In 1965 Jack Webb was approached by Universal Pictures to produce a Dragnet television movie to air on NBC. Gannon occasionally refers to his wife and family and, sometimes encourages Friday, who is single, to have more of a social life. Friday and Gannon are rarely shown outside their professional relationship. If a witness begins providing irrelevant details, Friday often responds, "Ma’am (Sir), we just want to get the facts." At the end of each episode, the legal fate of the arrested suspects is revealed. Although always polite and professional, Friday's manner of questioning witnesses, or suspects, is terse, clipped and rigid, resulting in rapid dialogue. The two investigate each case that arises with Friday, usually, the lead investigator. Joe Friday's introduction, "This is the city." Friday then specifies the day and time with a description of the watch, or shift, he and Gannon are working. Typically, each episode begins with stock footage of Los Angeles over Sgt. Other cast members included Don Ross, Olan Soule, Marco Lopez, Herb Vigran, Clark Howat, Art Balinger, Alfred Shelly, Art Gilmore, Ralph Moody, Virginia Gregg, Ed Deemer, Howard Culver, Bert Holland, Don Stewart, Bobby Troup, Emily Banks, Len Wayland, William Boyett, Stacy Harris, Stuart Nisbet, Kent McCord, Robert Brubaker, Harry Bartell, Jill Banner, Robert Patten, Sidney Clute, Anthony Eisley, Virginia Vincent, Don Dubbins, James McEachin, Peggy Webber, and Vic Perrin playing different roles.It has the distinction of being one of the first examples of a discontinued American TV series being revived years later with some original cast members. This was the second television series in a Dragnet media franchise encompassing film, television, books and comics. The entire series aired Thursdays at 9:30–10:00 pm (EST) and was directed by Jack Webb.Īll four seasons of this series have been released on DVD Season 1 ("Dragnet 1967") by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, and seasons 2 ("1968"), 3 ("1969") and 4 ("1970") by Shout! Factory. To differentiate it from the earlier 1950s Dragnet television series, the year in which each season ended was made part of the on-screen title-the series started as Dragnet 1967 and ended as Dragnet 1970. Jack Webb and Harry Morgan in Dragnet, 1968ĭragnet is an American television series starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan which ran for four seasons, from January 12, 1967, to April 16, 1970.
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