Dragnet 54-09-14 ep265 The Big Cut

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 were about to hear is true.
0:11.0	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:13.6	Tragnet.
0:18.1	You're a detective sergeant.
0:23.8	You're assigned the burglary detail.
0:26.2	A jewelry store has been robbed.
0:28.3	Merchandise amounting to $5,000 has been stolen.
0:31.6	The thief made good his escape.
0:33.5	Your job? Find him.
0:41.3	Drag men. Your job? Find him. Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.
0:44.3	For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:48.3	you will travel step by step on the side of the law
0:51.3	through an actual case transcribed from official police files.
0:55.4	From beginning to end, from crime to punishment, Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:04.8	It was Sunday, September 8th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the day to watch out of burglary detail.
1:09.6	My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Thad Brown. My name's Friday. We're on our way out to the scene,
1:14.9	and it was 1018 a.m. when we got to 62, 47, 28th Street, the jewelry store.
1:21.4	I'll be right there. Yes, sir? That's not a very big place. Probably more room behind
1:26.5	that partition there.
1:29.1	Yeah. I'm going.
1:31.9	You're the police?
1:34.5	Yes, sir, that's right. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday.
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