Sixteen Nights of Diamonds
Aired: Aug 18th, 1949. Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero chase a jewel thief who's hit sixteen nights running, slipping into homes through cellophane-taped doors and vanishing with diamonds, sapphires, and one very confused pawnbroker's nephew's paperwork. As society matrons flood the front office with complaints, Friday and Romero race the pawn shops and fences of Los Angeles to catch a break before burglary number seventeen. A crisp, early entry in the Dragnet run, showcasing the show's trademark just-the-facts realism and procedural grind.
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