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Dragnet: The Big Elevator

Dragnet · April 24, 1952 · 29 min · 6,076 words

The transcript of “The Big Elevator”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast April 24, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.

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The story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Fatima cigarettes. Best of all, king-size cigarettes brings you dragnet on both radio and television. You're a detective sergeant.

You're assigned a homicide detail. You get a call from the receiving hospital in your city. A dead body has been left in the hospital elevator. There's no lead to the identity of the corpse. There's no apparent cause of death.

Your job. Investigate. Compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. Yes, compare Fatima with any other king-size cigarette. One, Fatima's length filters the smoke 85 millimeters for your protection. Two, Fatima's length cools the smoke for your protection.

Three, Fatima's length gives you those extra puffs, 21% longer than standard cigarette size. Fatima gives you more for your money. and in King's Eyes for Teema, you get an extra mild and soothing smoke, plus the added protection of Fatima quality.

Buy Fatima in the bright, sunny yellow pack. Best of all, King's Eyes cigarettes. Dragnet, 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, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, November 9th, it was foggy in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail.

My partner's Bill Lockwood, the boss is Captain Lorman. My name's Friday. It was 11.28 PM when we got to the third floor at George Street Receiving Hospital, Dr. Terrell's office. Right, Eddie? I had to see you've been waiting for you.

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