Dragnet S03E29 The Big Hit Run Killer

Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

[@over50andfantabulous59]

According to Google: Actor James Anderson (portrayed the hit and run driver) died of a heart attack at the age of 48. His final two films - The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1969) and Little Big Man (1970) - were released posthumously. His actress sister, Mary Anderson, died in 2014 at the age of 96. They appeared in one film together, 1951's Hunt the Man Down.

[@TS-1267]

.... "Little Big Man"… I think I'll Hunt That Movie Down, I Remember Watching The Movie When I was a Teen and I'm A Young Decrepit 56 Eon's Young.... GREETINGS FROM SATURN 🪐 16:00

[@narvelancoleman3813]

I can never forget him as Bob Ewell, the racist, in "To Kill a Mockingbird," (1962)! He gave a stellar performance!

[@raphaelandrews3617]

this was perhaps the first cop show ever that has mass appeal. it ran for more than 30 years. There has been no other serial more successful on American TV. .Even today it is still watchable.

[@msdez8475]

I love Dragnet watch it still today

[@bobsaturday4273]

" Even today it is still watchable " , thats an understatement ! like saying you can still appreciate Rembrandt or Beethoven or Shakespeare this was art when tv was still available with integrity and talent , not suits in ivory towers cramming garbage down peoples throats

[@UberLummox]

@@bobsaturday4273 That's exactly what it means. Loosely put, it's not so much old as it is vintage. You can tell it's age but that doesn't detract from it's relevance or watchability.

[@bobsaturday4273]

@@UberLummox , called overstating the obvious

[@dougankrum3328]

Highway Patrol was OK too...

[@gadsdonflag4289]

I grew up watching this show.....and again in 1967 episodes. ;-)

[@Donathon-xt2nl]

Y'all know... watching this series makes you appreciate how much Harry Morgan added to the later series.... just my opinion

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

I like Frank.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Loved when Joe and Frank went inside the ticket seller's booth! Tight quarters!

[@carvinlambert6899]

Connie Crawford If the guys had a good bowl of Southern Chilie for lunch, they WOULD HAVE STAYED OUT OF THAT BOOTH....Would you like to know WHY??

[@jubalcalif9100]

I was thinking the same thing ! Tighter than the skin on Ricky Ricardo's conga drum !! :-)

[@patriciahayes8965]

Usually, Joe and Frank remove their hats when they talk to a woman, but in this case the booth was too small for that. :D

[@strfltcmnd.9925]

good opportunity to cop a feel

[@tonyarceneaux286]

Must be a tight fit with all of them in the booth.

[@maryhlad5277]

I watched this version of DRAGNET on the Nostalgia TV network. I used to record the episodes on my VCR.

[@ducksquackmeup]

I like the earlier versions like this than the later ones. A lot of stars seem to have gotten there start on Dragnet. I saw Fess Parker on one last night.

[@pattyglenn6130]

Great....now I am hungry for a piece of raisin pie! wow. I haven't had any in YEARS.

[@gummieworms3909]

Lol like I told someone above you. I've never had it but I will try it if I ever see it anywhere. I've never even heard of raisin pie ☺

[@geminijohnson4019]

Raisin 🥧🤔

[@lindathrall640]

I loved watching Dragnet it was one of my favourite shows

[@dariowiter3078]

You mean the BBC showed this iconic American program?!

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

This story was done on the radio Dragnet. Great story.

[@phoenix-kenzodapathaan5568]

Never watch any Dragnet if you trying to stop smoking!!!

[@conniecrawford5231]

The Khan Maybe the fact that some of the actors died from lung cancer might help you quit! Jack Webb died young due to a massive heart attack !

[@fromthesidelines]

Keep in mind that Liggett & Myers- the makers of Chesterfield- originally sponsored the program on TV and radio. They insisted that Webb and some of his actors "light up" during the episode (and that Jack endorse their cigarettes just before the end of each episode).

[@Mom_sBasement]

And all those people he arrested for marijuana are still alive.

[@jubalcalif9100]

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !! :-)

[@fromthesidelines]

Here's a Chesterfield magazine ad he appeared in at the time: www.adclassix.com/images/54chesterfieldjackwebb.jpg

[@jerimcgee]

The old lady, the old lady, the elderly lady was 64 and I'm 65.

