Dragnet 54-01-05 ep229 The Big Listen

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	Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to hear is true.
0:12.0	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:15.0	Dragnet is brought to you by Chesterfield, made by Ligad and Myers,
0:20.0	first major tobacco company to give you a complete line of quality cigarettes.
0:32.6	You're a detective sergeant. You're assigned to robbery detail.
0:36.7	You get a call from an informant telling you that three known gangsters have moved into your city. You don't know who they are or why they're in Los Angeles. Your job, check them up.
0:50.3	To sell a product, you have to make it good and keep it good.
0:55.1	What do the latest report show about Chesterfield?
0:58.3	Well, our research laboratory has compared it with the leading cigarettes in the country.
1:02.9	Chesterfield is highest in quality, low in nicotine.
1:07.7	Another good reason why thousands of people are changing to Chesterfield every day.
1:13.3	Smoke America's most popular two-way cigarette.
1:16.9	Regular or king size, you'll find Chesterfield really mild, really satisfying.
1:24.1	Best for you.
1:32.3	Music Best for you. Dragnet, the documentary drama of an actual crime.
1:36.3	For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
1:40.3	you will travel step by step on the side of the law
1:42.3	through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
1:46.5	From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:59.0	It was Wednesday, August 4th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day, watch out of robbery detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss's chief of detective, Stad Brown. My name's Friday. We're on our way out from the office, and it was 9.42 a.m. when we got to the Osborne Turkish bath. Steam room. Hot, isn't it? Yeah. Must be Dell back there.
2:18.3	Yeah.
2:19.5	Dell?
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