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Dragnet: The Big Badge (Peggy Webber Special) (EP5050s)

· 38 min · S17 E275

Episode Dragnet: The Big Badge (Peggy Webber Special) (EP5050s)

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Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of investigation, the search becomes dangerously personal when Friday and Romero encounter the suspect during a massive overnight manhunt. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950 Originating from HollywoodCast:

• Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday • Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero • Peggy Webber as Joe Friday’s mother

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