[@robertvysther833]

Don't forget how old this program is and people past away at younger ages back them. I was born in 1940, so I have the experience of life to confirm my statement.

[@davidsigalow7349]

There's a radio episode where they refer to a 65 -year old crime victim as "an elderly man." Well, in those days, they all used to 🍸 like fish and 🚬 like chimneys.

[@user-gu1jk4qn6b]

Hate to break it to you, but you're old. Not ancient yet, but you're getting there.

[@davidsigalow7349]

​@user-gu1jk4qn6b Yeah? Well, get off my lawn, sonny!

[@juancarlosvaldes4538]

Verdict: No more than 5 years! I'm sure nowadays the charge for manslaughter on 2 counts would be at least 20 years!

[@33whiskey69]

James Anderson was one of the best of the bad guys. As Bob Ewell in "To Kill A Mockingbird", James was downright scary. His death at 48 was entertainment's big loss.

[@harlankrissoff9966]

According to IMB he died from Barbituate poisoning. And before his movie Little Big Man Premiered.

[@daviddowns7552]

everett sloan died from barbs also.

[@katiezee2]

These stories are said to be true. So it looked like a sure thing that guy was gonna go down for the felony hit & run and do hard time in prison, but one investigator kept digging and got the right guy. . Shows that there really can be innocent people in prison from circmstantial 'evidence'. Not a lot, but it happens

[@williamfife1305]

She is 100 percent right

[@frankieaddams3937]

That is so frighteningly true!

[@Sctronic209]

Did anyone else see the hand of the lady on the ground move. @ 6:29 or there about.

[@JohnDavis-oz5pe]

@@frankieaddams3937 l

[@michaelbabbitt3837]

Cold case detectives get convictions by circumstantial evidence all of the time. Oftentimes, they say it is better than eye witness testimony. It is not the category, it is whether the evidence is compelling and whether the person is credible. They cringe whenever they hear tv police or lawyers say it's 'only' circumstantial evidence.

[@tyrese3745]

One of my favorite Dragnet 1950s episodes.

[@marcelreed4200]

Great. Now I've got a craving for some raisin bread. Fresh baked

[@feralbluee]

i can't believe this!! i am binging on Dragnet LOL

[@MrPINKFL0YD]

Be careful, it's addictive 😂

[@elizabethshaw734]

OMG I haven't had raisin pie since my grandmother passed away! Looks like I'm going to be making a raisin pie. It's almost like a minced pie but no apples.

[@gummieworms3909]

Never had it if I see it anywhere I'll get a slice 😃

[@randywiggins1248]

I have to buy jar of mince pie mix and crust separately.havent seen it at store at Thanksgiving in over 5 years.

[@jp0308]

Geeesh! Haven't had raisin pie since I was a kid during Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and I'm now 66 yrs. old!!

[@starguy2718]

I used to get raisin pie at Marie Callendar's (remember them?); they were my favorite kind.

[@winonamassingill7895]

@@randywiggins1248 This is 2023 here today and Thanksgiving Day will be on Thursday the 23rd this week. 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@jamesbradley4548]

A little backstory: interesting that the "Miller" character (23:23) is busting out the drunk driver. The guy played Bob Euwell, a drunkard, in "To Kill a Mockingbird".

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast on March 18, 1954, adapted from a November 8, 1951 radio episode.

[@kevinstanyer-tn3gi]

My absolute favorite old copper show

[@crystalheart9]

Fantastic episode, thanks for the upload.

[@Nderak]

It's always 2 drinks, the only ones they remember, the first and the last.

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

Nøderak - Lady & Grandson " Buried". Unheard of now. Cremation is how California Rolls. Warming Up for Hell.

[@Nderak]

2020 i am rewatching the series and came to post this exact comment. 1-29-20

[@AndrewVelonis]

True that!

[@janethartwig774]

Kyle James aka James Anderson was the protagonist in To Kill a Mockingbird. Great actor who died at just 48. Walter Reed was in over 90 films and numerous TV shows. In the late 1960’s he quit Hollywood, moved to Santa Cruz, CA and worked in real estate the rest of his life. He died in August of 2001.

[@bobwallace9814]

In all of these, the court date and conviction is only about 2 months later than the arrest.

