Episode
Dragnet: Burglary - Helpful Woman
Overview
A woman befriends elderly people and then steals from them. Joe and Bill contact a radio personality and ask to have him talk about the scam. The radio broadcast turns up a lead, and a stakeout is set up where Bill poses as an invalid.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1970-01-22
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Burglary - Helpful Woman is Episode 14 in Dragnet 1970 of Dragnet. It aired on 1970-01-22. The runtime is 30 min.
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