Dragnet: The Big Cat
Dragnet · June 15, 1954 · 26 min · 4,689 words
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The transcript of “The Big Cat”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast June 15, 1954. 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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about to hear is true. The names were changed to protect the innocent. Tragmen, third detective sergeant. You're assigned to auto theft. You have a report that a circus truck has been broken into. Several of the animals are missing. Some of them are dangerous.
Your job. You're working the day, watch out of auto theft detail. My partners Frank Smith, the boss at TV Detective's Thad Brown. My name's Friday. I was on my way back for superior a court and it was 11.46 a.m. when I got to room 40.
Pottle said. Hi. How'd it go? Well, his lawyers got a continuum. Yeah, how come? I don't know. New evidence they want to introduce. What's the DA's off to say? Well, it's not make-and-say. Comes under the heading and due process, you know.
Yeah. You think he's got a nailer? Alex thinks so. The guy's admitted his guilt. Now he's claiming confession is a lot of bunk. Says we got it out of him by force. Hm. Where now?
So if he did it without the confession again. It shouldn't be too hard. We got all the evidence. We get the chance to lay it out for the jury. Yeah. When you go back, let's see, he set it off for a week, I guess, you know.
Anything come in? Excuse me. Yes, sir? Something we can do for you? I say, part's not much stolen. All right, sir, just come on in. Sure get your service around here. All right, sir. Hey, no car.
Hey, boy. No car stolen. Stuff in the car. All right. What was it? Well, it wasn't really a car anyway. A truck. That's what they showed up from a truck. All right, if you'll give us a description.
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