[@fjccommish]

One item in the character notes for Friday: Friday on Saturday often ate a Sundae.

[@craigdallas784]

April May, but June won't.

[@Porsche996driver]

Brilliant.

[@Porsche996driver]

Craig Dallas Goin old school - nice!

[@craigdallas784]

@@Porsche996driver Hello Dave auf dem BMW. Here in Los Angeles those letters stand for Break My Windows. The thieves seem prefer breaking into those fine automobiles.

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

fjvideo - What's he do on Thursday?

[@sharonroller8849]

Watched Dragnet as a kid , this brings back good memories , watching with my parents

[@terrijudisch2860]

Good episode, kept you guessing till the end.

[@timmitzlaff8960]

He kills 2 people does 1 to 5 ? What the heck!

[@paultakeotravels6325]

65+ years later and unfortunately the sentencing laws are still the same. 5-10 years in prison for killing 2 people while drunk.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Nope

[@andrewclark7559]

The maximum sentence for Vehicular Manslaughter in California is now nine years.

[@fjccommish]

"His lawyer obtained a writ. We didn't have the budget for an actor to play the lawyer, so the lawyer didn't come with his client the next day to plead his case."

[@robertsullivan4773]

Shows on TV back then had budgets. In the Perry Mason shows most cases were preliminary hearing because they didn't want to pay people to sit in the jury box .

[@welshpete12]

Interesting the Statement made by Friday . A policeman looks to find if a person is guilty or innocent . Today they just want is prove a case against a person, no matter if he is or not !

[@1978garfield]

Yup find enough evidence to take it to trial then get on to the next case. The cops figure if the guy by some chance isn't guilty the judge and jury will figure it out. Meanwhile most juries figure if the suspect wasn't guilty the cops wouldn't have arrested them. This is why you should never talk to the e police without a lawyer.

[@jamesstuart3346]

Nice twisty plot. Well done

[@wandajames6234]

Wow that's twisted-- 1 to 5 years for double 'murder' as Friday called it-- yet 5 years and up for robbery?? Even more for drug charges?? Shows what society values more-- money over life. No excuse for that even back then.

[@jamesbennett5587]

True, nothing new under the sun

[@macmcleod1188]

That's because it wasn't first degree murder. During this time period, first-degree murders were put to death with gas. It also wasn't second-degree murder because the person didn't do it out of anger. Apparently, at this time 5 years was the sentence for 3rd degree murder or vehicular homicide.

[@nobullshoot]

1 to 5 are you kidding. Hit and run + two counts of vehicular homicide + running a red light. My neighbors son was boozed up and wrecked his car and his friend who was a passenger died. The young man was 19 and did 10 years hard time. He got out two years ago. Pretty sour young man, well not so young anymore.

[@dannybuckner3678]

I like dragnet I like this show please don’t delete anymore this show

[@emt5330]

I can see elements that were recycled into episodes of Dragnet 1967. The general plotline was written into " The Hit and Run Driver", only that guy killed two people on two occasions. The loaning of the car was in " The Big Explosion" only the diner counter man was a bartender played by Bobby Troup.

[@robertsullivan4773]

Who later married Jack's ex wife Julie London a very beautiful and popular singer and actress back in the 50s and 60s. There marriage by all accounts was a happy one they are buried next to each other.

[@emt5330]

@robertsullivan4773 yes, they were married until Bobby passed in 1998

[@starguy2718]

Troup wrote the song "Route 66".

[@juddthweatt1407]

I always love how the person is interrogated til he tells the truth lol

[@jubalcalif9100]

Like how on "Perry Mason", Raymond Burr would hammer away at a witness till they broke down & confessed, usually screaming out, "All right, I did it ! I did it ! I killed him (or her) !" :-)

[@warrmalaski8570]

That's why you STFU and call your lawyer.

[@robertsullivan4773]

Hammer at their story make them tell it over and over if it's a lie it breaks down.

[@karyshort4994]

Dragnet: a system or network of people legally organized to help catch criminals and predators!

[@RangerCaptain11A]

miller sends friday a christmas card every year.

[@raymonddowd3245]

Every notice with drunks and druggys its never their fault.

[@harlankrissoff9966]

Wouldn't there have been a time clock and card where Miller would have punched in and out?

