(1955) Dragnet The Big Look HD 720p

[@netmeistr329]

When I was a kid dragnet was the rage. Thought all the cops talked that way. Four Christmas me and my brother got dragnet gun, badge and handcuffs. The gun shot suction cup darts. If we licked the and shot the to the ceiling they would stick for a bit and leave a perfect circle. By the time the grownups found out what we were doing the living room ceiling was full of little circles...

[@theoregan4183]

That brings back memories, lol

[@davidlium9338]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@philipculver2719]

Back in the days when crime was punished and not many corrupt judges.

[@ccdt50]

I notice that the sentences were a lot shorter then. That explains why our jails are so filled we have one of the largest percentage of our people in jail than almost all nations. I don't think we are that worse as people.

[@clairewyndham1971]

I'm alwa6s amazed how fast the bad guys got to court

[@gregorymcleod1347]

I love the Dragnet shows from the 1950's the best!❤

[@richardwilliams5387]

I like the character whose actress is maybe younger (but no older than Friday) calling Friday "young man".

[@dons8365]

I feel sooooo sorry for her husband that she was married to fo 12 years. Would have been 11 years 11months and 30 days too long.

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

Lol....I agree. Ugh.....females aren't women, any more. They haven't been women or ladies for decades. I am a true woman, and ashamed of females of today. Disgusting.

[@steeltowngirl4626]

And such awful grammar

[@wandahall4435]

Thanks for posting these programs they are great 👍

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Mrs. Griffin was a real pip!

[@Bigstooler0]

And nobody said anything about those weird ass eyebrows?

[@fighterpilot5105]

Almost 65 years and they still look great.

[@JoeL-kn9tc]

This is how I remember Dragnet as a kid born in 1950 on a Crosley TV set.

[@JohnPrepuce]

I think Mrs. Griffin is kind of cute, actually. Not the character she portrays, of course. I can't find any info about her, though.

[@highplainsdrafter595]

"Married to one for 12 years" [before he ran for his life from her saucy, sarcastic attitude].

[@QuadMochaMatti]

And her pot of cheddar eatin' flatulence.

[@snewsan6645]

😂

[@ChadQuick270W]

Man this print looks so great! I wish we’d get the complete Dragnet 1950s on DVD from the original prints. It’s a real shame it’s not available. Thanks so much for sharing this episode with us 👍

[@colleenmiller2940]

I mean did you check

[@SuperIliad]

I have 29 excllent episodes from a "Best of TV Detectives" box set.

[@ChadQuick270W]

@@SuperIliad thanks for that info. I really wish they’d remaster this series and put it on DVD but I doubt it’ll ever happen as they figure fewer and fewer people are alive who want to watch a show from the 1950s. Sadly, that’s how the companies think now.

[@SuperIliad]

@@ChadQuick270W Indeed, there are excellent box sets of Dragnet and I own one, plus a mix of programs in which Dragnet is included.

[@jimhjortsberg2990]

@@ChadQuick270W Also high chance of the prints being destroyed by now. No one really cared about such things back in the 50s.

[@LuvvyDuck]

I'm so glad the original sound quality is on these episodes. Thanks for sharing them. 😊

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on October 13, 1955, and adapted from a May 11, 1954 radio episode.

[@BigTrain175]

I was only 13 days old.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Yeah, we know. It was on the screen.

[@QuadMochaMatti]

I was 18 years and eight days away from being born, at the time of the radio broadcast.

[@ccdt50]

3 years after I was born

[@Ubique2927]

Pot of cheddar cheese??!!

[@beerdrinker6452]

Now we call it potato chip dip.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Fondue and yes, little pots of cheese too.

[@Ubique2927]

@@kathyflorcruz552 Fondue should be made with real melted cheese, not non-cheese.

[@peterorleman5274]

These are so much better than the colorized ones

[@snewsan6645]

I think there's a lot more action.

[@macmcleod1188]

I like the colorized ones over the last 12 months. They've gotten really good at normalizing frame rates and getting Vivid correct colors.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Nah, I like Harry Morgan way better.

