Dragnet 54-08-10 ep260 The Big Wish

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 26 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 are about to hear is true.
0:11.4	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:14.0	Dragnet.
0:14.5	Your detective sergeant.
0:25.2	You're assigned to juvenile detail.
0:27.5	A narcotic ring has been supplying drugs to the teenagers in your city.
0:31.6	There's no lead to the identity of the key people in the operation.
0:34.9	Your job, find them.
0:41.3	Thank you. people in the operation. Your job? Find them. It was Monday, February 9th. It was cold in Los Angeles. We were working the day
0:45.4	watch out of juvenile detail. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Powers.
0:49.5	My name's Friday. I was on my way into the office, and it was 8.01 a.m. when I got to
0:53.3	Georgia Street Juvenile. Squad a.m. when I got to Georgia Street juvenile.
0:54.9	A squad room. Joe?
0:57.2	How's right? Hi, old buddy. Been in long?
1:01.1	Well, since about 7.30. How come? No, I couldn't sleep. What's the matter? Anything wrong?
1:06.4	No, family had a beef. Well, the kids are sick. We were up with him most of the night. What's the matter? I took him over the rides yesterday. Rides?
1:13.9	Rides. You know, the place over there, we have the merry ground for us. Oh, yeah? Mm-hmm.
1:17.6	That little carried away, I guess. They sure had a good time, though. Took in everything, roller coaster, airplanes, whole works. She can't expect us to do it on an empty stomach. We had little something deep. Guess maybe we
1:29.1	overdid it. Anyway, the youngster got sick last night. Faye says, I'm to blame. One thing led to
1:35.0	something else, and the beef was on. So you just got up and came into work, huh? Yeah. Stop and had some
1:39.7	breakfast, read the paper. Come on in. How's a kid now? Okay, it was nothing serious.
1:45.6	A little too much cotton candy's off.
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