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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.

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Dragnet on DVD

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.

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