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Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy

Dragnet · June 8, 1950 · 29 min · 4,557 words

The transcript of “The Big Smart Guy”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast June 8, 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. 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 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 Friday, March 16th, was damp in Los Angeles. We were working the night, watch out a homicide.

My partner's been Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, she's but he techies. My name's Friday. It was 11.45pm when we got to where we parked our car. Second and main. Couple of drops on the wings here.

Maybe I'll open holes off. I was thinking of going out to see the Cubs and bars playing an exhibition game tomorrow. If maybe not alone. They might be lucky. What's the weatherman saying? Ooh, look at the radio.

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