Dragnet 53-12-01 ep224b The Big Odd AFRS

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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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	Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.
0:07.7	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:10.7	Drag men.
0:15.0	You're a detective sergeant.
0:22.1	You're assigned to robbery detail.
0:25.4	A gang of truck hijackers has been working in your city.
0:27.6	They've stolen 14 loaded trucks.
0:29.9	They've kidnapped and beaten one of the drivers.
0:31.9	There's no clue to their identity.
0:33.9	Your job? Get him.
0:41.9	It was Wednesday, June 4th.
0:43.0	It was warm in Los Angeles.
0:44.8	We were working the day, watch out of robbery detail.
0:47.5	My partner's Frank Smith, the boss, Chief of Detective Stad Brown.
0:48.6	My name's Friday.
0:51.5	We were on the way out from the office, and it was 9.47 a.m. when we got to the county hospital.
0:53.5	Ward 419. Hi. Mr. Gilmore?
0:59.2	Yeah. I know you guys. No, sir. We're police officers. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's
1:03.4	Friday. Hi, I do, sir. Hello. A couple of stools over there. Drag him up. Sit down. I'll get him.
1:28.4	Here you go. Thanks. How do you feel, Mr. Gilmore? Rough. Real rough. I feel like I've ridden 50 miles in the back of a ready-mix cement truck. Weren't for the pills it'd be given me. I think I'd go off my rocker. Mm-hmm. You want to tell us what happened? Yeah, as much as I can remember.
1:43.7	Only goes so far, then, there's a room full of black. If you'll tell us what you can, please. Yeah. Yesterday, that's when it was. Yes, sir? Yesterday morning. I checked in for work. Had a load I was going to take over to Phoenix. supposed to shop off about 10, 1050.
1:45.0	Did you know what you were carrying?
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