Dragnet
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Actor: Jack WebbBrand: KC Sales
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 660 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2011-01-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Madacy (Music Distributor)
Movie Reviews of Dragnet
Movie Review: A taste of the original.
Summary: 5 Stars
This Dragnet set is a compilation of episodes from the original TV show that ran from 1951 to 1959. They entered the public domain due to an oversight in maintaining the copyright and now we have a sample of some of those many episodes which have never been released. The scripts in this series are nearly unmodified radio scripts and the actors were chosen more for their voices and delivery than for their looks. Each story is based on actual events, making the early Dragnet one of the first "reality" shows.
These episodes are much more noir-ish than the later shows that most of us are familiar with. The show is less pessimistic than most film noir, but still gritty and deliberately realistic. Jack Webb is outstanding, showing the passion that was robbed from him after filming hundreds of episodes and seeing his career stagnate into one role. This is a brilliant taste of the original, archetypical cop show, that, as Webb observed, "was as real as a guy pouring a cup of coffee." If you like Dragnet from any era, want to see how it became the much copied and much parodied phenomenon, know how cop shows got started, or just enjoy an outstanding bit of 50s drama, then you should drink a big gulp of Joe Friday and buy this set.
Summary of Dragnet
One of the greatest shows in the history of television is now available in this exciting five-DVD boxed set edition, featuring the very best episodes from the original series. A genuine collectible, it?s sure to become a ?must-see? favorite in your home entertainment library. This pioneering police drama starring the great Jack Webb set the standard for all future ?cop shows.? Opening each episode with its famous theme song, always delivering fascinating and fast-moving stories, DRAGNET profiles the cases of Sgt. Joe Friday, the tough-minded detective who did his job, with little glory or thanks. Drawing their stories directly from LAPD files, the show?s documentary-like realism makes you feel like you?re on the job with Friday ? and the final shoot-out and capture of the criminal is even more exciting!Similar DVD Movies
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