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Dragnet
Description
Police procedural drama follows an LAPD detective and partners through step-by-step cases, interviews, lab work, and evidence.
Dragnet is an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 194910:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19497:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 194910:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19529:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19529:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19539:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19558:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19578:05 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
G
George Fenneman
Announcer
HHal Gibney
Announcer
Barney Phillips
Cast
Barton Yarborough
Cast
Ben Alexander
Cast
Georgia Ellis
Cast
Harry Bartell
Cast
HHarry Morgan
Cast
Helen Kleeb
Cast
HHerb Ellis
Cast
Jack Kruschen
Cast
Jeanette Nolan
Cast
John McIntire
Cast
JJoyce McCluskey
Cast
KKen Patterson
Cast
Ken Peters
Cast
MMartin Milner
Cast
Olan Soule
Cast
Parley Baer
Cast
Sam Edwards
Cast
Stacy Harris
Cast
Tyler McVey
Cast
Vic Perrin
Cast
VVirginia Christine
Cast
Virginia Gregg
Cast
VVivi Janiss
Cast
WWalter Schumann
Composer
B
Bill Rosseau
Director
Jack Webb
Guest
Barney Phillips
Det. Ed Jacobs
Barton Yarborough
Sgt. Ben Romero
Ben Alexander
Officer Frank Smith
H
Herbert 'Herb' Butterfield
Lt. Lee Jones
Jack Webb
Sgt. Joe Friday
JJohn Robinson
Sound Effects
Peggy Webber
Ma Friday
Raymond Burr
Capt. Ed Backstrand
RRichard Boone
The Police Chief
WWilliam H. Parker
Police consultant
Frank Burt
Writer
J
James Edward Moser
Writer
Audio Clips
0m25s
References
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