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"We don't try to punch a moral. If there's one in the show, the people get it."
- Jack Webb
Racketeers and robbers, crap-shooters and kidnappers, hit men and hard cases-- watch out! Joe Friday's on the job, and he isn't here to fool around!
Join Jack Webb for twenty gritty true-life tales of urban crime from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department. Ben Alexander, Martin Milner, Jack Kruschen, Virginia Gregg, June Whitley, Stacy Harris, and more co-star as the city's cops, concerned citizens, and cold criminals.
Includes a Program Guide by Karl Schadow.
Episodes Include: The Big Gamble 05-08-52; The Big Mail 05-15-52; The Big Shakedown 05-22-52; The Big 4th 05-29-52; The Big Whiff 06-05-52; The Big Donation 06-12-52; The Big Roll 06-26-52; The Big Trio 07-03-52; The Big Hate 07-10-52; The Big Signet 07-31-52; The Big Impression 08-07-52; The Big Drive 08-14-52; The Big Paper 08-21-52; The Big Test 08-28-52; The Big Ray 09-04-52; The Big Bull 09-14-52; The Big Shot 09-21-52; The Big Brain 09-28-52; The Big Jolt 10-05-52; The Big Lie 10-12-52.
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Great collection of programs I plan on adding to.
Dragnet was a watershed program that marked a turning point in radio drama.
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Dragnet: The Big Gamble
It is strange to say that all these many years later, with all the bells and whistles that police procedurals on television give us, Dragnet on radio still packs a powerful punch. The dialogue is crisp , the stories are compelling, and the characterizations excellent. Dragnet is the Granddad of police procedurals and it is interesting how often the cases Joe Friday and his partners investigate are as timely as the ones cops deal with today. I once had the opportunity to interview the writer Ed McBain, who penned the 8th Precinct novels for a radio show I was part of, and he told me that he and everyone else who wrote stories about cops owed a tremendous debt to Jack Webb. Compliments don't get much better than that. This particular set is also interesting because we get to see Webb trying out a number of actors for the role of "Frank Smith" before he finally settled on Ben Alexander. I grew up with these shows, so it's always a pleasant way to spend a half hour by listening to them.
