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Synopsis
In Dragnet: The Big Chance, the story opens with a chilling scenario: a highway patrolman named Eugene Brewer has vanished without a trace while on duty. Detectives Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called to the scene early one morning, where they find Brewer's patrol car idling on the side of a remote highway. The situation is perplexing; the car's radio is functioning, and there are no signs of struggle or footprints around the vehicle. With the patrolman missing, the detectives must quickly gather information and piece together the events leading up to his disappearance.
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