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The Big Will

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About This Broadcast

The shooting of an elderly man leads detectives into a contested will, personal grudges and jealousy among the people around him.

This Dragnet broadcast aired on June 7, 1953. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Ben Alexander, Helen Kleeb, Jack Webb, Ralph Moody, and Victor Rodman. Other credited names include John Robinson as writer, Hal Gibney as host, and 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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