The Big Bull

Originally Aired: September 14, 1952

Dragnet #169, "The Big Bull," Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are closing in on the last member of a vicious robbery gang. After successfully rounding up the crew responsible for 32 armed robberies across Los Angeles, only one dangerous criminal remains at large: Leroy Bentley, known as "The Bull," the gang's brutal heavyman who routinely beat victims for no apparent reason. With an informant's help, Friday and Smith are days away from making the final arrest.

The case takes a dark personal turn when Frank Smith receives an urgent call from his wife Faye. A man identifying himself as Bull Bentley has phoned their home with terrifying threats against Frank's family, warning that the phone is tapped and the house is being watched. When the Smiths' young son Mike fails to arrive home from school, Friday and Smith must race to find the boy while Captain Diddy sends backup to protect the family. With a desperate criminal who has nothing to lose targeting one of their own, the detectives face their most personal and dangerous challenge yet.

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