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Dragnet: The Big Pill

Dragnet · October 19, 1952 · 29 min · 5,986 words

The transcript of “The Big Pill”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast October 19, 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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Sound off for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, only cigarette in America to give you premium quality and both regular and king size brings you. Strike man. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail. Naval Intelligence tells you that two Marines have been picked up for the shore patrol. They're reported sick. One is in critical condition. Foul play is suspected.

Your job? Investigate. Here's what leading tobacco publications have had to say about King-sized Chesterfield, U.S. Tobacco Journal, Atlanta, Georgia. Chesterfield King-sized is going strong. John Jobber reordered twice this week in addition to his regular order, and the Chicago Weekly Tobacco League reports, more calls for Chesterfield King-sized cigarettes than for most brands being marketed.

The reason for King-sized Chesterfield's amazing success is this. All King-sized cigarettes give you quantity, but only Chesterfield King-sized gives you quantity plus quality, premium quality. That means Chesterfield king size contains tobacco as a better quality and higher price than any other king size cigarette.

The same fine tobacco as in regular Chesterfield. Enough more of this tobacco to give you over a fifth longer smoke. So remember, Chesterfield is the only cigarette to give you premium quality in both regular and king size.

Biome either way you like them. Chesterfield gives you the best possible smoke. milder. 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

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