Dragnet The Big Perfume Bottle 1958. NBC Network. Badge 714, starring Jack Webb and Ben Alexander.

[@davesnowjonesboro]

Thank you for posting the Dragnet series. I am 77 now but fondly remember watching these episodes in the 50's & 60's. Thanks again.

[@MoviecraftInc]

You're very welcome

[@ThomasWidler]

I'm 73, I concur.

[@patrickwells4014]

@@ThomasWidler I am 73 also and remember watching these episodes with my parents.

[@jeromewhelan6723]

Very enjoyable for me, age 76 and this is the kind of entertainment on which I grew up. Good to see this series again.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Glad to oblige.

[@lindastretch2522]

im 80 and still in love with jack webb rip jack

[@lindastretch2522]

my uncle use to work for lapd rest in peace nate

[@stewartteaze9328]

These ones are in great shape... its thrilling to "go back in time 66 years"... to think how much has changed in the intervening years - interstate freeways, space travel, color TV, computers, cell phones... and now homelessness and legalized petty crime in CA... kinda gives me the willies thinking about it.

[@williamsteriti2718]

Thank you for showing these I love dragnet black and white ones like this they were great the radio versions in this black and white thank you for showing them again

[@patriciajrs46]

Thank you for posting Dragnet. Loved the show when I grew up. The 70s.

[@MoviecraftInc]

My pleasure!

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

It's great to see an episode that I had never seen before. Great episode.

[@robbranigin2645]

thank you so much for posting "new" episodes of dragnet - the same 60 or 70-odd episodes have been circulating for years and years. it's fantastic to see some fresh episodes. please keep the dragnet episodes coming! thanks again!

[@MoviecraftInc]

We have one other "new" Dragnet to post in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@robbranigin2645]

@@MoviecraftInc i have subscribed and will keep my eyes out for it. thanks a million for posting these and please keep them coming! wonderful stuff.

[@cosmokramer1987]

@@MoviecraftInccan’t wait!

[@MoviecraftInc]

@@cosmokramer1987 Not to get your hopes up for more "new" Dragnets we now have THREE recently posted on Moviecraft Inc.. Thats all of the "new" Dragnets we currently have. Of course we are always looking for more episodes on film to upload. Thanks for watching.

[@trilbywilby7826]

@@MoviecraftInc Yes, thank you for posting these older ones with Ben Alexander. They are so hard to find and I much prefer them to the ones in color with Harry Morgan. Thanks again.

[@billotto602]

I loved this growing up. Especially Jack Webb. Thank you !

[@MoviecraftInc]

You're welcome

[@DeloresLandeis-kx5fu]

My Dad's favorite show.. great quality

[@MoviecraftInc]

Thank You.

[@Neal_R]

It was Jack's Birthday this past Tuesday. I bet you knew that. He would have been 104 years old!

[@kathleenking47]

Jack died from fatima, L&M cigarettes 🚬🚬🚬🚬 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬 My dad was born on march 12th..but lived to 79 Prostate cancer Jack died in his early 60d

[@robertsheetz6067]

If he lived , Fatima cigarettes would have gave him a great birthday party...

[@NudePostingConspiracyTheories]

These comments are terrific. I love detail about my shows

[@user-sv1gh2mr4n]

Yes, born April 2, 1920.

[@mrmxyzptlk-imp]

Until the 1970's the FCC had a rule that if a tv series was still airing new episodes then old episodes that were syndicated had to be released under a different title. Dragnet was syndicated as Badge 714 ( Sgt Friday's badge number), Bonanza was syndicated as Ponderosa ( where the Cartwrights lived), I Love Lucy was syndicated ( I believe it was Best Of Lucy) and Andy Griffith Show was syndicated as Andy Of Mayberry

[@prycerobertson4695]

First aired May 29, 1958.

[@LeroyBright]

4 days before my birth in Montebello, Los Angeles County, CA at Beverly Community Hospital, Beverly Blvd on Monday June 2, 1958 at 8:58 p.m. Pacific Time.

[@prycerobertson4695]

@@LeroyBright Wow.

[@joyceyagoda4207]

My name is Friday! Every day is Friday!

[@jonmeek3879]

Love these "lost" episodes, thank you

[@MoviecraftInc]

Glad you like them!

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

I'd never seen this episode before! It was another good one!

[@Steven-dm7zi]

Outstanding episodes. Anyone ever see Jack Webb do copper clapper caper skit on Carson?

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

Yes, I've seen it on KZbin! It's hilarious!

