• Big Man

  • By: Dragnet
  • Length: 58 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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By: Dragnet
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Publisher's summary

This two-part Dragnet episode originally aired on January 12 and January 19, 1950.

From 1949 to 1957, Dragnet pioneered new levels of realism on radio. Every crime investigated by Sergeant Joe Friday was taken from the actual case files of the Los Angeles Police Department, with only "the names changed to protect the innocent". There were multi-layered sound effects; the actors used accurate police lingo, abbreviations, and penal codes; and the show didn't shy away from stories about heinous crimes or stories that had unhappy endings. Created and produced by Jack Webb, Dragnet was much more than "just the facts".

Fact: you can download more episodes of Dragnet, or pick them up in collected volumes.
©2006 Dragnet (P)2006 Radio Spirits Inc.

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"By far the most popular police/crime program of all time. It enjoyed enormous success on radio." (Jon David Swartz and Robert C. Reinehr, Handbook of Old-Time Radio)

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what motherly love.

This story really shows the change in our communities. It was once upon a time we dried our laundry outside and moms set the clothing for the children on the bed (grown or not). A narcotics story. A real sad problem that continues today.

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