The show focuses on two detectives—the no-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and hard-nosed Officer Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan)—as they track down criminals throughout L.A. Each case was said to have been pulled from actual cases from the L.A.P.D. files. Stories paid careful attention to realism, and had numerous twists before the criminals were finally arrested at the end of each show. Dragnet remains the prototype for TV police dramas and the standard by which they are judged. The series is also notable for being the first time a cancelled network series was successfully revived.Bonus Content:- Rare Dragnet 1950s Bonus Episode "The Big Smoke" - Vintage Promo
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Wonderful show
Fabulous lots of memories. Love Jack Webb and Dragnet
S**E
Excellent TV Series!
Excellent DVD Series... Just like watching it in the past... Nice Memories
D**N
Crime Fighting show
Pros:1. A lot of action2. Plays very good3. Perfect Crime Fighting TV ShowCons1. None, so far
K**S
DVD
Great Product
J**N
Again Worth the Cost- Thank You SHOUT
Since SHOUT took over the dvd production of Dragnet, the quality has been GREAT! Like Dragnet 1968 SHOUT has placed bonus material on one of the disks. For this version disk 1 has a rare 1954 Dragnet episode (I forgot the name not being at home as I write this), two Jack Web PSA announcements on Social Security along with Muscular Distrophy and a promo for Dragnet 1969. The quality of these bonus features are not restored. The rest of the disks look great and has the same selection format as Dragnet 1968. For the price this is a worth the purchase and a nice way to finish off the Dragnet series. The 69 Dragnet has quite a few episodes on Juvenile cases and if you are as old as I am you, know the bright colors used on clothes and household items at that time. Often I judge the quality of the dvd processing by the crispness of bright colors and the luminance transition from bright to dark. The dvd's are beautiful. There is very little color smear and the colors tend to be slightly warm. The fourth dvd when the Gannons drop by Friday's apartment for dinner is a good example of this. Bill Gannon's wife Rita is wearing a yellow-green suit, notice how crisp the colors are and when the neighbors drop by the apartment for a party (toward the end) notice all the different colors and see how they track (no smearing or fading). SHOUT did a nice job. THANK YOU!!!!!
J**Z
Dragnet DVD review
Arrived on time packing was easy to open up. The DVD plays very good satisfied
M**N
Just As Good As Ever
I really love these DVDs. This particular year is very good, although there doesn't seem to be a lot of 'Out in the field' work. Most of the episodes so far, have been near a desk, unlike Season 4, which I also have, where there's more detective work. As it turns out, these episodes are very entertaining still and the acting from the cast is superb, as always! Highly recommended for any police drama fans or anyone who likes the modern detective shows. This is where it began and still holds up, especially being a half-hour show, without a lot of special effects or guns, like today's TV shows. The acting and dialogue sets this show apart from most others of it's time or by today's standards.
T**Z
TGIF Baby
LAPD's finest investigators, Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his faithful partner, Det. Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) return for this 1968-69 Season of this classic police drama from the mind of Jack Webb.It is just another day in Los Angeles.: smog, traffic and unceasing crime. But no matter the day, duty calls for Friday and Gannon. From dealing with burglars, runaways and druggies to representing the LAPD on an L.A. talk show and working with the secret service to prep for a visit from the President of the United States, you know these homicide dicks will have it handled. Ladies and gentlemen, the stories you are about to see are true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. This is DRAGNET 1969.Spawned from the popular DRAGNET radio program, followed by the acclaimed 1950s television series, DRAGNET which ran on NBC from 1967-1970 featured Jack Webbs chief creation in its prime: opening the door for his later hit shows like DRAGNET's spin-off series ADAM-12 and EMERGENCY contributing to veteran Officer Pete Malloy(Martin Milner)and his hotshot rookie partner Jim Reed(Kent McCord)LAPD's finest patrolmen and L.A. County Firemen Johnny Gage(Randolph Mantooth)& Roy De Soto(Kevin Tighe)L.A. County's finest paramedics.In fact, this season even has a cast-colliding episode when Reed & Malloy meet up with Friday & Gannon for the very first time in the "Internal Affairs-DR 20" episode.Watching this Junior year season of DRAGNET complete & uncut on these DVD box sets is so much better than watching them in reruns on COZI-TV, ME-TV, Antenna TV, TV Land, and Nickelodeon, with all those deleted scenes & added commercials.BTW, Warner Bros.is releasing CHiPs- Season 3 out on DVD on Tuesday March 3, 2015.
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