[@bobbycastaneda9091]

Burglary in the first degree was punishable by a minimum of 5 years in prison back then! Now you can do a smash and grab or a burglary and get no time! What a joke!!!

[@muffs55mercury61]

I bet many jurisdictions have reduced it to a misdemeanor now days.

[@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf]

You get more of what you reward.

[@johnstudd4245]

Now days in CA they will not even arrest you if it is under $1,000. Then they say the crime rate is going down........because they won't count that as a crime. LOL, you can't make this stuff up!!

[@davidsigalow7349]

I'm glad Joe Friday, who worked tirelessly to enforce the law, isn't alive to see what happened to California and Los Angeles.

[@prycerobertson4695]

Frank Burt, who wrote this and several other episodes, died suddenly of a heart attack two days after this episode aired. He was only 38.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Gee, what a loss of an exceptional talent, and so young...

[@prycerobertson4695]

@@MoviecraftInc He was the creator of the radio series The Six Shooter, which would soon move to the small screen as The Restless Gun (with John Payne filling Jimmy Stewart's shoes).

[@clairewyndham1971]

Damn, that's weird

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Oh my word . Not even 40 . . .

[@prycerobertson4695]

@@susanfaulkner2304 Nope.

[@glovesoffofficial1382]

The audio versions are also brilliant ny favorite is the werewolf episode!

[@GumbysClay53]

Jack Webb was a complete macho man and talented actor. He and Johnny Carson did a Dragnet spoof that was hilarious. The D.I. was always one of my fave movies.

[@bobbyhamblen2338]

Claude Cooper.

[@johncox2865]

Yeah, when Carson was young. They could Make you laugh.

[@deecook8393]

Wrong. Webb was a terrible actor, but he was a good producer. He couldn't act his way out od wet paper bag.

[@GumbysClay53]

​@deecook8393 I think it's a matter of opinion. Webb died worth 10 million so he was successful in his craft. His deadpan style of acting was celebrated by directors like Howard Hawks. I wouldn't see Webb as a leading man but he was a star of the small screen.

[@deecook8393]

@@GumbysClay53 I said he was a good producer. That's where he got his money. Like I said, he can't act, but he was the boss. Henry Morgan was the much better actor. Btw...Webb ran Route 66 into the ground until it was cancelled. His deadpan acting was all he had. A good actor can do all characters, not just a deadpan. Webb actually looked silly when he runs into a room with a gun.

[@greenfuzz13]

Crimmany! It's the great Dick Miller as Ted! Thanks for the very clean copies of these episodes.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Great!! Episodes after about 1955 are hard to come by except for a few of them. The police building later known as Parker Center was built in 1956 and is in the last few season's episodes. It was torn down in 2009.

[@dariowiter3078]

Robin Raymond, the actress who played Billie Jean Cove, was certainly a gorgeous looking lady. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@MoviecraftInc]

You have that right!

[@dariowiter3078]

@@MoviecraftInc And very fetching, too! ❤️😁

[@miltonhollis703]

Very very attractive, and a good actress...I'm impressed That you actually know Ms Raymond name.....

[@darrenrexfrancis2538]

She looks like she's great in the sack!!!!

[@saran3214]

She'll be back out on parole in a few months. Be there by the prison gates when she gets out.

[@ChadQuick270W]

Thanks again so much for a “new” episode for me. Inspector Reddin would later become chief of LAPD in the late 1960’s. Chief Thomas Reddin. On another track, the Los Feliz district is where the LaBiancas would be murdered in August 1969 by the Manson family.

[@joehallen4510]

Aw DRAGNET ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@timmcquerry6068]

This is when Jack Webb was sporting a "flattop butch"! Good looking Haircut 😊.

[@snewsan6645]

Good looking haircut for a good looking man. I can see why women threw themselves at him.

[@dariowiter3078]

Yep! Jack sported that haircut very well. 💈✂️😁

[@dariowiter3078]

​@@snewsan6645 Well, he was married to singer/actress Julie London of Emergency!(1972-77) fame, so that should answer your statement quite nicely. 🙂

[@anthonyreale1786]

Loved watching this show when I was a youngster. Great stuff. My father looked a lot like Mr Webb. Thanks keep them coming 👍

[@prycerobertson4695]

Dick Miller, who plays Tippman, is best known for his work with Roger Corman. He would later appear on an episode of the ‘60s Dragnet.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yep Dick was an excellent actor. He lived to be in his 90s.

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

Starred in cult classics Little Shop of Horrors and Bucket of Blood.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

I thought he looked familiar.

