Episode
Dragnet: The Big Amateur
Overview
Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1968-01-25
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Big Amateur is Episode 19 in Dragnet 1968 of Dragnet. It aired on 1968-01-25. The runtime is 30 min.
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