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Dragnet: The Big Coins

Dragnet · November 9, 1954 · 25 min · 4,368 words

The transcript of “The Big Coins”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast November 9, 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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After here, it was that the change to protect the innocent. Dragnet brought to you by Chesterfield. This is the best Chesterfield and the time to change today. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a burglary detail.

You got a call. We need a fire inspector or a burned-out home. The reason to believe a fire was started by a burglar. Your job's investigated. The document is a 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 to an actual case and describe some official police violence. From beginning to end, some crimes are punishment.

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. Hey, what's real looking tonight? What's out of surgery detail? My final thanks, Mr. Box, is Captain Bernard. How can you handle the 26-07-west 50th Street?

I must build an action announcement. Yes, where, look. Hi, Joe. All right, Tom. You know my finest. Frank, it's like you're straight up from the fight of violence. Yeah, I love that. Been some time since we were together, Joe.

Yeah, over here, it is. Yeah, about that. Easy to show you. Come on back. Most of the damage is in the bedroom. Start in the closet. It burns through the next room, though. Little girl's bedroom.

Could have been a lot worse. Neighbor saw the flames through the window. Must have seen it right away. She called us and the engine company got allowed to pull the whole house and got it.

The place locked when they got here? Yeah. Had to break through the back door to gain entrance. We're pretty certain the fire was trying to deliver them. Well, I was checking, I noticed the window had been tampered with.

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