Dragnet: The Big Book (EP4394)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris; Harry Morgan
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| 1:29.6 | Well now it is time for this week's episode of Drynet, the original aired |
| 1:34.8 | 8 April 6th 1950 and the title is The Big Book. The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 1:55.0 | Dragnet. You're a detective sergeant, you're assigned the juvenile bureau. The high schools in your city have been flooded with obscene literature. |
| 2:15.0 | You stamp out one source and a dozen more spring up. |
| 2:18.0 | Your job, stop them. Stop them. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. |
| 2:24.0 | For the next 30 minutes. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime. |
| 2:33.7 | For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department, |
| 2:37.8 | you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case from official police files. |
| 2:44.0 | From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, |
| 2:47.4 | Dragnet is the story of your police force in action. |
| 2:50.4 | It was Monday, October 21st. |
| 2:55.0 | It was cool in Los Angeles. |
| 2:57.0 | We were working the day watch out of Juvenile Bureau. |
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