Dragnet: The Big Carney
Dragnet · May 3, 1953 · 29 min · 5,623 words
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The transcript of “The Big Carney”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast May 3, 1953. 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 or Chesterfield. Chesterfield is best for you. First cigarette with premium quality in both regular and king size. Chesterfield brings you dragman. Ladies and gentlemen, the star you are about to hear is true.
The names have been changed to protect the innocence. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a burglary detail. A wave of burglaries is broken out of your city. The thieves are fast. They're clever. Your job? Get them.
Years ahead of them all. Chastropield is years ahead of them all. The quality contrast between Chesterfield and other leading brands is a revealing story. Recent chemical analyses give an index of good quality for the country's six leading cigarette brands.
The index of good quality table, which is a ratio of high sugar to low nicotine, shows Chesterfield quality highest. chesterfield quality highest 15% higher than its nearest competitor chesterfield quality highest 31% higher than the average of the five other leading brands yes chesterfield is first with premium quality in both regular and king size don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this chest
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From beginning to ends, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Thursday, December 10th, it was cold in Los Angeles. working the day watch out of burgery detail my partners frank smith the boss's chief of the tech is that brown planning for a run away out from the office and it was ten fourteen a m when we got to the
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