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Dragnet

Dragnet 55-11-15 ep326 The Big Dive

Dragnet

Entertainment Radio

Society & Culture, Fiction, Drama

51.1K 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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Transcript

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0:00.0

Dragnet, the documented drama of an actual crime.

0:06.0

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

0:10.2

you will travel step by step on the side of the law to an actual case

0:14.0

transcribed from official police files.

0:16.7

From beginning to end, from crime to punishment,

0:20.0

Dragnet is the story of your police force in action.

0:27.6

It was Thursday, April 17th.

0:29.6

It was warm in Los Angeles.

0:30.9

We were working the day watch out of homicide detail.

0:33.0

My partner is Frank Smith, the boss of Stad Brown, Chief of Detectors.

0:36.2

My name's Friday.

0:37.5

It was 11.36 a.m. when we got to the Greenleaf apartment hotel.

0:42.0

Apartment 406.

0:47.2

Yes?

0:47.8

Police officers, man.

0:48.9

Oh, yes. Come in.

0:49.8

Thank you.

0:51.4

This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday.

0:55.0

How do you do? How do, man? I'm running hold, and I'm the one who called you. This is my partner, Frank Smith. My name's Friday. How do you do, ma'am. I'm Rayne Holden.

0:56.0

I'm the one who called you.

0:57.0

Terrible turn.

0:58.0

Just terrible.

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