[@harlankrissoff9966]

He could have taken a break to go see his friends and forgotten to clock out, if they had a time clock. Maybe this place didn't. Not all places might have had it.

[@rickoshay6554]

Ah, nostalgia! This takes me back to the day when you could recognize the difference between a man and a woman by just looking at them.

[@rickoshay6554]

@Dorien Fletcher Well, aren't you the intuitive putz. How about your verdict on this benighted creature: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJrYpIGVmcaUb7s ?

[@thequokkahaslanded321]

Well at least we can tell lots about you just by this comment

[@rickoshay6554]

@@thequokkahaslanded321 Yes. And I know the difference between my posterior and a terrestrial excavation as well. How about you?

[@toddsterben6647]

64 Elderly?

[@phylliselizahb1041]

40+ is now considered senior. Age discrimination for employment begins. Even state supported employment assistance service (Ohio Means Jobs) only helps folks 20-30 years old!

[@kingmiura8138]

Joe and Frank worked every job in the department...how about Vice? Did they work Vice?

[@nobullshoot]

another good police show is called DECOY 1958. Series ran for 1 year about a police woman. Scenes showing her training in jujitsu. Ahead of its time and wasn't well received. Now they have movies like Kill Bill or Angelina Jolie doing cartwheels while shooting 45s in both hands.

[@nunyabiznis817]

Even today, drunk drivers get off way too easy, even if they kill someone. It's this way because most of the tax-paid idiots who run the system all drive drunk, too. DUI is merely a profit center. It's not designed to really punish drunken drivers, rather to rake in money for the state. My next door neighbor is a habitual drunk driver. She drinks all the time and drives while under the influence all times of the night and day. She's been caught DUI so many times over the last 12 years that I can't even count them on 2 hands. She gets caught, she's wrung through the system and pays thousands of dollars to the state every time, yet she's still out there driving drunk (with a legal license and registration), just waiting to kill some innocent person. She's knows just about everyone and people always tell me how great a person she is. To that, I always reply the same thing do them, "She's a habitual drunk driver. She could eventually kill one of your friends of loved-ones. When that happens, come back to me and we'll talk about how great a person she is."

[@gummieworms3909]

Hopefully she'll kill herself before she has a chance to kill anybody 😑

[@desotofiresweep58]

Cut her brake lines and send her to the nearest cliff

[@1978garfield]

I am surprised they haven't sold her an interlock yet.

[@sfoster7027]

Nunya Biznis Too true. Think 1972 drunk driver plowed through a stoplight hit my brothers small car killing him and his friend. The drunk continued on to hit a group of guys on motorcycles and killed or put them in intensive care...ready for his punishment? The 21 year old Kenneth Hill got 18 months in jail. I kid you not. My family was NEVER the same.

[@johnlewandowski5385]

What state is she in? In Texas, if convicted of DUI, she'd be in prison! Texas judges have a LOT of discretion! In Texas, law enforcement agencies don't play! Judges and courts don't play, either!

[@jamesbradley4548]

If you are going to get arrested, take a hat. You can always tell the good guys (22:00) - they have a fedora on while questioning you.

[@ronedwards2593]

No mention of what the weather was like in the intro, hard to pay attention to the story without knowing the weather.....

[@jubalcalif9100]

Ha !! That's rich !! :-)

[@stevek8829]

It was hot in LA.

[@ronalddaub7965]

He was speeding and one of those regular Ford trucks

[@grantkruse1812]

It NEVER rains in California.

[@allencampbell8322]

My gosh. What a weak Judicial system

[@McIntyreBible]

14:01, the customer reveals that Dan wasn't in the coffee shop.

[@parrot849]

A strange fact is about this episodes’ ending credits; the actor portraying the role of accused restaurant waiter “Dan Miller” is listed as Kyle James. In actuality, the actor is James Anderson, a fine veteran actor known for his role as the antagonist Bob Ewell in the 1963 Oscar winning film, To Kill a Mockingbird. I wonder why the Dragnet production company would use Anderson’s obscure alternate nom de plume for such an established character actor during that time period....

