Dragnet: The Big Gangster Part 1

The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes. Best of all long cigarettes brings you... ...tragnet. Detective Sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail. Attempts have been made on the life of notorious Hudlum in your city.

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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, July 18th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working a night watch out of homicide detail.

My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. It was 5.35 pm when we got out of the car at Sunset Boulevard in Paris Avenue and walked down the street to the scene of the machine gunning, Blupo's Cafe.

Mmm, look at that, Joe. Yeah. Lift up the whole front of the place. Well, hi. Yes, sir. Romero and Friday, homicide. Oh, I'm Sheldon from Hollywood Division. Taylor and I picked up the call on our car.