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CRIME DRAMA

THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET"

JACK WEBB AND BEN ALEXANDER STAR IN THE 1950s VERSION OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CRIME SHOWS EVER ON TELEVISION! THESE HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN FOR 30 YEARS!

440 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", I (1953)

1. "THE BIG SHOPLIFT", presented exactly as first broadcast, complete with original Chesterfield cigarette commercials. Friday and Smith investigate the disappearance of merchandise from a department store.
2. "THE BIG BANK ROBBERY". A man successfully holds up a bank, and the inept security guard is blamed.
3. "THE BIG HIT AND RUN". An elderly woman and her grandson are hit by a speeding truck; Friday and Smith try to find out who done it!
4. "THE BIG SECRET". Friday and Smith try to locate the mother of an abandoned baby.

445 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", II (1953)

1. "THE BIG GIRLS". Friday and Smith try to find the tall, beautiful women who keep beating up innocent men.
2. "BIG BETTY". Swindlers selling fake watches and jewelry are operating in town.
3. "THE BIG TRUNK". Friday and Smith try to find out why a man took his own life.
4. "THE BIG BOYS". Smith receives word from his cousin that 4 dangerous thugs are coming to Los Angeles. Watch for a very young Leonard Nimoy in this one!

447 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", III (1953/1955)

1. "THE BIG BAR". Friday and Smith go after a man who murders bartenders.
2. "THE BIG BIRD". A thug only robs pet stores and homes that have birds.
3. "THE BIG BOUNCE". A forger is writing checks from a deceased man's account.
4. "THE BIG ASSAULT". Friday's sure an escaped mental patient is responsible for beating up a woman now facing death in a hospital bed.

452 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", IV (1952/54/57)

All of the following episodes contain original commercials, exactly as first broadcast!
1. "THE BIG 17". An early episode of the series, with Herb Ellis playing the part of Frank Smith. Friday and Smith investigate the teenage destruction of a local movie theater it seems all the kids got high on marijuana and went wild. If you thought "Refer Madness" was campy, you ain't seen nothing yet!
2. "THE BIG PRODUCER". Martin Milner appears as a high school student who gets busted by Friday and Smith for selling porno magazines to his friends. Another great episode!
3. "THE BIG HOUSE CALL". Friday and Smith go after a man who summons doctors to a hotel room, robs them, and beats them up. Friday's got a concerned girlfriend in this one.
4. "THE BIG JUVENILE GANG WAR". Friday hunts down an L.A. teenage gang leader suspected of causing violence in a normally quiet neighborhood.

456 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", V (1955/58)

1. "THE BIG SOUND OFF". A young mother and her infant baby have been missing, so Friday and Smith investigate.
2. "THE BIG ANTE". Friday and Smith try to find the killer of a young woman who was found strangled in a hotel room.
3. "THE BIG TARBABY". Working the Homicide Division, Friday and Smith receive a call from a frantic bar owner who claims his wife disappeared on her way down to the bar.
4. "THE BIG COUNTERFEIT". A man's been impersonating a policeman, going around to local businessmen flashing a badge and asking for donations. This naturally prompts Friday and Smith to investigate.

468 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", VI (1953/55/57)

1. "THE BIG CRIME". In an unusual episode for its era, Friday and Smith go after a man who's been molesting little girls in a local neighborhood.
2. "THE BIG THANKSGIVING". Friday and Smith's holiday is put on hold until they can find a man who's been beating up women late at night on city streets.
3. "THE BIG HOUSECLEANING". People are coming home to find that their entire houses have been removed of valuables, clothing, and furniture.
4. "THE BIG OSKAR". A woman is robbed of useless junk; she admits it's junk, nevertheless she wants Friday and Smith to find the guy that stole this useless junk.

