The Big Walk (Aired November 16, 1952)
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INTRO: Bob Plays Jim Croce "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (1973)
Dragnet was a long-running radio and television police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Dragnet debuted inauspiciously. The first several months were bumpy, as Webb and company worked out the program’s format and eventually became comfortable with their characters (Friday was originally portrayed as more brash and forceful than his later usually relaxed demeanor). Gradually, Friday’s deadpan, fast-talking persona emerged, described by John Dunning as "a cop's cop, tough but not hard, conservative but caring." (Dunning, 210) Friday’s first partner was Sgt. Ben Romero, portrayed by Barton Yarborough, a longtime radio actor. When Dragnet hit its stride, it became one of radio’s top-rated shows.
THIS EPISODE:
November 16, 1952. Program #178. NBC network. "The Big Walk". Sponsored by: Chesterfield. Sgt. Friday poses as a buyer of heroin from San Francisco to break up a narcotics gang. The Chesterfield commercials contain health claims for the products. Network, sponsored . Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, George Fenneman (announcer), Whitfield Connor, Harry Bartell, Lee Marvin, Hal Gibney (announcer), John Robinson (writer), Walter Schumann (music). 29:35. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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