Dragnet 51-03-08 ep091 The Big New Years

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave audience members a feel for the danger and heroism of police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting; he achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media..

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0:00.0	The story you're about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.7	You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to homicide detail.
0:22.8	It's New Year's Eve and your city and you're on special duty.
0:26.1	Thousands of people crowd downtown streets.
0:28.9	One of them is a killer.
0:30.7	Your job. Find them.
0:41.1	Dragna, the documented drama of an actual crime.
0:45.3	For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:48.4	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
0:52.2	From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
0:55.2	Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:01.1	It was New Year's Eve, was cold in Los Angeles.
1:04.2	We were working the night watch out of homicide, special duty.
1:07.1	My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Thad Brown, Chief of Detective.
1:10.5	My name's Friday.
1:11.9	I was on the way back from dinner, and it was 8.35 p.m.
1:14.8	when I got to room 42.
1:16.7	Homicide.
1:20.1	Joe?
1:20.9	Hi, Barney.
1:21.8	How is it outside?
1:23.0	It's cold.
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