The Big Story

The Big Story (1949)

Overview

Based on a popular radio series, each show tells a different reporter's Big Story, a true story selected from newspapers across the United States. Comments from the actual reporter open and close each show but the permanent narrator drives the plot line and a featured actor dramatizes the reporter's role.

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Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

(7 episodes)Narrator (1 episode)

NR

Norman Rose

(7 episodes)

BG

Ben Grauer

(7 episodes)

James Dean

James Dean

Rex Newman (7 episodes)

EC

Ernest Chappell

Announcer (1 episode)

RS

Robert Sloane

Narrator (1 episode)

James Dickey

James Dickey

Prosecutor (1 episode)

WG

William Griffis

Defense Attorney (1 episode)

Dana Elcar

Dana Elcar

Lt. Alameda (1 episode)

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