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Dragnet: The Big Revision

Dragnet · May 10, 1955 · 25 min · 4,581 words

The transcript of “The Big Revision”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast May 10, 1955. 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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Dragment. Dragment. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned a burglary detail. After weeks of investigation, a suspect in a burglary is picked up.

You've got the evidence for a conviction, but over $200,000 in loot is still missing. Your job? Find it. It was Saturday, March 5th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day, watch out a burglary detail.

My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Bernard. My name is Friday. We're on our way back from the cell block and it was 9.45 a.m. when we got to the interview room. Tell him the section.

I'll get the light. What in, Bowen? Sit down. Over there. You want to smoke? Here's a light. You want to talk to us this morning? You're not doing yourself any good this way, Bowen. We checked your apartment, Bowen found a set of tools our crime lab says are the ones used in the Hendrix job.

We can put you in the front room of the house. room of the house your dead bone why don't you admit it this the first time you've been there for anything big you go along with this and judge might take it into consideration we have to write it up this way is not going to look in your face

was with you on the job we know you didn't swing along somebody had to carry the light come on what about the loot where's that not going to be any good in the joint there's over two hundred grand in first and jewelry missing we know you had it now where is it how about it but he just caused himself a lot of grief

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