Dragnet: The Big Boys
Dragnet · March 16, 1950 · 29 min · 4,564 words
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It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files.
From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, The dragnet is the story of your police for a selection. It was Friday, December 10th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working a day watch out of robbery detail.
My partner's been Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, chief of detectives. My name is Friday. It was 7.55 a.m. when I got to room 27 a.m. robbery detail. Morning. Hi Joe. Hi Joe. Cold out, isn't it?
Right. What are you doing here this early? Can't you sleep? I'm waiting for something. Special liver letter for my brother. brother. One of them Frisco with a police department? Yeah. Only up there they don't like it when you call it Frisco. Yeah. He's in robbery detail. Called him last night.
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