Episode
Dragnet: The Big Tar Baby
Overview
A bartender's wife is kidnapped, beaten and rolled in hot tar.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 1955-03-17
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Big Tar Baby is Episode 29 in Season 4 of Dragnet. It aired on 1955-03-17. The runtime is 30 min.
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