[@bobtis]

Dragnet 1967 was no were close to these. The 1950's were so much more interesting than the 1960's. Much better direction and actors.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

@@bobtis Totally disagree, they are really cool but the production is not nearly as good. The movie they did though in that era is fantastic and very similar to the quality of the 67-70 series.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

LA still had street car tracks in '55.

[@bobtis]

Were they still in use?

[@michaelgreene4748]

@@bobtis At that point, Broadway and 7th Street in DTLA still had streamlined streetcars, called PCCs, along with some older cars..The older cars last ran in 1958, while the streamlined cars last ran at the end of March, 1963.

[@randywhite6468]

Ate a whole pot of cheddar cheese watching a drama one night. Couldn't dookie for a month....

[@christopherallen9580]

go terps

[@shirtless6934]

She was "bound over" to superior court without need for a preliminary examination. 😁

[@VictorSamuelson-nk5nw]

Couldn’t what dooki Laughing I couldn’t stop laughing Dookie dry pronouncing that word without laughing

[@VictorSamuelson-nk5nw]

Try pronouncing that word without laughing took me a half hour

[@oaktadopbok665]

"Type O blood, huh? I guess you're all right."

[@billchambersmarquez1964]

Who's the actress that played Mrs.griffin?

[@jasonhowie108]

"You know, I like to kinda munch."

[@beerdrinker6452]

Got it also.

[@borisbadaxe9678]

Nobody likes him... except for his new cellmate, Big Bubba.

[@Bigstooler0]

The neighbor doesn't mind answering Frank's stupid questions, just Joe's stupid questions

[@anselmdanker9519]

In those days,the police men were treated with respect , miss those days .A very nice TV show.

[@SafetySpooon]

You notice none of them are beating & killing people with impunity? Maybe that's the difference.

[@tonybrunner673]

Because a lack of respect is the only issue and explains all issues we today have with the police...

[@Ubique2927]

The police treated the public with respect and didn’t beat, taze, shoot people because they didn’t answer questions.

[@JustAnotherMatt420]

@@tonybrunner673 police is only a part of the equation. It’s a sickness that’s infected everything we hold dear.

[@macmcleod1188]

​@SafetySpooon yes this TV show is about what police officer should aspire to be like. But the reality is that police officers have been beating citizens since the 1800s. During the Great Depression the police would beat people and not arrest them to move the people on down the road. And in this very time period, police officers across the Nation were beading, setting dogs on, and killing minorities. Things only started to change when Network TV cameras started catching them in the act. And then they changed much faster starting in 2000 after the Advent of ubiquitous cameras everywhere catching them in the act. And I say this as a person who donates to the police officer survivors fund. All across the nation, police officers have frequently served the wealthy and the powerful. And that includes selective enforcement of the law and selective prosecution.

[@monicagomez4616]

As soon as I heard him say, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”, he was GUILTY. Guilty people tend to say that I’ve discovered.

[@macmcleod1188]

They never did reveal in any way how he knew the layout of the women's houses though. So that clue kind of went nowhere.

[@pattyglenn6130]

I get such a kick how Webb's character rapid fires questions at suspects!!

[@scottbruns2148]

I like how the suspect always wises off to Friday!

[@ApartmentKing66]

@@scottbruns2148 Yeah, a lot of 'em seem to do that. But that kinda adds to the charm and realism...hoodlums aren't known for their deference and respect to authority.

[@mikeburch2998]

I know. It would take me about thirty seconds to digest the first question. :-)

[@McIntyreBible]

21:05, the dialogue goes back and forth in quick succession.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Amazing picture quality for a 50's B&W episode - no BS, just the facts.

[@teresas8173]

It was digitally enhanced for a high def picture

[@AndrewVelonis]

Notice how the first witness was so rude and the second so helpful. I like how they switched it up like that, shows that police have to deal with all types and kinds.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Too bad we don't see all types of police, as reality is. But hey that's Hollywood

[@Ubique2927]

The First Lady wasn’t rude at all, assertive though. And quite a good looker.

