Dragnet
1951-1959 | Crime | USA | Created by Jack Webb
Overview
Just the facts: Webb played Sergeant Joe Friday with flat affect and documentary narration, the LAPD procedural as a straight face. The names have been changed to protect the innocent came from the radio version. Webb directed and controlled every detail, pacing so dry it became a style. Every cop show since inherits the paperwork. Dum de dum dum dum.
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