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Dragnet - The Big Little Jesus - Christmas Episode

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1953
Episodes
2

Code 12-25: Tearjerker In Progress Dragnet - The Big Little Jesus December 22, 1953 Crime never stops, even for Christmas. While the usual parade of criminal activity continues, however, Sergeant Friday and Officer Smith are faced with a most unusual crime: the theft, from a church, of a statue of the infant Jesus. The officers follow standard investigative procedure. They interview potential witnesses, learn what they can about the possible motive, question a likely suspect, and most of all, wait. Time, however, is running out. Christmas is tomorrow. The monetary value of the statue is negligible, but as Father Xavier Rojas tells the officers, this is the only Jesus that most of the parishioners have ever known. Its value is far more than could be measured in dollars: "We could get a new one, but it wouldn't be the same. We've had children in the parish, they've grown up and married. It's the only Jesus they know. And we've had children who've died

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. The Big Little Jesus (December 22, 1953)

    · 29 min

  2. A Christmas Carol (1930s)

    No date given · 40 min

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