The Big Almost No Show

The disappearance and murder of an interior decorator sends detectives across the city in search of the victim's friend.

This Dragnet broadcast aired on January 31, 1952. NBC Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Joyce McCluskey, Virginia Gregg, Jack Webb, and Barney Phillips. Other credited names include James Moser as writer, George Fenneman as announcer, and Hal Gibney as announcer.

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

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.