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Dragnet: The Big Paper

Dragnet · August 21, 1952 · 29 min · 5,730 words

The transcript of “The Big Paper”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast August 21, 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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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a forgery detail. Several small neighborhood businessmen are being victimized by a Czech forgery. His method of operation is an old one, but the merchants continue to be swindled. Your job, get him.

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King-size Fatima. The difference is quality. 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 end from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story

of your police force in action. It was Tuesday, July 22nd. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of forgery detail. My partners Frank Smith, the boss is Thad Brown. She detected this. My name is Friday. I was all the way into work and it was 7.50 a.m. when I got to room 29. Forgery detail. Morning Joe.

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