480 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", VII (1954)

1. "THE BIG FRAUD". A man confesses to the holdup of a grocery store, but Friday is sure the man didn't commit the crime.
2. "THE BIG RUN". A woman is seriously injured in a hit-and-run auto accident, and it's up to Friday and Smith to find the driver of the vehicle.
3. "THE BIG MOTHER". A woman's mother disappears, so Friday and Smith set out to find her.
4. "THE BIG THREAT". Friday and Smith track the whereabouts of a wealthy businessman.

491 THE ORIGINAL "DRAGNET", VIII (1955/56)

1. "THE BIG CAR THIEVES". A ring of auto crooks has been making the rounds, and Friday enlists the aid of a former thief to help find them.
2. "THE BIG KID BANDITS". A gang of juveniles beats up adults and steals their money. Friday and Smith set a trap for them.
3. "THE BIG SWINDLE". Believe it or not, Friday and Smith DON'T get their men in this unusual episode. The men trick innocent people into trading their expensive jewelry for cheap but realistic imitations. (Episode has a slight skew in spots.)
4. "THE BIG MILKBOTTLE BURGLAR". Friday and Smith can't believe their eyes when they catch the person that steals from stores and leaves bottles behind.

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EXCITING ACTION WITH MACDONALD CAREY AS ATTORNEY HERB MARIS!

1. "THE CASE OF NAN HAVENS", with guest star Mary Tyler Moore. Our beloved Mary is accused of smuggling government secrets behind the iron curtain!
2. "THE CASE OF JOE SLADE", with guest star Lon Chaney. The clerk at a hunting lodge is accused of murder because he was having an affair with the victim's wife.
3. "THE CASE OF FRANK COTTY". Leonard Nimoy guest stars as a young punk who steals a policeman's gun and goes on a shooting spree.
4. "THE CASE OF ALEXIS GEORGE". Guest star Burt Reynolds plays a cocky friend of a Greek immigrant suspected of murder and burglary. --- 100 MINUTES --- $19.99 --- BLACK AND WHITE ---

512 LOCK UP, II (1960)

Macdonald Carey returns as attorney Herb Maris, and John Doucette is detective Weston in these crime drama shows, similiar in style to "Highway Patrol" and "Perry Mason".
1. "THE CASE OF TOM FULLER". A man Maris once helped convict has him kidnapped and held for ransom, along with Maris' secretary and her boyfriend.
2. "THE CASE OF DAN GRAY", with a pre-"Beverly Hillbillies" Donna Douglas playing the girlfriend of a man standing trial for the murder of his boss with a formula he created to replace dynamite as an explosive. This one plays a la "Perry Mason".
3. "THE CASE OF WILLIE BETTERLY", with Stephen Franken (Chatsworth Osborne Jr. from "Dobie Gillis"). He takes the blame for poisoning a birthday cake at an office party and stealing the payroll, but Maris is sure he didn't do it.
4. "THE CASE OF DETECTIVE WESTON". Maris defends his friend when he's framed for murder while on vacation in the mountains. Lyle Talbot guest stars.

--- 100 MINUTES --- $19.99 --- BLACK AND WHITE ---

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460 VINTAGE COP SHOWS

1. GANGBUSTERS (1955). In an episode entitled, "Durable Mike Malloy", two shady characters find out that the town drunk has taken out an extensive life insurance policy on himself, and so they decide to test it out.
2. CHARLIE WILD, PRIVATE DETECTIVE (1952), complete with Mogen David wine commercials. This program originally aired live on the Dumont network, and is presented here exactly in that form. John McQuade stars as a tough New York City detective who gets involved in fights no matter how hard he tries to simply investigate cases calmly.
3. RACKET SQUAD (1951). Reed Hadley brings us the case of "Kite High", in which a man leaves his home because of his nagging mother-in-law, goes to Las Vegas to forget his troubles, and ends up losing his life savings in a crooked card game.
4. DRAGNET (1956). A teenager with a huge drug addiction problem turns himself in to Friday and Smith. He agrees to tell them who supplies him if they will agree to break the news to his mother that he's an addict in "The Big Bust". Jack Webb and Ben Alexander star.

--- 105 MINUTES --- $19.99 --- BLACK AND WHITE ---

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