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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.
0:11.5	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:14.2	Drag men.
0:24.7	Your detective sergeant.
0:26.4	You're assigned to robbery detail.
0:29.2	You get a call from the Georgia Street Hospital.
0:32.3	A woman has been brought in to receive emergency treatment.
0:34.6	She says she was kidnapped and robbed.
0:37.0	Your job? Investigate.
0:43.7	Drag net.
0:46.3	The documented drama of an actual crime.
0:48.2	For the next 30 minutes,
0:50.8	in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:53.9	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case
0:55.1	transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
1:01.2	Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:09.6	It was Wednesday, February 4th.
1:11.6	It's cool in Los Angeles.
1:12.8	We're working the night. Watch out of robbery detail.
1:14.7	My partner's Frank Smith, the boss of Chief of Detective Spad Brown.
1:17.7	My name's Friday.
1:19.0	We're on our way out from the office, and it was 8.32, and we got to Georgia Street Hospital.
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