Dragnet 55-08-02 ep311 The Big Sheet

Dragnet

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Society & Culture, Fiction, Drama

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 25 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.
0:10.5	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:17.1	You're a detective sergeant.
0:23.2	You're assigned to burglary detail.
0:25.5	You get a call from a citizen that a burglary is in progress.
0:28.9	You know the exact location.
0:30.8	Your job.
0:32.1	Stop it.
0:32.5	It.
0:46.1	The Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.
0:50.5	For the next 30 minutes, in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
0:53.4	you will travel step by step on the side of the law through an actual case
0:54.6	transcribed from official police files. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,
1:00.4	Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:07.4	It was Tuesday, June 14th. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working tonight.
1:10.9	Watch out of burglary detail.
1:12.1	My partner's Frank Smith.
1:13.2	The boss is Captain Bernard.
1:14.5	My name's Friday.
1:15.6	We're on our way back from a show up,
1:16.9	and it was 1147 p.m.
1:18.1	And we got to room 45.
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