Jack Webb appeared as LAPD Detective Sergeant Joe Friday. Barton Yarborough was Friday's first partner, LAPD Sergeant Ben Romero. In 1952, Barney Phillips was Friday's parnter, LAPD Sergeant Ed Jacobs, followed by Harry Bartell, Herb Ellis, Vic Perrin, and finally Ben Alexander as LAPD Officer Frank Smith.

The programs included in this collection are episodes 2 through 11. The first episode appears to be a lost show.

So, "Ladies and gentlemen: the story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."

EPISODES:

2. Homicide - The Nickel Plated Gun
June 10, 1949

3. The Werewolf
June 17, 1949

4. Homicide - Quick Trigger Gun Men
June 24, 1949

5. Homicide - The Helen Corday Murder
July 7, 1949

6. Red Light Bandit
July 14, 1949

7. City Hall Bombing
July 21, 1949

8. Big Missing
July 28, 1949

9. Benny Trounsel
August 4, 1949

10. Homicide - Maniac Murderer
August 11, 1949

11. Sixteen Jewel Thieves
August 18, 1949