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Dragnet: Rifle for Christmas

Dragnet · December 21, 1952 · 26 min · 2,688 words

The transcript of “Rifle for Christmas”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast December 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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Small boy is reporting missing from his home. His age nine will crime. For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the live of Stepwise Step on the side of the law to an actual case, same as the official police fire.

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. I was I delicious. My final case left about a bad round to be tested. I'm 42. Hi, John.

Thanks. What's your name? Oh, nothing pretty class. My kid got the same thing. Up to some kind of a virus, or... What's the case? Yeah. I'll take care of him. I'll get it. I'll drive by.

How do you figure? Do you find anything? Fuck. He could detect his bad brown.

Then we went over to the crime lab, picked up leg painters, and drove out the Arroyo-Seaco Freeway to Hollapalen. It was a man we'd name now. Number 46-56 for the one story, Green Stucco-Resident, situated on the corner of Hollapalen and A. and Harrison Drive.

Beyond the backyard was a tract of undeveloped land. I was waiting for it in front of the house. Practice where, fellas. Kevin May? I look at him, I'll back you. The boy was missing here.

The mother said she went down to some Christmas shopping about 11 this morning, left the boy home. Came back about two this afternoon, he was gone. What's the name? John Stone. His name is Stanley nine years old.

What's this when you got here? Yeah, we haven't got the things. There's things over here, Mr. King. Go on here, go to the walk there, you see. Yeah, let me see. I can bend with you, you know.

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