[@tammyshirks6948]

When I was a little girl I am guessing it may have been reruns I would watch this show with my grandmother.. I miss the good old day's.. Good family cop show...

[@theoregan4183]

Who thinks miss griffin is a bit over accessorized?

[@oscartriana184]

Love this series

[@mrawesome2524]

Miss Griffon needed a good slap to chill her attitude lol

[@tomjones7089]

Used to watch this as a kid, was hooked on it and L.A.

[@joesouza1147]

The best Dragnet shows were from the 50 s.

[@joesouza1147]

Will do. Thanks.

[@joesouza1147]

Yes, it was great.

[@rebeccawilliford7476]

lol - I love the 60s ones. Especially the bunco/white collar crime ones.

[@alanwilliams707]

But can't beat Harry Morgan episodes either! 😊

[@idiotwind2248]

@Brian Salomon that's a hilarious bit.

[@omennemo8844]

Big difference in how law enforcement was then from now.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Yes it is now just kill them and plant a,gun or drugs on them.off to jail they go

[@schmim1]

Omen Nemo crooks are alot different then than they are now. People had manners. Not today

[@schmim1]

Kelvin Torrence yeah. Sure. It wouldn’t be the person had the gun or the drugs on them before they were arrested. The young people in this country don’t want to follow rules or laws and have no respect or manners. It’s everybody else’s fault and not the person being arrested

[@ManInTheBigHat]

How different women were, too.

[@Heavenzvoice]

randall2020 so you just generalized all cops from the LAPD? Yes corruption has been around and continues to be around but there was more respect for the law . With bad cops and people not caring who they hurt in their crime sprees things are worse.

[@lestudio76]

Ms Griffin is salty 😄

[@Catquick1957]

I think the word is "sour"

[@nicholasplionis9604]

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[@nicholasplionis9604]

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[@nicholasplionis9604]

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[@speedracer6294]

That first woman is such a nice person....UGH.

[@larsv1377]

speed racer nice rack 🤗

[@bobbyslater1198]

Not just entertainment, but also an education on criminology.

[@Johnnycdrums]

"Type "O" blood, huh, I guess you're alright".

[@AgentXPQ]

2:00 Smart lady. I also check people's blood type to see if they're all right.

[@preacherberry8901]

Same here. I also ask people if they can roll their tongue.

[@brnleague99]

Baron Leone could only be the pro wrestler Baron Michele Leone. EXTREMELY popular in L.A. in the 1950's.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Thanks for the information.

[@Brace67]

The hands and arms were those of Jack Webb himself. The number Mark VII was the name of his production company.

[@jimfink2957]

Not true. They belong to a man named James Drake.

[@jimfink2957]

Jim Fink I should add, however, that you are correct about "MARK VII" It was a takeoff on the trademark of a Chinese movie production company who featured a sounding gong as their trademark,

[@Brace67]

Jim Fink Sorry Jim, it's a well known fact that they were Webbs'. I heard Webb say so in an interview many years ago.

[@Brace67]

Jim Fink Nice of you to add that. It is course correct.

[@Brace67]

Mr. Fink: Please see Wikipedia page below on Jack Webb's production company Mark VII Limited to read that the hands and arms shown at the end of each Dragnet show were in fact Mr. Webb's and not whoever you said they were. This was a well know fact. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_VII_Limited

[@beerdrinker6452]

A police Captain named Sam Brown. Great stuff.

[@johnmcdonald9304]

This was ten years before the Miranda Ruling.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

The cautions were always there but Miranda forced police to tell the suspects their rights. I have read Nero Wolfe before Miranda and Archie stood mute and waited for their lawyer if he was arrested.

[@davidlium9338]

In one of the Sherlock Holmes novels written in the 1890s (no typo) the detective uses the *exact same words * as the Miranda warning to tell the suspect his rights.

[@cmoore185]

The first woman was sure dressed up for watching the late show.

[@lefuedebout]

I suppose people did dress up to watch tv back then, just as they dressed up to take a flight. Unlike today when most people turn up for a flight looking like refugees!

[@jerryshorts5172]

Refugees today are sporting the best Walmart has to offer. It's the middle class of today that can only afford the good-will rack.

