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Dragnet: The Big Church

Dragnet · November 2, 1950 · 29 min · 5,567 words

The transcript of “The Big Church”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast November 2, 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 story you are about with the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes. Best of all, long cigarettes brings you... Dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail. A life of a young woman is in danger.

Anonymous letters and phone calls threaten her with murder. The notes bear the mark of a fanatic. Your job. Stop them. You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. Buy a pack of Fatima.

You'll find they now cost the same. Light of Fatima. Your first puff will tell you. Ah, that's different. Yes, what a difference. In Fatima, the difference is quality. You see, Fatima is the quality king-sized cigarette because it contains the finest Turkish and domestic tobaccos superbly blended.

And Fatima is extra mild with a much different, much better flavor and aroma than any other long cigarette. Because of its quality, its extra mildness, its better flavor and aroma, Fatima has more than doubled its smokers coast to coast.

Try comparing Fatima yourself. Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first puff will tell you. Ah, that's different. Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. Ask your dealer for Fatima. The quality king-size cigarette, best of all, long cigarettes.

Start enjoying for Teema tomorrow. 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, Tragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, March 8th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide.

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