Dragnet 53-09-08 ep212 The Big Lift

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 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.
0:10.0	Chesterfield, low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you.
0:18.0	Chesterfield brings you dragnet. Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.
0:31.6	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:44.2	You're a detective sergeant.
0:45.8	You're assigned to burglary detail.
0:47.7	In the past five weeks,
0:50.7	17 homes in your city have been stripped of all valuables.
0:52.5	There's no lead to the thief.
0:53.7	No description.
0:55.8	Your job, get him.
1:03.3	Before you buy your next pack of cigarettes, think this over.
1:10.3	A doctor has been examining a group of Chesterfield smokers with special attention to the nose, throat, and sinuses.
1:18.4	His latest report, after a full year and a half, says no adverse effects from smoking Chesterfield.
1:22.1	Don't you want to try a cigarette with a record like this?
1:30.7	Chesterfield, regular or king size, they're low in nicotine, highest in quality, best for you.
1:40.8	Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.
1:45.9	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
1:50.4	police files.
1:52.3	From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force
1:57.6	in action. It was Wednesday, June 3rd. It was hot in Los Angeles. We were working the day watch out of burglary detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Wisdom. My name's Friday. We'd just been relieved from steakout and we were on our way to get something to eat it was 1227 a.m.
2:17.7	when we got to the corner of Fedora and Ardmore streets the cakes and griddle cafe here's
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