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Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084)
· 34 min · S17 E321
Episode Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084)
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an abandoned freight car, cradled in the arms of a young man who refuses to explain what happened. When the young man finally confesses to killing her, the detectives struggle to understand why he would murder a woman he claims to have loved deeply and who had devoted years to nurturing his musical ambitions. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Cast:
• Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday • Herb Ellis as Sgt. Frank Smith • Vic Perrin • Harry Bartell • Joyce McCluskey • Jim Moser, writer • Walter Schumann, music • Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker • Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher, technical advisors • George Fenneman, announcer
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