[@IndependentBear]

Interesting, Gary. I would expect using a lesser known 'nom de plume' was the actor's choice. This show aired at a time when "real" actors did not do Television. The Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) was expecting Television to be a novelty that would never compete with movie theatres. At that time TV networks could only show movies made before WWII.

[@parrot849]

Ron D'Eau Claire - Good point!

[@MegaLivingIt]

Wow, life was cheap in LA for a hit and run felony double murder; not less than one year or more than five years.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Still cheap now. Human nature doesn't change. Laws and religion used to keep people honest but that's gone in certain cities now.

[@Nderak]

14:02 "missed you last night" god damn that mean several things, but it sure aint good.

[@conniecrawford5231]

Interesting.that the cops phone number starts with a "Michigan" prefix - ours used to be "Colonial 5" and that was in the south suburbs of Pittsburgh PA in the 1950 and 1960s.

[@tomswinburn1778]

He wouldn't have gotten off that easily today. Two counts of manslaughter, and one a child? They couldn't prove he was under the influence, but he DID flee the scene. Even in California today he'd have been hit MUCH harder. And rightfully so.

[@kateholden2533]

Tom Swinburn Even if he got the full five, sure doesn’t seem like enough for killing two people.

[@fromthesidelines]

In the original radio script, it was stated that "Paul Barton" was also convicted of "manslaughter, two counts; he was convicted only for Section 480 {hit and run felony}".

[@insulman100]

If by he you mean the Paul character he would've gotten scott free today. The police had their man and in todays court you are guilty until proven innocent there is no way in hell a policeman would help Miller like Friday did the way they see it got the truck got the man he has no alibi case closed

[@lukelightwalker]

Back in that day DUI was accepted and even glorified in radio and TV so I am not surprised at the conviction.

[@welshpete12]

very true he would have been found guilty too !

[@gordonlumbert9861]

There was a hit and run in my town and he killed 2 people with his truck. He left town but they caught him shortly there after.

[@Tsnore]

Don't mess with Joe!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Especially on Fridays !!

[@Grifiki]

"Lied and lied yet only got five years, for what they called a Double Murder??

[@Oct131917]

+Griffith Harland You are right, he should've gotten 25 years for each of the victims for a total of 50 years

[@PolizeiPaul]

Only justice in the case would be a death sentence, Drunk or not he hit and killed 2 people, So you kill=Death..That simple.

[@KermitFrazierdotcom]

Griffith Harland - Double Manslaughter. Unintentional, but the Hit & Run should have got him a few years each.

[@MrNYCman530]

Jack Webb used to smoke like a chimney.

[@MyOwnHorn]

RufusLeakin:First,thanks for sharing that personal observation. I'll agree. Though it's not surprising. At that time,so many Hollywood actors(like him)smoked. So many paid for it later,healthwise. Thank you.

[@fromthesidelines]

"DRAGNET" was originally sponsored by a cigarette company {Liggett & Myers}- Jack endorsed them at the end of every episode of both radio and TV editions of the show in the 1950's. He was quoted in one of their 1953 magazine ads that "I smoke two packs of Chesterfields every day"......and that was more than enough to kill him by 1982. www.grayflannelsuit.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/celebrity-smoking-ad_jack-webb-1953-chesterfield.jpg

[@MrNYCman530]

And yet he felt marijuana was a deadly drug. at least on screen. Ironic, right?

[@welshpete12]

No , not in those days . The deadly affects of tobacco were not know then . No of course, what affect marijuana has on the brain .

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Find a Hollywood production that wasn't full of smokers!

[@edwardebel1847]

Ever notice that neither cop EVER says, "Just the facts, ma'am." ?

[@marbanak]

1Year to 5Yr for a fatal hit-and-run seems low.

[@andrewclark7559]

marbanak The maximum sentence for vehicular manslaughter in California even now is six years, and the maximum sentence for aggravated vehicular manslaughter is nine years.

[@robertplatt643]

The law is heavily skewed in favor of vehicle operators.

[@marbanak]

@@andrewclark7559 Thanks for that info. A lighter sentence for unintended killing is understandable. Got it. But the "run" part in "hit and run", that bothers me, and should carry stiffer sentencing.

[@marbanak]

@@robertplatt643 Thanks. I enjoyed a working gig in LA for a while, and I was astonished at how courteous motorists were to me, when I played the role of pedestrian. I assumed the laws had firm, built-in protections for the pedestrian.

