dragnet that released between 1952 and 1953, including Big Number, Big False Make, and The Big Compulsion.
3) Big .38
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A store clerk has been murdered, shot to death in a robbery. The holdup man is described as tall, well dressed. Witnesses say he escaped in a taxi cab. The number of the cab was covered up some way. Seven other armed robberies have been committed in the past 16 days by the same man with the same M.O.
4) Big Chet
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A stuttering robber and his partner are tracked down with the help of a stoolie, who is trying to go straight
5) Big Dream
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An old man, poorly dressed, robs a liquor store and is very apologetic about it.
6) The Big Kill
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Jack Carver, just out of Folsom, is suspected of killing a cop for revenge. Friday poses as a criminal in jail to find the missing murder weapon.
8) Big Number
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A bank robber using a sawed-off shotgun is traced through the first three digits of his license plate number.
10) Big Church
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A new member of the congregation receives anonymous letters and phone calls threatening her with murder. The notes bear the mark of a fanatic, but police suspect fraud until a faked attack confirms their suspicion.
12) Big Lilly
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Mrs. Rockman has been beaten to death... no, she's been shot... no, she killed herself!
14) Tom Laval
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Thomas Laval admits to being involved in a truck hijacking. While in custody, he jumps out of a window, but Sergeants Friday and Romeo are accused of pushing him to his death. An announcement is made that the next program in the series will be sponsored by Fatima cigarettes. A gang of hijackers have started to work in the city and truck loads of valuable merchandise have vanished. The thieves are clever and seem to have a fool proof system. Detective...
15) Big Present
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In the past two months a thief has broken in to eighteen markets in Los Angeles. There is no lead to his whereabouts and no clue to his identity.
17) The Big Escape
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The search for Max Tyler, a friend of Sergeant Friday who pulled an armed robbery, escaped from jail, and shot Ben Romero! Detective Sergeant Friday is assigned to Robbery Detail. Two armed bandits have robbed a large jewelers store in his city. One of the suspect escapes but one is apprehended and identified as a friend of Friday's. It's Friday's job to send him to prison.
19) Big Watch
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A gang that usually holds up drugstores robs and kills the manager of a dance hall. A stake-out in a garage yields results and a total of twelve guns. After a trial, two of the gang break out of jail. A gang of hold up men has been running loose in the city. They've committed more than a dozen robberies and are heavily armed and quick to shoot. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday has been assigned to Robbery Detail and it's his job to stop them.