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Dragnet: The Big Shot

Dragnet · September 21, 1952 · 29 min · 5,801 words

The transcript of “The Big Shot”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast September 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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Sound off for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, first cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size brings you dragnet. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are 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. A nightclub manager has been robbed and killed. The killers made good their escape. Their identity is unknown. Your job, get them. 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, April 7th, it was war in Los Angeles. We're working today watch out a homicide detail my partners Frank Smith the boss is that Brown chief detectives my name is Friday I was on the way back from our eye, and it was one forty six p.m. When I got the interrogation

Find anything on a check it now Mr. Satan yes, sorry one of you'd mind going over all that happened just once more you might have forgotten something some little thing That might help us here all right. Oh, where do you want me to start where I came in this morning?

Yeah, that'll be fine well I came into work about eight thirty is that the time you usually get there? Yes, sir. Depends what time I catch my bus. Usually it's about then though. Was Mr. Kelby there then?

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