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Dragnet: The Big Key

Dragnet · May 25, 1950 · 29 min · 4,860 words

The transcript of “The Big Key”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast May 25, 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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It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. It's wise to smoke extra mild Fatima. Dragment. The document a 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 transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Sunday December 25th, it was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of homicide detail. My partner is Ben Romero, the boss is Blaine Steed, Captain of Homicide. My name is Friday.

It was 39 minutes past 5 a.m. when I got to San Andreas Cathedral on 1st Street. Church yard. That's not the way it is. Hi Dave. Hi Joe. Body's over here. Alright. Merry Christmas. Yeah.

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