Dragnet: The Big Cut
Dragnet · September 14, 1954 · 29 min · 5,121 words
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The transcript of “The Big Cut”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast September 14, 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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The documented drama of an act will 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 ends from crime to punishment Dragnet is the story of your police force in action
It was Sunday September 8th was war in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of Burberry detail My partners Frank Smith the boss is chief of detectives that Brown my name is Friday We run our way out to the scene and it was 10 18 a.m. When we got the 62 47 28 Street the jewelry store
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