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Dragnet: The Big Missus

Dragnet · August 9, 1955 · 29 min · 4,788 words

The transcript of “The Big Missus”, an episode of Dragnet first broadcast August 9, 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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Chesterfield brings you Dragnet. Put a smile in your smoking. Buy Chesterfield. Smoother. Cooler. Best for you. 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 robbery detail. You get a telephone call from a woman who wants to see you. She says it's about her husband. She's afraid he's going to pull a hold up.

Your job? Check it out. Listen. Listen to news of an electronic miracle. The greatest improvement in cigarette making in 30 years. It's the Accuré. And it's a Chesterfield exclusive. To you, it means cooler smoking.

Smoother smoking than was ever possible before. The Acu-ray electronically checks and controls the making of your Chesterfield. So, for the first time, you get a perfect smoke column from end to end. You'll marvel at the extra flavor that comes through.

Yet, because this measurably better cigarette smokes more slowly, you enjoy a cool mildness never possible before. Yes, from the first puff to the last, your Chesterfield smokes smoother. Your Chesterfield smokes cooler. Chesterfield is best for you.

Today, discover what modern science can do to increase your cigarette enjoyment. Change to Chesterfield, and put a smile in your smoking. Look for the new Chesterfield carton. It tells you only Chesterfield is made the modern way with Accure.

The documented 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 end, from crime to punishment, dragnet is the story of your police force in action. It was Wednesday, May 18th, it was cool in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of robbery detail.

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