Dragnet 1951 -
Aired from Dec. 1951 through
Aug. 1959
The program opened each week
with these words from Det. Sgt. Joe Friday: "This is the city, Los Angeles,
California. I work here, I carry a badge." Then that arresting theme music
began to play ("Dum-de-dum-dum").
Probably the most successful police drama in television history. Dragnet's
hallmark was its appearance of realism, from the documentary-style narration by
Joe Friday, to the cases drawn from the files of the real L.A.P.D., to its
attention to the details of police work ("It was 3:55. . . We were working
the day watch out of homicide"). Viewers were reminded of the unglamorous
dead ends and the constant interruptions of their private lives that plague real
policemen, and this made the final shoot-out and capture of the criminal all the
more exciting. At the end of each episode, after the criminal was apprehended,
an announcer would describe what happened at the subsequent trial and the
severity of the sentence.
The series was created and directed by Jack Webb himself. It's catchphrases and
devices became national bywords and were widely satirized. There was Webb's
terse "My name is Friday--I'm a cop," and "Just the facts,
ma'am".
30 Minute shows, presented in random order.
Starred Jack Webb and Ben Alexander.
5 Individual DVD's - $5.95 each
Boxed Set - 25 Episodes
on 5 DVD's - $ 25.95
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