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The Big Betty

Drama

26

Sep 24, 1953

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.

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Season 3, 9 episodes

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.

26m Sep 24, 1953

The Big Little Jesus,

It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib.

28m Dec 24, 1953

Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room.

26m Jan 7, 1954

Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.

26m Jan 21, 1954

The Big Shoplift,

Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

26m Mar 11, 1954

The Big Hit-Run Killer,

A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul lend the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives.

26m Mar 17, 1954

The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them.

26m Mar 31, 1954

A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.

26m Apr 21, 1954

The Big False Make,

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store.

26m May 27, 1954