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Dragnet 54-01-05 ep229b The Big Listen AFRS

Dragnet

EntertainmentRadioBD

Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 25 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.

0:14.8

Drag men.

0:19.3

You're a detective sergeant.

0:25.1

You're assigned to robbery detail.

0:27.2

You get a call from an informant telling you

0:29.0

that three known gangsters have moved into your city.

0:31.9

You don't know who they are or why they're in Los Angeles.

0:35.0

Your job, check them out.

0:42.4

Thank you. either in Los Angeles. Your job, check them out. It was Wednesday, August 4th.

0:44.0

It was warm in Los Angeles.

0:45.2

We were working the day. Watch out of robbery detail.

0:47.1

My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Chief of Detective Stad Brown.

0:49.9

My name's Friday.

0:51.0

We're on our way out from the office, and it was 9.42 a.m.

0:53.6

when we got to the Osborne Turkish band. Steam room. Hot, isn't it? Yeah. Must be Dell back there. Yeah. Del? Yeah, who is it? Friday and Smith. Oh, I'll be right with you. Okay. Hey, Joe, do you ever have one of these? Well, what? Turkish spas. You ever had one?

1:11.3

No, no, I never have.

1:12.4

I understand they're great for coals.

1:14.0

You just sit there, and it burns the germs right out. That's great. Do you ever have one? No, but Armin, and my brother-in-law, he takes them all the time. Tells me about how it does for coals. next time he has one, I think I'll go with him.

1:24.4

Yeah, it's a good idea.

1:26.1

All right, sorry to keep you waiting.

1:27.5

We've been having trouble with the boiler.

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