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Dragnet: The Big Frame

Dragnet · July 6, 1950 · 29 min · 4,886 words

The transcript of “The Big Frame”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast July 6, 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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The document had 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 transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, is the story of your police force in action.

It was Monday, April 19th, was Wendy in Los Angeles. We were working a day watch out of traffic division. My partner has been Romero, the boss's lieutenant Calphi, commander AID. My name's Friday. It was 7.55 AM when I got to the second floor at 123 South Figueroa Street accident investigation.

Get in run felling detail. Get in run felling maybe. Morning, Joe. George? How is it? Oh, it's not much better. Still aching. making rough lousy thing kept me up most of the night check with that dentist totally about yeah and then says it's a wisdom tool that's when her holy out says gotta come out supposed to go back to see him today

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