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Dragnet: The Big Show

Dragnet · April 10, 1952 · 29 min · 5,442 words

The transcript of “The Big Show”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast April 10, 1952. 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 names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes. Best of all, king-size cigarettes brings you drag-mat on both radio and television. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a juvenile division. You got a call from one of the bus line terminals in your city.

A seven-week old baby has been abandoned in the deeper waiting room. There's no sign of the mother. No lead to her whereabouts. Your job, finder. Compare Fatima with any other king-sized cigarette. Pro Fatima quality yourself.

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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 violence.

From beginning to ends, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, August 14th, it was Hatton Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of juvenile division.

My partner is Ed Jacobs, the boss is Captain Stein, Commander Juvenile Division. My name is Friday. We were on the way out from the office and it was 11.05 am and we got to the corner of 6th Los Angeles streets.

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