Dragnet | Ep253 | "The Big Customer"

Originally Aired: June 22, 1954
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Audio Credit: "Dragnet" by The Old Time Radio Researchers Group is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

[@vincentventra6891]

two crazy guys glad they got them off the streets thanks for posting these shows.

[@bettyeugene1463]

I simply adore these old time radio dramas! I;m old enough to remember radio, and actually prefer radio over TV! No eyestrain, and excellent, well written and acted programs!!!

[@michaelwillis9449]

Thanks for posting these episodes

[@davidfmaas]

Thank you for posting these programs!!!

[@vleldaddio210]

These radio shows are so much more Violent than the television ones later on !Which in Friday states that in 10 years on the force he had only fired his gun 2 times !! Almost all the TV ones are basically these radio episodes but of course adapted for viewing . I find myself preferring to Hear them instead of Seeing Them cause I can visualize Vic Perrin , Virginia Greg ,Harry Morgan, Ben Alexander and Jack Webb who was Really great as far as hiring all these superlative actors and actresses on a regular basis . REST IN PARADISE ALL !! THANK'S FOR THE UPLOAD

[@RobertSmith-im4md]

2 timed?

[@otrarchive]

Interesting insight! Thanks for sharing.

[@susancummings3930]

well said!!!!

[@teresas8173]

I like the radio shows more than the tv ones too 👍

[@fromthesidelines]

Later adapted for television on March 10, 1955.

[@lauraseebaugh9589]

Boy they really pushed cigarettes back then......

[@rmedley22]

Odd how subjective sentencing was for murder. The two crooks in this episode received the death penalty but that seems rare on Dragnet. Most the time it is 2nd degree and the sentence is 5 to life. Which means most are out in 10-15 years with good behavior. In one episode a cop killer was ask why he did it and he said he was a cop wasn't he. He got 2nd degree.

[@tranzco1173]

They all died of cancer at 40 anyway from all the extra mild Chesterfields.

[@aileenwagner2576]

Did anyone catch the mistake? Hank was the little guy with the knife, but by the time they interviewed the robber, he had become the big guy! Ooops!

[@wadechilds6671]

It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. 🚬☠️

[@heyoldman2003]

Yea , what difference does it make ?? Your dead either way 😎. I can’t believe thousands of hits and a scant amount of comments 😬. These stories are so cool and so much to talk about ... like those fingernails 🤯

[@heyoldman2003]

15 ,2 15,4 and a pair for 6 😎

[@strawwormcariama3280]

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[@heyoldman2003]

@@strawwormcariama3280 that is a Cribbage game talk

[@theoregan4183]

I get a kick out of the times when they( Joe and Frank) knock on the door say "police officers " and the BEEF is on! These shows are great!

[@heyoldman2003]

and the fists fly !!!!

[@heyoldman2003]

Police Officers.. your under arrest .. Boy ... that always get the fists flying .... I would love to see how they did that fight .. panting even ... too many mild chesterfields... I’m Scared sp? Those funky fingernails 😝

[@tranzco1173]

Stick to Fatimas, the best Turkish Tobacco.

[@teresas8173]

The witnesses are often very annoying

[@heyoldman2003]

Yuck . Those fingernails.. probably yellow form chain smoking chesterfields . King size.... so mild they stain your fingers 😎

[@tranzco1173]

Extra mild long Fatima's are the way to go! Only the best Turkish tobacco for me.

[@heyoldman2003]

@@tranzco1173 that Turkish tobacco was probably Dirt cheap ..But it sounded good, I smoked off and on for years and I still miss em