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Dragnet: The Big Dare

Dragnet · August 3, 1950 · 29 min · 4,977 words

The transcript of “The Big Dare”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast August 3, 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. 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, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, September 29th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail.

My partner's Ben Romero. The boss is Captain Blaine Steed. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from the interrogation room. It was 11 23 p.m. when they got to room 42. Homicide. Hi Lorraine.

Hello Joe. Like type this up for me? Dead body report. Yeah. Thank you. How you doing? They bring palm reignor. He's in the interrogation room, Captain's with him. What's his story? He claims he had nothing to do with it.

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