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The Big Story

★ 6.6 66 votes 1949–1959 9 seasons · 320 episodes Ended NBC
Starring
Norman RoseRussell HardieNelson OlmstedGeorge MitchellJohn McLiamJoe Helgeson
Starring
Norman RoseRussell HardieNelson OlmstedGeorge MitchellJohn McLiamJoe Helgeson
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
036912
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S2
S3
S4
S58.08.0
S6
S7
S8
S96.66.6

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About

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.

All Seasons

Season 1
026
Season 2
030
Season 3
043
Season 4
035
Season 5
8.0114430m
Season 6
042
Season 7
0371h 26m
Season 8
0291h
Season 9
6.663452m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Robert Sloane Self - Narrator, Self - Announcer
Ernest Chappell Self - Announcer, Self - Narrator, Announcer
Ben Grauer Self - Narrator, Narrator, Self - Host
Burgess Meredith Self - Narrator, Self - Host, Narrator
Norman Rose Narrator, Self - Narrator, Self - narrator
Russell Hardie J. Edgar Hoover, Chief Drago, Frank Winge
Nelson Olmsted Alfred E. Clark, B.F. Sylvester, Bill Miller
George Mitchell Chief Turmbough, Nolen Bulloch, Police Chief
John McLiam Frank Harper, Hank Messick, Walter Bedford
Joe Helgeson Bob Samson, Harry, Lt. Hayes

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