Episode
Dragnet: Robbery - The Harassing Wife
Overview
Joe and Bill investigate a holdup at a small neighborhood grocery store. Joe gets a tip from a woman that the robber was her husband. The husband is cleared. Another supermarket robbery occurs and the wife again accuses her husband. He is cleared again. The wife continues to insist after every robbery that her husband did it.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1970-04-02
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Robbery - The Harassing Wife is Episode 24 in Dragnet 1970 of Dragnet. It aired on 1970-04-02. The runtime is 30 min.
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