[@kennyfisher8014]

I’m almost 70 + stumbled on this video. I also remember the days when TV was normal, love this show. Today all ya see is GARBAGE. Thanks a MILLION…+*+*+*+ 🙏💪🙌💕👍😎

[@MoviecraftInc]

Welcome aboard!

[@dariowiter3078]

Great comment! 👍😀

[@mikeh.7499]

😂kenny its worse than garbage...its boring, mediocre , predictable good looking wooden acting.turned off basic cable a year ago dont miss it.antenna rabbit ears for local news and internet like this .thank you again😮

[@benniebarrow348]

I wish these old dragnet series were on the classic TV channels (the 1950's ......not the late 60's and early 70's that weren't as good)

[@glennsummers3779]

If you haven't seen the movie he walked night", it's a great movie and was the inspiration for the dragnet tv series. 1948 movie and features a young Jack Webb.

[@glennsummers3779]

Movie is "he walked by night"

[@davidcouch6514]

The later series hinged on Parody.

[@teresas8173]

I like the 50s one the most as well

[@benniebarrow348]

@@teresas8173 agreed !

[@Ivan-cr3vc]

The little electric motorboats you see @ 1:21 were powered by 1925 Dodge starters and car batteries. Each one was named after a Disney character. They also had a franchise in Reseda Park in the Valley. I would help out there in trade for free rides. They were owned by the Dasea Bros. if I have the correct spelling. A fun afternoon for family fun. Brings back memories of a better time. The scene here is MacArthur Park.

[@MoviecraftInc]

Thank you for the great explanation of that scene.

[@scottgoodman8993]

Thank you. This information, lost to time, is welcome. I wish more would comment like this.

[@conniewojahn6445]

Another great episode!

[@DennisSullivan-q2r]

I just noticed something. They always say the case went to trial. In most real cases, they avoid the expense of a trial, by making a deal.

[@Horse237]

A third episode on this channel I've never seen before.

[@DennisSullivan-q2r]

Cool! 1950s hard boiled crime drama.

[@Col_K]

Dick Miller appeared in a lot of popular sci-fi/horror movies, always playing a rather low brow character of one type or another, yet in reality he had a doctorate in psychology. Now that's acting!

[@gcfifthgear]

Aileen Carlyle almost looks like Lucille Ball's evil twin sister...their hairstyles at the time looked very similar

[@miltonhollis703]

I picked up on that right away!! Ms Carlyle is a dead ringer for Ms Ball....

[@NudePostingConspiracyTheories]

So true, hilarious

[@Joeblow-ms3cv]

The blonde had a bombshell of a figure. 🙂

[@big566bunny]

The USA has made so much progress that most police forces in our major cities don't bother to investigate burglaries any more.

[@daneblack2593]

I know I am so corny because I like watching this

[@macmcleod1188]

Great work by Friday using reverse psychology on Rutha Spooner.

[@jayonnaj18]

I MUCH prefer the Dragnet Old Time Radio Dramas since my eyesight isn't so well now!

[@igotstoknow2]

I was born in 1957. Most vehicles back then used leaded gasoline. Maybe that's why space aliens won't leave me alone.

[@lastshovel5287]

My Harley service manual became self-aware once I put my greasy fingerprints on it.

[@brucebean2805]

Dog sitting is good business in my country. 😊🎉

[@rkgaustin]

It's a terrible shame what has happened to Los Angeles and California.

[@macmcleod1188]

It's really happened all over the world. Global population is up about 120% since the time these episodes were made. There's too many people and that makes things more expensive and makes it harder to get ahead in life. And on top of that, the wealth in both the United States and the world has concentrated incredibly meaning that most citizens are effectively poorer than they used to be.

[@darrenrexfrancis2538]

Why? What's happened to Los Angeles & California??

[@wynnssecret8243]

​@@darrenrexfrancis2538...... Areas of it are looking like a third world country these days 🤦

[@dizzman5546]

Jack Webb said no I dont. Know to all the questions the boss asked him in the beginning of this show😅😅. Great detective work. 😅

[@skibee421]

friday & the fugitive share the same bottle of jet-black hair dye !

[@deecook8393]

Why are the titles of these show preceded by "THE BIG..."

[@User-mo8v9r]

Plz make more dragnet

[@MoviecraftInc]

We have one other "new" Dragnet to post in the future. Thanks for watching!

[@User-mo8v9r]

No problem 😊

[@User-mo8v9r]

Put the episode called" the big cry baby".

[@User-mo8v9r]

@@MoviecraftInc what is your real name

[@davidcouch6514]

Back then an 8 day hospital stay cost all inclusive would be about $700.