[@pucketts57]

I love this show as well . Such a shame people rarely serve even a little time for murdering someone with a vehicle. I've had idiots tailgate me for ing me over the speed limit then when they do go around me they ve tried running me off the road . I've come close a few times to an accident . God will have to help them a lot if I get run off the road or one of my family is hurt or murdered . If you cant drive then keep off the road no matter the age . Vehicle is far worse than a gun being used

[@davidsigalow7349]

It's hard to believe that Jack Webb and Ben Alexander were not actual detectives.

[@robertplatt643]

People used to lend their vehicles out to other people all the time. People were stupider back then. Maybe the raisin pie causes it?

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Probably just more trusting. Whether life in the '50s was better than the '60s moving forward, most of us perceive it as much. The baking company let their drivers use their trucks while off duty.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Stupider is not a word. It would be "more stupid"😬

[@robertplatt643]

Maybe I'm just stupider.

[@MrAlumni72]

Heck, they could have confirmed the first guy's story just by driving out to that intersection and looking at the damaged telephone pole.

[@marks984]

Or fingerprints on the wheel of the truck.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Realistically portrayed citizens/criminals/law enforcement officials. Enjoy viewing the automobiles/police equipment/movie house ticket booth & the likes of. that era. Sounds like a typical interrogation from that era.

[@joyceyagoda4207]

Boy, laws have changed! So many drunk drivers! Now you can do 20 years!

[@JohnSmith-cf4gn]

He got up to 5 whole years?? Back then?? Wow!! I thought he would get 50 years.

[@bobsaturday4273]

1- 5 for murder ??? they musta changed that by now .

[@1978garfield]

Murder is premeditated. Unless they could prove he planed to run them down murder would never stick. Now you can pick up a gun and shoot and kill somebody and walk as long as you are an illegal in California.

[@flyingdutchman913]

OhSHIT! My name's Dan W. Miller!! *gulp* Wait. I DIDNT DO IT I TELL YA, YOU LOUSY COPPERS!! This was made before I was born!! I'M TOO PRETTY TO GO TO JAIL! I'M INNOCENT I TELL YA!!! MOMMY!!!... See I'm innocent. Hehehehe

[@jubalcalif9100]

Like Whistler's Mother, you was framed, Mr Miller !! :-)

[@feralbluee]

Love this - straight out of the '40's bad guy movies :}

[@markgarin6355]

When in LA, stay away from Pick Street/Ave. Seems like half the stuff goes on there. Ha But the coffee shop either had another employee, since if he left, who was there, or it would have been closed.

[@lindab.716]

64 is elderly?

[@starguy2718]

Back then, it was.

[@lindab.716]

@@starguy2718 don’t mind me I’m just in denial. I thought my Dad was old when I got married, he was 44 🙄

[@joyceyagoda4207]

Now, people arw working in their 80s!

[@randywiggins1248]

Paul might have been paid to take fall for married Miller,up to five years. Bet delivery company fired Miller for lending out truck.nowadsys they might have been liable.

[@fjccommish]

1:03 The woman can't leave the kiosk.

[@jubalcalif9100]

And she never had a customer come up to buy a ticket during her chat with the cops !

[@winonamassingill7895]

Uh oh. Sorry Daniel, you really ripped your drawers on that one ☝️. 👖👖👖🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🙄🙄🙄😬😬😬😖😖😖

[@winonamassingill7895]

Oops 🙊. I had watched this movie 🎥 once before and I guess I forgot the but I remembered Paul when I saw 👀 him. Sorry Daniel, but you sure sounded guilty to me. 🤔🤔🤔🙇🙇🙇🙇

[@elliyahugenesove9777]

Vehicular manslaughter-5 to 10 years- that was a crime

[@McIntyreBible]

12:10, Dan Miller is questioned about the hit-and-run.

[@HellhammerSS]

I always wanted to see Beavis and Butthead jam and cover the closing theme. Totally can see them doing it.

[@roberthuot7887]

All that trouble investigating, for a year in jail for a double homicide. Not worth the effort. What a courtroom joke!

