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Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 28 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 were about to hear is true.
0:12.3	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:24.4	You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant.
0:26.4	You're assigned to auto theft detail.
0:31.4	A gang of criminals masquerading as legitimate auto dealers start to work in your city.
0:34.4	Innocent people are cheated out of thousands of dollars.
0:36.0	The thieves are clever.
0:37.7	They work a foolproof formula.
0:38.9	Your job?
0:40.1	Stop them.
0:46.7	Dragnet.
0:49.3	The documented drama of an actual crime.
0:53.7	For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:56.7	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
1:00.5	From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
1:03.8	Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:15.1	It was Tuesday, February 19th, it was chilly in Los Angeles.
1:17.0	We were working the day watch out of auto theft.
1:19.8	My partner's Ben Romero, the boss is Captain Nelson.
1:20.6	My name's Friday.
1:24.2	We were on the way out from the office, and it was 10.25 a.m.
1:26.7	when we got to the corner of 38th Street in Maxbury Avenue, the Greenleaf Day Nursery School.
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