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Dragnet: The Big Jump

Dragnet · January 11, 1951 · 29 min · 4,987 words

The transcript of “The Big Jump”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast January 11, 1951. 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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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 fires. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

December 6th was war in Los Angeles. We're working the day watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Steve. My name's Friday. I was on the way back from communications and it was 1.28 PM when I got to room 42.

Homicide. You ready, Skip? Yeah, all right. Man, what's up? He's got the crawl third and temple. Yeah. Pitch floor building 13th floor, they got a jumper. Righty, then. Let's also let's break. What's the story?

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