[@voraciousreader3341]

I know this is just a TV show, so I shouldn’t be picky, but they claimed to be giving us real cases, so I’m going to point out that, back then in California, people’s goods, cash, and possessions were more valuable than their lives! Some manslaughter defendants were only given as little as 10 to 25 years! A very few first degree intentional homicide cases resulted in the death penalty, but some murderers got life in prison. The range for armed robbery in several episodes was 10 years to life!

[@McIntyreBible]

23:20, Barton tries to attack Miller.

[@safiremorningstar]

This was before they changed the law and it was mad that changed it mother against drunk driving, I like the fact to hear that they say the same thing I heard as a teenager when a group of prisoners in the lifers program were brought to our school I asked the question well what do you think of somebody who drinks and drives and run somebody over and his reply was there's no difference between what they did and me taking a gun when I was under the influence of drugs and killing the man that I killed... Add here Sergeant Joe Friday says the exact same thing and the worst of it is that the person who committed the crime will probably get a few years if anything unless he's got a previous conviction for drunk driving he'll get a slap on the wrist and maybe a year possibly 18 months suspended sentence, remember this is before the law change.

[@lancecampbell4323]

Holy Darrell Brooks, Batman

[@narvelancoleman3813]

So....he loaned the company car, off hours to a non-employee, whose last name he doesn't know?? WOW!!

[@butchs2337]

back then he got maybe 1 week in jail,

[@deanguando1335]

Pretty light sentence.

[@barryzeeberg3672]

5:19 - was that a regular dozen or a baker's dozen? :)

[@johnrudy9404]

Hats,....at one time all men wore them. Then suddenly, all gone. Suits, too. Funny. Ha.

[@outndopen]

Wouldn't additional fingerprints be on the steering wheel or elsewhere?

[@bobsaturday4273]

Mary Shipp is sure one pretty girl 2:20

[@UberLummox]

These early episodes say they're based on true stories, but the credits say based on a radio play. That mean the radio plays were also based in truth?

[@LordZontar]

Most of the television episodes were remakes of the original radio episodes, which were based on transcribed LAPD case files. That was the selling point for Dragnet: dramatisations of actual LAPD investigations. The inspiration for the show was the crime noir drama He Walked By Night (1946), a movie about a psychopath (Richard Basehart) who robbed electronics stores and killed a cop, and kept one step ahead of the police manhunt because of his knowledge of radio, police dispatch procedure, and the Los Angeles sewer system which he used as both hideout and escape highway. Jack Webb, who was already doing the radio show Pat Novack For Hire, played a police lab technician in the movie. The film's technical adviser, LAPD Detective Sgt. Martin Wynn, suggested to Webb the idea of the radio show about actual LAPD cases and he ran with it. He Walked By Night had much the same format as Dragnet: based on a real police investigation, following the case step by step, little to no "domestic" material to distract from the main plot, and even running the disclaimer that the story was true and "only the names have been changed to protect the innocent."

[@UberLummox]

@@LordZontar Thanks for conferming my guess, and all the great details!

[@UberLummox]

@@LordZontar Wow, thanks for your Lordly insightful reply. It's amazing the following Dragnet, Adam-12, and "Emergency" still has. They sure hit on a great formula. Show historians like yourself ads to the fun. A side note; that L.A. aqueduct/sewer system has seen more action than a 5th. St. call girl! And "He Walked by Night" is the next movie I shall watch. Thanks for that!

[@LordZontar]

You'll enjoy He Walked By Night. It was a real tight thriller. Mostly a cast of unknowns other than Basehart, but you'll spot character actors Scott Brady and Whit Bisell as well as Jack Webb in the movie.

[@UberLummox]

@@LordZontar Just now watched the movie. Very tight indeed. Fully enjoyed it from the cinematography to the acting. I suppose this served to act as a pilot almost for the tv show(?) Thanks again for the recommend.

[@McIntyreBible]

6:55, Singer is questioned.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

say what you want to it's the law

[@billhinton9787]

5 years for killing two people!?!?!?

[@tarstarkusz]

hit and run with death should not be a 1-5, especially 2 deaths.

[@jessiejames7492]

Did he serve 2 terms. ? 1-5 yrs? Thats an atrocity esp killing someone.

[@beemoore9258]

One to five years for killing an elderly woman and grandson 😢

[@GoldandAppel]

14:25.😆!