Dragnet 54-08-31 ep263 The Big Office

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're about to hear is true.
0:11.3	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:14.1	Drag net.
0:18.8	You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant. You're a detective sergeant.
0:24.7	You're assigned to the business office.
0:26.8	Past records show that you can expect 170 crimes
0:29.7	to occur in the city during the next 24 hours.
0:32.5	You don't know where.
0:33.8	You don't know when.
0:35.2	Your job.
0:36.4	Handle them.
0:47.4	Thank you. You don't know when. Your job. Handle them. Drag met.
0:48.4	The documented drama of an actual crime.
0:51.2	For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:55.5	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case transcribed
0:59.9	from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story
1:06.4	of your police force in action.
1:12.3	It was Saturday, July 10th.
1:14.0	It was hot in Los Angeles.
1:15.3	We've been assigned to the business office, morning watch.
1:17.6	My partner's Frank Smith.
1:18.9	The boss is Captain Gilbert.
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