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Dragnet: Season 1, Episode 11The Big September Man (8 May 1952)Someone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall? Director:Jack WebbWriter:James E. Moser (screenplay) |
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Title: The Big September Man (08 May 1952)
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Barney Phillips | ... | |
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Stacy Harris | ... |
William Harold Tanner
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George Sawaya | ... |
Sgt. Lopez
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Eddie Firestone | ... |
Robert French
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Jonathan Hole | ... |
Martin Tanner
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Someone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall?
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8 May 1952 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
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Sgt. Joe Friday: It was Wednesday, September 28th. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Ed Jacobs; the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday.See more »
A young woman was discovered bludgeoned to death at her office. Nearby, a drunk who knew the dead woman was on a bender--and yelling about how he wanted to die. The police naturally assume he killed her, but he was just a harmless and self-destructive drunk. However, he did see someone shortly before she was killed. Perhaps this man is the murderer.
In the course of looking for this other man, something interesting turned up--a crime with the same m.o.--so maybe they are looking for a man who has killed at least twice. The trail leads to William Tanner (Stacy Harris)--a real religious nut. I do not mean that he was dedicated--he was nuts!
All in all, this is a decent but relatively unremarkable episode. The religious zealot gone nuts angle is interesting and it's interesting seeing Friday (Jack Webb) with a different partner than usual, as familiar character actor Barney Phillips played Sgt. Jacobs. Worth seeing but not a must-see.