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Dragnet: The Big Switch

Dragnet · November 23, 1954 · 25 min · 4,460 words

The transcript of “The Big Switch”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast November 23, 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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Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Drag me. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a homicide detail. A call comes into the office.

A woman says her husband is dead. She thinks he's been murdered. Your job? Investigate. The document is 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 lens from crime to punishment drag net

is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday July the Sunday in Los Angeles we were working the day watch out on homicide detail my partners Frank Smith the boss is Captain Norman my name's Frank it was 1103 a.m. when we got to 906 South Norwood Street front door. Hi Friday in Smith homicide

How are you, Carly? 1F14. Hi, Carly. Mrs. Pilsen, the victim's wife's back in the bedroom. Pretty broken up about it. Uh-huh. What about the victim? Name's George Pilsen, age 57. No children. Just Tina's wife live here.

That's about all I got. She cried so much I thought it might be better to let her rest until you got here. That's a good idea. Where's the body? In the other bedroom, I'll show you.

All right. Because she thought so bad I thought maybe she'd like me to call her doctor. Such as the one, any? Uh-huh. Mrs. Pilsen's right across the hall. Right. That's a head wound. Yeah. Looks like somebody was serious.

Yeah. I was gonna need the lab and latent prints. You want me to call? Yeah. Better call a corner too. What do you please? Right. I get it. Wayne's lying here. Position of his hands outside the covers.

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