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The Big Holdup

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Friday and Romero pursue an armed robber and his violent blonde partner as the pair carry out a series of brutal holdups across Los Angeles.

This Dragnet broadcast aired on January 4, 1951. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough. Other credited names include George Fenneman as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Chesterfield and Fatima.

NBC police procedural based on actual LAPD cases and developed around documentary realism.

Listeners can expect crime, episodic drama in format, and serious and gritty in tone.

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