Dragnet: The Big Bomb (EP4484)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris
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| 1:21.6 | Well now it is time for this week's episode of Dragnet. The original air date is |
| 1:28.4 | July the 13th 1950 and this one is the big bomb. |
| 1:35.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, this true story concerns the heart of a great city. |
| 1:40.0 | It took 58 minutes to resolve the question of its safety or its total destruction. |
| 1:46.6 | This is the story of those 58 minutes. |
| 1:49.7 | Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Dragnet, that document a drama of an actual crime. |
| 2:07.0 | For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, you will travel |
| 2:14.8 | step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police |
| 2:19.3 | files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment punishment dragnet is the story of your police force in action |
| 2:30.2 | It was Tuesday November 15th was raining in Los Angeles. |
| 2:34.0 | We were off duty reporting in on an emergency call. |
| 2:36.0 | My partner's Ben Romero, |
| 2:38.0 | the boss is Lynn White, deputy chief of police. |
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