[@HeronCoyote1234]

The actress playing Rutha looks like a cross between Shelly Winters and Lucille Ball.

[@77thTrombone]

And Jonathan Winters

[@blackfinjrblackfinjr3555]

And Louie Anderson

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Oh, boy! Dick Miller!

[@timothygluch1915]

That music is star trek the next generation music opening and closing

[@philbellamy5556]

Did the people in the fifties watching these shows really believe that the police could just walk into some ones home or that they could drag people in and question them just for walking down the street?

[@MoviecraftInc]

Probably...

[@davidl9232]

Having warrants was a big thing. Cops thru the 40s would walk around with Billy Clubs on foot patrols in neighborhoods. Aggressive Cops trying to manage without having to use judges who would okay the warrants( but might not). It's not beyond reason to think some Cops being Aggressive might jump the rules now and then..Cops had power. Along came the sixties and lots of stuff started changing especially after the Kennedy assassination and then Watergate.

[@YAFONOOB]

5:28 "oh, well I guess you're coming in then...."

[@karenmartin7978]

Rutha didn't seem too large to me. How small were those windows she wouldn't be able to squeeze through?

[@brainplow]

Did Officer Smith ever make Sergeant?

[@Bonnie-e6p]

Good thing they didn’t live to see what LA has become.

[@dizzman5546]

Oh my god. How true 😮

[@wendellmarthers3519]

Where is Col. Potter?

[@eldersprig]

appeared on radio twice. never on this TV series. he was on the 1968- series

[@mathewfullerton8577]

August or September in LA and Friday hands her a long coat?

[@stanpolchinski8956]

I be in november 84, & no more spring chicken.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

The Corona prison for women is still running strong. Almost 3500 inmates this year, but designed to hold 1400!

[@danimojoe8563]

Friday always has to get the last word in a complete narcissistic

[@georgegabriel7766]

It's actually 1957 not 58. Says so in the beginning in Roman numerals

[@MoviecraftInc]

I saw that the copyright date said 1957...I went with the release date in the description as it seems the common practice in listing episodes.

[@pAusten]

Is that Shelly Winters playing Billie? The voice sounds like Winters

[@MoviecraftInc]

No, that's not Shelly..

[@dizzman5546]

Tight leather 👖 pants on the dame😅

[@Boppinabe]

Poor Ted Tippman, after serving his sentence, mended his ways and opened a successful pawn shop in Los Angeles which did a thriving business until he was gunned down in a robbery in 1984 by the same suspect who massacred 17 LAPD officers.

[@MichaelKurse]

Billie Jean wearing leather pants.🤪🤪🤪

[@dariowiter3078]

Those are Capri pants, a popular form of clothing for women in the '50s & '60s. 👖❤️😁

[@MichaelKurse]

@@dariowiter3078 Thank you, I love new info.🤔🤪🤪🤪

[@dariowiter3078]

@@MichaelKurse You're welcome. 😁

[@John-r3p4q]

HEY WHAT GIVES??

[@tarstarkusz]

may 24

[@cavramau]

1957

[@samdigiorgipo]

Ist degree burglary gets no less than 5 years and this guy had 8 counts ??? That's 5 x 8 , , , 40 years , , , , no way he got that , , , , , a DUI driver who kills someone today doesn't even get 5 years ,!!!

[@harryscott9533]

🤓🙋‍♂️👍❤

[@stockholm1752]

Bom ba bom bomm. Bom ba Bom ba BOMM….

[@Richard-me2pq]

I noticed how ex-con Billie was too trusting enough to let cops into her apartment?

[@Franklin-pc3xd]

Pro tip trivia: Rutha Spooner in this episode was played by Ernest Borgnine in drag. This was one of the few roles he accepted during the short period of time that Borgnine identified as a woman.

[@mikeh.7499]

@@Franklin-pc3xd as the number one Jack Webb fan I usually disapprove of tongue in cheek or ribald humor,however I have made an exception in your case as ITS SO DARN FUNNY.you may make a living writing or comedian.thanks many thumbs up.!

[@wardbarnes8780]

Scraped the bottom of the barrel on support actors.

[@cpu554]

@ weeks in the hospital? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[@John-l6x8o]

They had no right to come in her apartment even if she is on probation

[@dariowiter3078]

Yes they do! If you're a career criminal with an extensive criminal record, the police have the right to visit you during a criminal investigation if they suspect you of being involved in a crime.

[@davidworsley7969]

This was 1958-They could do pretty much anything.

[@joehallen4510]

I❤WATCHING DRAGNET GR0WING UP.. I WILL BE 72 S00N.L0L