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Dragnet

Dragnet 54-12-28 ep280 The Big Underground

Dragnet

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Drama, Society & Culture, Fiction

5.01.1K 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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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you're about to hear is true.

0:11.0

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

0:14.0

Drag net.

0:15.0

Drag net.

0:17.0

Drag net. The documented drama of an actual crime.

0:24.4

For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,

0:28.5

you will travel step by step on the side of the law

0:31.0

through an actual case transcribed from official police files.

0:34.8

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your

0:39.5

police force in action. It was Monday, July 6th. It was sunny in Los Angeles. We were working

0:48.1

a day to watch out of burglary detail. My partner is Frank Smith. The boss is Captain Bernard.

0:52.2

My name's Friday. We're on our way out from the office,

0:54.6

and it was 8.23 a.m.

0:55.7

when we got to the corner of Walton Avenue

0:57.0

and Adams Boulevard, a used car lot office.

1:01.3

I'm sorry, gentlemen,

1:02.3

that you can't come in here.

1:03.2

Or police officers.

1:05.3

Frank Smith?

1:06.0

That's right.

1:06.6

My partner, Sergeant Friday.

1:07.9

How do you do? My name's Binion. John Binion. How are you? I thought the door was locked.

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