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Dragnet (1951) ranks 2,926 out of the 18,228 shows on TV.com.
The 40 users who count themselves as Dragnet (1951) fans have written a total of 1 reviews.
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies. This is the final episode.
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
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To my mind, these are still two of the best police/detective characters ever put on screen. I watch a lot of police and mystery dramas, but the scripts and acting on Dragnet still rank up there. :D
Original 1951 Dragnet was the best of the 2 TV incarnations with Jack Webb in my estimation. The second run of Dragnet was not as realistic as the first run. The gritty almost "film noir" look of Dragnet 1951 gave it an distinct advantage against the whimisical and surrealistic Dragnet 1967.
It has to be one of the most effective and popular of all time. It's just so well identified with this show. I can't think of many that have had even a similar impact. When I was a kid I had a hard time believing that wasn't what they played when you called a real police station.
The grandaddy of them all. hide « show »
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