Dragnet (1954)
Directed by Jack Webb
Run Time - 30 min. |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
A elderly woman is robbed and beaten in a bank parking lot. Investigating, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are tipped off that two men were spotted a few days earlier, taking photographs near the scene of the crime. A subsequent photo "blowup" leads the detectives to surmise that one of the perpetrators is a professional boxer. Future TV producer Aaron Spelling) is cast as a boxing manager in this episode, which was based on the Dragnet radio broadcast of May 18,1950.