Dragnet 54-08-03 ep259 The Big Stand

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 26 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.
0:08.2	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:10.7	Drag met.
0:19.9	You're a detective sergeant.
0:21.7	You're assigned to homicide detail.
0:24.0	A man has been shot down on a street corner of your city.
0:27.2	There's no apparent motive.
0:28.9	No lead to the assailant.
0:30.7	Your job, find him.
0:36.5	It was Tuesday, May 8th. It was cool in Los Angeles. We were working the night watch out of homicide detail. My partner's Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Lawman. My name's Friday. I was on my way over from the office, and it was 10.13 p.m. when I got to Georgia Street receiving hospital. The waiting room.
0:52.0	Hi, Frank. Joe? How's he doing? I don't know.
0:54.5	I'll talk to Dr. Sebastian.
0:55.8	How's it look?
0:56.7	Well, not too good.
0:57.8	Slugs embedded in his lung
0:59.0	caused a hemorrhage.
1:00.0	He's getting a transfusion.
1:01.4	What do you got on him?
1:02.4	I just talked to the guys who came in with him
1:03.9	for a minute.
1:04.6	They didn't have a lot.
1:05.4	I know. came in from a man who owns a newsstand at the corner of Normandy in Willowbrook. See the witness? Yeah. Anything there?
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