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Dragnet: The Big Threat

Dragnet · April 12, 1951 · 29 min · 5,331 words

The transcript of “The Big Threat”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast April 12, 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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Fatima cigarettes. Best of all long cigarettes brings you dragnet. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to robbery detail. A middle-aged businessman in your city has robbed and beaten senseless. The hold up men escaped. The victim refuses to report the crime. Your job, investigate.

You'll be amazed when you compare Fatima with other long cigarettes. You'll find they now cost the same, but in Fatima the difference is quality. You'll see Fatima is the quality king-size cigarette because it contains the finest domestic and Turkish tobaccos superbly blended, and Fatima is extra mild.

With a much different, much better flavor under Roma than any other long cigarette. So compare Fatima yourself. Fatima's now cost the same as other long cigarettes, but your first pup will tell you. Ah, that's different.

Yes, in Fatima, the difference is quality. Ask your dealer for Fatima. The quality king-sized cigarette. Best of all, long cigarette. Start enjoying Fatima tomorrow. The document is a 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 fire.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. Was Tuesday, October 8th. It was overcast in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Robert's detail.

My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Diddy, and my name's Friday. It was 11 23 a.m. when we got the 700 South Hill Boulevard. A Butler Accordion Studios. What do you think? I don't know, it must be upstairs, I guess.

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