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Friday had joined the police shortly before World War II; Ben Romero was his first partner. After Friday was discharged from the U.S. Army, he returned to the police and the pair eventually reunited in the Detective Division, prior to the events of the series.

Joe Friday is a fictional character created and portrayed by Jack Webb as the lead for his series Dragnet. Friday is a detective in the Los Angeles Police Department. The character first appeared on June 3, 1949, in the premiere of the NBC radio drama that launched the series. Webb played the character on radio and later television from 1949 to 1959 and again from 1967 to 1970, also appearing as Friday in a 1954 theatrical release and a 1966 made-for-TV film.
July 21, 2024

THE BIG CHECK and THE BIG POISON DRAGNET

One of old time radio's most popular shows, Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, was a dramatized police procedure show showing as accurately as possible the real work of Los Angeles police detectives at work in the 50's. Join us at our website at and get...

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March 6, 2024

THE BIG CAT and THE BIG CUSTOMER

1001 Radio Days Dragnet

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Aug. 27, 2023

THE BIG PHONE CALL DRAGNET

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