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Dragnet: The Big Ben

Dragnet · March 15, 1951 · 26 min · 4,457 words

The transcript of “The Big Ben”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast March 15, 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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is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned a robbery detail. A man is pulled from his car on a deserted street. He's robbed, beaten viciously, his car is stolen. A criminal makes goodies escape. Your job. Find him.

The document had drawn over 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.

Was Monday July 9th, was Lauren in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail. My partner's been Romero. The boss is Thad Brown, she protected. My name's Friday. It was 9.55 a.m. when we got to the Stacey Hollywood Department store.

personnel department they say hollywood that would be the artist department yes and i'll connect to yes i can i help you police officer yes i can speak to one of your employees are part of the camera just a moment i'll page him for you you're a match here when i was a kid i never could figure out what that was

the auto-course system called employees to the phone brings all over the story I know. Office. Yes, Mr. Kimbro, there are two policemen waiting to see you on the tenth floor. All right. That was Mr. Kimbro, he's on his way home.

Thank you very much. Did I give you the crime report on this thing? No, I think you kept it in. Let's see. They do hold it. Oh yeah. Yeah, here you go. Say, what do you got there?

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