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In The Big Phone Call, detectives Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs are working the robbery detail in Los Angeles when they receive a case that has haunted them for months. A jewelry salesman, Tom Ashley, was brutally attacked and robbed of $20,000 worth of precious stones in a parking lot. The detectives know they need to bring the perpetrator to justice, and their investigation leads them to George Garvey, who is not only a suspect but also a close friend of the victim.
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