[@bivio1]

I remember when Ronald Reagan was lying in State numerous people passing his casket were dressed up like they were going to go to McDonalds to order a quarter pounder. And yet in the 50s people would dressed in tie and hat to go to an amusement park!!

[@donaldduey6918]

lll

[@BigTrain175]

Even the bad guy is wearing a suit and tie.

[@marvinmarvin3388]

too bad these are not on tv, i would ewatvh tv then. now i only watch u tube

[@lesterhall5145]

KZbin's got some good stuff.

[@goldwinger5434]

What a caring husband, "My wife was attacked but I'd rather sleep late than get up and drive her to the police station."

[@snewsan6645]

That was my thought. If he was a good husband he would care more about her and less about his sleep.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Welcome to America dear. We wives are usually at the lower end of the " to do " list.... that's why men who show care are called names. By the "macho" ones😁👍🇺🇲

[@alanrosenman4241]

​@@thisravenhasflown010..

[@michaelfleming40]

That so called "husband" is a dadgum MEATHEAD.

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Sounds about right for about 30 percent of the husbands

[@rebeccawilliford7476]

The weirdest thing is that I just listened to the audio version of this on old time radio a day or two ago. I recognize the part where she was saying she "likes to munch"

[@bobbyslater1198]

I have that episode on a cassette tape.

[@fromthesidelines]

May 11, 1954. "John Robinson" was Jack Webb.

[@shirtless6934]

Maybe her poor disposition was on account of being constipated.

[@doctorartphd6463]

Thanks for sharing these shows !! This is great !!

[@smokingjoe9864]

I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time keeps draggin' on

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Thank you Johnny!

[@wandahall4435]

Jack Webb is A Savage!!!

[@davidmaslow7473]

She calls Joe "young man"? C'mon! They both look about the same age!

[@welshpete12]

Women at the time would say that to a man , as a put down it was a little rude !

[@mikeh.7499]

@@welshpete12 you are right welshpete . akin to another female favorite "LISTEN MISTER".....!

[@davidmaslow7473]

Nice looking woman!

[@MonteOlsen]

Thanks for sharing this Dragnet episode. I remember that hammer pounding that stamp and the sweaty arm holding it. Great way to end an episode.

[@roberttaylor5047]

4

[@AndrewVelonis]

It was a building contractor that Webb happened to know.

[@davidbennett6912]

In real life that was Jack Webb's trademark look it up

[@randquadrozzi1280]

Dragnet has a lot of whacked out people on it and it's not just the crooks.same for the newer episodes.Must be a California thing.

[@Facesforce]

I get the feeling that the crime commited was worse then just robbery and assualt. Some of these shows tone down certain aspects of the actual crime to make it more accessaible to the audience at the time.

[@Bigstooler0]

Frank is awesome

[@QuadMochaMatti]

🤔 @2:39 I wonder if she ever regretted that... 🧀💨☣️⚠️🙊🕯️💥

[@snewsan6645]

Frank had type O blood in this show and in another it was Joe.

[@davidbennett6912]

In 2022 if Los Angeles had Joe Friday on the job there wouldn't be very much crime at all Joe don't play the radio he kicks ass and throws them in jail

[@benniebarrow348]

Sadly in 2022, Joe Friday would be ousted from the PD and up on charges over some violation of political correctness and/or woke policy. Another excuse for LA to get rid of a hetero white male and replace him with a useless pronoun laden equity appointment. You know .....a freak.

[@lelonfurr4355]

i heard those immortal words "i want a lawyer"

[@robertthayer5779]

Type O blood....I guess you're ok.. LOL

[@stephensafraniii3396]

A negative is better.

[@ManInTheBigHat]

With every "yes, ma'm" take another shot.

[@highplainsdrafter595]

"They won't like you either" -- POW!

[@mikemarley2389]

When I worked for my uncle he would sometimes threaten to beat me about the head and shoulders.

[@billhuber2964]

Dial "0" .pre curser to "911" .

