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The Otto Prokosh Murder Case

Broadway is My Beat · July 21, 1949 · 30 min · 4,416 words

The transcript of “The Otto Prokosh Murder Case”, an episode of Broadway is My Beat first broadcast July 21, 1949. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Broadway Is My Beat plays Broadway is My Beat free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The FBI and Peace and War ordinarily heard at this time throughout the year as taking a fuge will summer vacation and will return to CDS six weeks from tonight on September 1st. Broadways My Beat from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the godiest, the most violent, the lonesome-est mile in the world. Broadways My Beat with Larry Thor as detective Danny Clover.

Broadway, where night slips over the canyon streets like a black silk stocking splashed with spangles, then it's a flashy showgirl on an after-theater date. But during the day it wears a sleazy house dress, no make-up on its face and stands on a street-connered screaming.

Day or night it wears any face you're looking for, and it's my beat. The coolest place at Police Headquarters on a July afternoon is in the communications room, it wasn't cool enough sergeant thought taglia and i would say he turned standing under the fan it was my turn the sergeant walked over to a teletype

machine picked up the latest calsheet came back he was smiling oh there's heat Danny rough on the police but fine for the law and order the phone buzzers sergeant your number yeah sergeant taglia yeah yeah well yeah i've got it what time One-twelve PM. Yeah, right away.

What are you up, Sergeant? Ah, it was too good to last. Thirty-core homicide. Be willing to second Danny. Okay. Commissioner, Sergeant Tataglia. Reporting on homicide, sir. Dodge stayed around 46th Street, portable house. Yes, sir, a performer.

Right. Sergeant Tataglia speaking. Put this on the wires. Special to Squad Cars 19, 22, and 69. Special to homicide. Special to Chief of Detectives. The special details. Hey wait a minute. That's you Danny. Got it.

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