Dragnet 1951

Taking the successful radio program to the new medium of television, Dragnet was famous for its use of actual Los Angeles Police Department case files. Jack Webb portrays Sgt. Joe Friday, who works the day shift with his partners on a variety of interesting cases. This program was reincarnated in 1967; eight years after its first television series had ended, with Jack Webb reprising his role of Sgt. Joe Friday.

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[nevikselarom]

Thumbs up if Theater of Life comment sent you here

[frankd1965]

A classic cop show for the ages. Joe Friday ALWAYS played by the book.

[rosmia2]

I just got a DVD of over 350 half hour radio episodes of Dragnet and I am in love with them. What an awesome time in radio.

[hellhound47bravo3]

It's a pity that this earlier version is so rarely seen. As much as I liked Harry Morgan, I'd love to see Friday's first partner.

[rayunseitig]

just the facts.

[rayunseitig]

dun, da, dum, dum!

[beatlesrockbass]

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[sadbutsandman91]

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[mcfrdmn]

This was an excellent show.

[mglover145]

RIP Harry Morgan

[fromthesidelines]

Webb tried to bring Ben Alexander back as "Frank Smith" for the 1966 "pilot" movie {that wasn't seen until January 1969}, but he was already committed to co-starring with Howard Duff on ABC's "FELONY SQUAD" that fall. Webb then asked Harry Morgan to become his "new" partner, "Officer Bill Gannon", for the movie and the TV series.

[fromthesidelines]

"Sgt. Friday" had three partners in the original series: "Sgt. Ben Romero" [Barton Yarborough], the one originally heard on radio through December 1951, when he (and sadly, Yarborough) suddenly died of a heart attack; "Sgt. Ed Jacobs" [Barney Phillips], who disappeared after a few months because Phillips sounded too similar to Jack Webb; and "Officer Frank Smith" [Herb Ellis, then Ben Alexander in the fall of '52].