[@doctorlarry2273]

O was for the Operator

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@doctorlarry2273 Operator: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIWXkJKEr5p7jbs

[@carolesmith4864]

I think the boys were a bit intimidated by Ms. Griffin.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

I thought they were amused.

[@davidmaslow7473]

She's Cranky!

[@kellylarue5344]

The old ones are the best. The ones from the 70’s are mostly lectures about drugs and the nobility of police work.

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

Dragnet changed their tactic to address the increasing problem of drug addiction, and the violemt crimes druggies commit to support their addictions. It was a good idea...especially in Californication....they are nothing but stupid.

[@kellylarue5344]

@@DianeHasHopeInChrist I figured that was the reason but it makes for boring drama. I noticed they lightened up with time.

[@OlegKostoglatov]

The 1960s actually, but even so there were some good episodes even though Jack Webb had fattened up and slowed down a lot compared to these old ones.

[@WorldwideJamal]

Real police work.

[@stephensafraniii3396]

Police work is an endless, glamorless,thankless that's gotta be done.

[@AlexSDU]

$27. I guess that was pretty much, back then. Heard my grandpa salary was $500 as a Custom enforcer.

[@edcellwarrior]

In one episode they got two full breakfasts with drinks for $1 or so. $20+ was a lot back then

[@AlexSDU]

How I missed those good old days.

[@roberteisenstein7069]

Steven segal

[@muffs55mercury61]

$27 in 1955 is $254 in Nov 2019 (dollartimes.com) The minimum wage was raised from 75 cents an hour to $1 in 1955.

[@muffs55mercury61]

@socal rocks Towards the end of the year it was raised to $1 & it went a long ways.

[@snewsan6645]

2917 Sarah St. is in Burbank.

[@Brace67]

Seriously, yes they were the hands and arms of the series star Jack Webb. He believed that the number 7 was his lucky number. That's why his production company was named "Mark VII Limited" and his badge number began with the number seven.

[@karlc8359]

They are also full of something else....themselves.

[@dougmontgomery1868]

His badge was 714 because that was the number of home runs Babe Ruth hit in his career.

[@dougmontgomery4851]

I think his mother's birthday was July 14; also, he commemorated Babe Ruth's career home run record. Also, 714 is the area code for Orange County, not Los Angeles. You can't fool me with this one--I come from a telephone-company family.

[@Bigstooler0]

I guess we were both mistaken according to his biographer everipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Friday/

[@Holly1960-]

7+(7+7) = {714} Badge Lucky 7's

[@troy9477]

If they ran his sentences consecutively, that would be a lot of time. Robbery was probably 5 to 10 per count, and the assault with intent was probably similar. Determinate sentencing (fixed term) did not become law until the mid 1960's

[@oldprankster7606]

Madge Griffin was about as much fun as a colonoscopy.

[@chrishustus2575]

What a snob! 😄 "Type O, well I guess your alright"

[@brokeunemployed5208]

30 minutes of morality

[@-oiiio-3993]

03:23 - Robert Fulton

[@garymckee8857]

Friday has the personality of a post.

[@macmcleod1188]

In 1952, la had 4,000 police officers for a population of 4,000,000. Today they have 9,300 police officers for a population of 12 million. Part of the reason they are not as effective as they used to be.

[@mountainhobo]

You forgot a dramatic change in demographics, and the fact that back then the government supported the police.

[@macmcleod1188]

@@mountainhobo I didn't forget it. Lack of sufficient numbers ofpolice and police bad behavior explains a lot of it. There was a moment when minorities believed in the dream. That moment was squandered.

[@stevesetek1119]

She ate a whole pot of cheddar cheese watching a drama what state is she from the way she said that. Watching a drama

[@56cadd]

Probably a packer fan too.

[@juancarlosvaldes4538]

The first woman is a SNOTTY woman!

[@Jane.Doe.]

