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Synopsis
In Dragnet: The Big Compulsion, the story begins with a chaotic scene in Los Angeles, where a man named George Hoyt Kennedy has been making a series of false emergency calls. These calls have not only caused confusion but have also endangered the lives of police officers responding to what they believe are real emergencies. Detectives Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to investigate the situation, which has escalated to a point where immediate action is necessary to prevent further incidents.
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