Dragnet: The Big Sour (1959)

Synopsis of Dragnet: The Big Sour

With grim determination, Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) search for a pair of armed bandits who have robbed and tortured elderly Wendell Bartell, savagely beating and burning the man while repeatedly stabbing his hands with a hatpin. Clearly, the thieves had "inside" information as to where Bartell kept his jewelry hidden in his home; also, Mrs. Bartell recalls that one of the crooks spoke with a "funny" accent. But it takes the testimony of a magazine delivery boy to put the detectives on the trail of a brand-new sedan with old license plates that was seen in the vicinity of the crime. This episode was adapted from the Dragnet radio broadcast of September 20, 1951. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Director(s):

Jack Webb

Writer(s):

James E. Moser

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