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Dragnet: The Big Lilly

Dragnet · June 14, 1953 · 29 min · 5,129 words

The transcript of “The Big Lilly”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast June 14, 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 for Chesterfield. Chesterfield, first with premium quality and best for you. Chesterfield brings you drag band. 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. You get a call from a man telling you that a woman has been badly beaten. Before you can get the name of the victim or any other information, the caller hangs up.

Your job? Investigate. Here is Chesterfield's record with smokers, and important to you. No adverse effects to the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfield. That's the report of a doctor who has been examining a group of Chesterfield smokers for a full year and two months.

months as a part of a program supervised by a responsible independent research laboratory. Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this? Chester Field. First with premium quality. Chester Field. First choice of young America. And that's from a survey made in 274 colleges and universities. Try Chester fields today. Chesterfield, regular orking size. They're much milder and best for you.

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 Friday, June 10th. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Worman. My name's Friday. I was on my way back from the main jail, and it was 810 PM when I got to room 42.

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