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Dragnet: The Big Badge

Dragnet · May 4, 1950 · 29 min · 4,877 words

The transcript of “The Big Badge”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast May 4, 1950. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Thanksgiving Radio plays Dragnet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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long cigarettes. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. The documented drama of an actual crime. All 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,

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. As Wednesday, March 7th was cloudy in Los Angeles. We were working the night, watch out on our homicide. My partner's been Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detectives. My name's Friday. I was on the way home from the office and it was 2.25 a.m. when I got to Collis

This is Sabine. Number 46, 56. Yeah, Ma. Alright, wake ya. Well, what time is it? Little after two. You can't keep that. You've got to have your rares. Don't worry, I'm okay. We've got any cold meat in the ice box.

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