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Watch select episodes of the classic detective serial,. A no-nonsense sergeant and his partner tackle traditional police cases as well as new challenges in Los Angeles, California. Starring Jack ...
- The series may be best known today as a late 60s television drama. But it spanned multiple media over decades. First, Dragnet was a 318 episode radio show that aired from 1949-1957.
- Then Jack Webb (right) took his brainchild to television, airing 276 episodes from 1951-1959.
- The show was immensely popular, so Webb created a feature-length Dragnet movie in 1954.
- The first television show went off the air in 1959. Webb tried to reboot the series with another movie in 1966.
While investigating the murder of a pretty young career girl, Friday and Gannon meet a little old man named Calvin Lampe who is more than a little interested in their investigation. In fact, he even is looked at as a suspect because of his attention to every detail in the case.
Dragnet | TV Series. Just the facts, ma'am. Every week, Sgt. Joe Friday follows the clues, interviews witnesses and spews a lot of crime jargon as he tries to catch one perp or another.
1951 - 1959. Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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Friday and Gannon are working the day watch out of homicide when a phone call comes in from Ray Righetti, the manager of the Universal City branch of the Bank of America. Janet Ohrmund claims to have information of a kidnapping and ransom demand.
