Dragnet 53-02-01 ep189 The Big Strip

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 30 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	Sound off for Chesterfield. The first and only cigarette in America to give you premium quality in both regular and king size brings you dragnet. Bha gentlemen, the story you were about to hear is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. I don't know. . . . .
0:38.6	. You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to auto theft detail. A gang of car strippers has been operating in your city. From their MO, you know they're professionals. They move fast. Your job, get them. Friends, you'll remember
1:00.0	some months ago, we read you our first report, the six months report on the effects of smoking.
1:05.7	Then more recently, we read you the eight months report. Now, here is the latest one. The full ten-months report confirms again.
1:13.4	The group examined showed no adverse effects on the nose, throat, and sinuses from smoking Chesterfields.
1:20.7	This from a medical specialist who is making regular bimonthly examinations of a group of people from various walks of life.
1:27.6	45% of them of smoked Chesterfield for an average of over ten years.
1:31.9	After ten full months, the specialist reports he observed no adverse effects on the nose, throat,
1:38.8	and sinuses of the group from smoking Chesterfield.
1:42.3	That's the report.
1:43.8	By much milder Chesterfield, regular's the report. Buy much milder Chesterfield.
1:46.2	Regular or king size.
1:48.0	The cigarette that's best for you.
1:56.8	Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.
2:17.6	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 files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
2:26.4	It was Tuesday, August 5th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of auto theft detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Nelson. My name's
2:30.5	Friday. I was on my way back from the telephone booth and it was 10.23 p.m. when I got to the parking lot.
2:36.1	Our car.
2:38.7	You called in?
2:40.0	Yeah. They haven't hit tonight so far.
2:42.2	What's the time now?
2:43.9	A little after 10.30.
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