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Dragnet: The Big Cab

Dragnet · September 15, 1953 · 29 min · 5,296 words

The transcript of “The Big Cab”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast September 15, 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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You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a robbery detail. A hold up man is robbed the owner of a neighborhood grocery store. door. The victim has been beaten unmercifully with a sawed-off shotgun. The assailant is escaped into the city without a trace. Your job? Find him.

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From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, February 18th, was raining in Los Angeles. We were working the day, watch out a robbery detail.

My partner's Frank Smith, the boss, the chief detective's dad, Brown. My name's Friday. The officer called me at 3.46 AM, but the time I got dressed and out in front of my apartment, it was 3.59 AM.

Frank was there waiting to pick me up. What's the best way to get there? Down the freeway, I guess, and cut over on the lease, huh? We called you the hospital the office. The office said that Bailey regained consciousness.

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