Oh wow! Look how young Joe Friday is! I thought I had seen almost all of the Dragnet shows but I've not seen these where Friday's so young. (and skinny!) It's just not the same without Detective Bill Gannon though. I love Harry Morgan! That first woman they were asking questions to was something else huh lol. "I know a man when I see one" & Calls Friday "young man" ... That's rich! Love it 😂 My husband used to tease me because I watch all the old black and white shows. Now he watches with me. I'm 32 and he's 36! We weren't even born when they made these. It's really the only TV we watch except like Animal Planet and Discovery. Everything else is junk! 👎🏼🙄🤤 Thanks for uploading y

[@adamschwartz3449]

Kudos to you and your husband for thinking for yourselves and not following the crowd. Most TV today is indeed mediocre.

[@idiotwind2248]

A couple of door to door salesman a day ? Bless the coming of on line shopping

[@goldwinger5434]

Door to door salesmen visits were social events. The Fuller Brush man would come around every few months. He'd come in, my mother would make a pot of coffee and they'd chat while he'd talk about new products and she'd go through the catalog. Then he'd go next door and repeat the process. I never thought about it before, but he must have been strung out on caffeine.

[@idiotwind2248]

@@goldwinger5434 I remember that also. My mother wasnt as friendly with them. Did you have a Charles Chips guy? He sold big tins of potato chips & pretzels. Around us in North Jersey we got rid of the milk box on the steps in the early 60s

[@goldwinger5434]

@@idiotwind2248We didn't get Charles' Chips but my wife's family did. Other door to door guys that wouldn't have been social events were the milk man and the "chicken & egg" guy. They were like the mailman, drop their stuff and run. An uncle was a milk man for a while and he said that women really would offer sex to not have to pay their bills. The problem was that the milkman would have to make up that shortage out of his own pocket.

[@marktwain368]

This woman has the intelligence of a pineapple.

[@DianeHasHopeInChrist]

Lol....don't insult Pineapples like that....lol

[@jamesstuart3346]

A good instructional video on why you should never talk to cops

[@youmakemelaugh2022]

Type 0 blood, I guess you're alright,lol.

[@thatsamore8869]

Stella!!!!!!!!!

[@DMBall]

A lot of loose ends here. No explanation for how the attacker knew the layout of the victims' homes and the name of one victim's husband, why he left money behind at one home but took it from another, etc.

[@randywhite6468]

2:40 Eat a whole pot of cheese one night ....... Couldn't dookie for two weeks. Say, you boys want to see one hell of a nice bush......

[@marychenoweth3316]

Can't believe you just said that!! that got me laughing so much, it little nasty shame on you, but 0h, so funny

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Thanks !

[@joyceyagoda4207]

The only thing the neighbor was impressed with is the tip O blood! 🅾️ Now Hippa laws would cover that! It is protected! Everything is protected under Hippa!

[@snewsan6645]

Shouldn't it be five counts? Not counting Mrs Keiran, there were five others, weren't there?

[@snewsan6645]

Frank does look older than Joe.

[@NakedTongues]

Stupid dialog...the woman should have told cops....he had champion eyebrows. ..Olympic

[@oliversdaniel5994]

The convicted person doesn't have a scar but the second victim was sure that he had one.

[@macmcleod1188]

In one of the other episodes, they talk about the door-to-door breadman coming by.

[@barrysmith5830]

some well dressed criminals

[@roberrplatt4214]

In this show, the EMTs wear police uniforms. I assume that's how it useta be.

[@richardrice8076]

In this show there were no EMT's. There wouldn't be such a thing for nearly 20 years. The cops were just stretcher carriers with limited 1st aid experience.

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

3:30 WTH? Is this double negative woman? I didn't think they allowed at literate grammar in the media in those days? I can't stand it when people talk with such ignorance!

[@KC6SOR]

Blame the writers...they wrote the script !!!

[@A2D4]

Well, WIFIGHOST, your first two sentences need some correcting.....Just saying. 😊

[@bobobrien6353]

Check out FB...lolol

[@MrAlumni72]

"At literate grammar"? What does that even mean? Grammar cannot be literate or illiterate - it's up to a person to be one or the other. And from what I can tell, you meant 'illiterate', not 'at literate'. Unless you were speaking in tongues.

[@herculydia]

Byte me, you ignorant bitch. The word is illiterate. Don't sound too smart now.