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Dragnet
1967
"This is the city, Los Angeles California..."
and so opens every episode of Dragnet.Jack
Webb and Harry Morgan star as the dry, police detectives who exchange
more knowing glances than dialogue.
This revival
of a long-running series debuted in early 1967 as a mid-season replacement;
the first episode was a classic - concerning acid freak outs among LA's
hippies - a load of unintentional laughs and great location shots of a
forty year younger City of Angels.
Season one
has only 17 episodes but all are easy watching, great for a lazy Sunday
afternoon.
While the
original series focused mostly on common crimes, this updated show tackled
way-out issues like neo-Nazis, kidnappers, counter-culture weirdos, over-indulgent
parents and crazed suburbanites - all punctuated with Detective Joe Friday's
preachy pronouncements. That old fashioned resoluteness was primarily
why Dragnet 1967 proved so popular when it was rerun on TV
Land.
"Just the facts, ma'am"? Here you'll get just the episodes,
Ma'am - but as a bonus there's an episode of the Dragnet network
radio program from 1953.
Whether you buy into the all-too-earnest nature of the program or see
it as high camp, Dragnet 1967 is great fun none the less.
Plot Outline Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and
his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Plot Synopsis: The classic police drama is updated
for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer
Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges
such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
Dragnet
1967
