Dragnet 55-09-20 ep318 The Big Close

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 are about to hear is true.
0:12.6	The names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:24.9	You're a detective sergeant.
0:26.9	You're assigned the homicide detail.
0:31.2	You get a call telling you that the body of a man has been found in the motel room.
0:33.5	There's no lead to his true identity.
0:34.7	Your job?
0:35.8	Check it out.
0:47.9	Drag me. The documented drama of an actual crime.
0:52.3	For the next 30 minutes in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department,
1:05.2	you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case transcribed from official police by her. From beginning to end, from crime to punishment. Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.
1:11.4	It was Tuesday, July 19th.
1:12.4	It was hot in Los Angeles.
1:14.4	We were working the night watch out of homicide detail.
1:15.7	My partner is Frank Smith.
1:16.7	The boss is Captain Warman.
1:17.5	My name's Friday.
1:19.2	I was on my way back to the main jail,
1:21.4	and it was 527 p.m. when I got to room 42.
1:22.6	Homicide.
1:24.8	Hi, how to go?
1:26.2	He's willing to make a statement.
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