The introduction to this alone is gold, with its historic footage and crisp dialog. The way Friday responded to this crime, you would think someone was murdered. It was just a robbery. Not on his watch, apparently.
Sherry TV, Inc was set up a dummy production unit of MCA, Inc.to acquired the original incarnation of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited which owns Dragnet. Today Dragnet and all Mark VII programs are owned by MCA's forerunner, NBCUniversal. Dragnet radio shows are owned by the estate of Jack Webb.
First time I watched an episode from the earlier series. Am more familiar with Officer Bill Gannon, as his partner. Format and presentation didn't change. Good program.
I know for sure Dragnet kelp me from being a Juvenile Delinquent.....when I was a kid Dragnet scared the hell out of Me" and kelp me straight... Great actor's great story..I'm 78 And Dragnet is still one of my favorites besides Highway patrol...
Good shows you deserve a like on that one, thanks for sharing. You're right 👍 these shows like dragnet , highway patrol' stand the test of time. Maybe I'm a nostalgic dreamer, I like seeing some of the old things in these shows, especially the cars.
It's funny you say that. I'm 55 years old, and I grew up. and I grew up on it, watching it with my father. You've mentioned highway patrol. You and me have a lot in common. I love highway patrol. I just started watching them again for the first time in almost 45 years. But how a patrol this is my first time watching. I love the way Jack Webb does. in my opinion, he was a better actor Then Harry Morgan In my opinion, he should have been more. Amazing how Harry Morgan got. more popular. I think Jack Webb is awesome. He produced, directed and he starred. and being the narrator was cool. I am like you. It would have scared the hell out of me. I'll watch shows like this nowadays, because my father died three days after my birthday, 3 years ago. I feel like I'm watching TV with my daddy. I'll watch highway patrol because of the cars. My dad told me about he was the teenager at the time. Broderick Crawford. What a man. Now, that was one hip, dude. Yes, I'm the 60s baby. But like my dad said, quoting. the 50s were the greatest years of his life. I now know why. I love you, Daddy. Sir your words touched me.
@@tomfields3682 Yes, I noticed so many shows from back then pronounced it Angle-eez! Even on Perry Mason there were actors who pronounced it like that. I wonder where that pronunciation came from?
@@CameraBryan From the Mark VII article page, on Wikipedia: "The logo, in use in one form or another for much of the company's existence, showed the hands of Jack Webb's construction foreman Harold C. Nyby holding a stamp against a sheet of metal."
Enjoyed the pre-Harry Morgan Dragnet episodes. The early TV episodes were re-written from Dragnet radio scripts. Friday's boss, Chief Det. Ed Backstrand, was played by Raymond Burr!
FYI: In the late 50s early 60s we had a TV series called Stahlnetz (steel net) in Germany starting with the same fanfare and the same film music. Might have been sort of franchise.
So why did the thieves put the money in the cracker boxes? They could have easily carried it out when they left with their safe cracking tools. That would have eliminated the necessity to go into the store the next morning, which was dangerous because someone might have recognized them.
I watched Dragnet every week. I loved that the stories were true. Nothing could match the snappy dialog between Friday and either Smith or the perps. It might seem a little dated but today's standards, but it set a high standard for future cop shows. Jack Webb did a terrific Dragnet skit on the Johnny Carson Show later in life that was terrific. It was called the Copper Caper. It's on RUclips.
Where are you getting these episodes? It's been many years since any "new" Dragnets have popped up on RUclips or elsewhere. This is really exciting, thank you so much for posting these. Do you by chance have "The Big White Rat" episode from 1953 ?
The Dome of the Brown Derby was Moved to a Temple across the Street from USC at Vermont & Exposition N/W Corner, you can't Recognize it anymore after the Brim was Removed.
Moviecraft Inc. only uploads transfers from master films, and we are trained in film to tape transfer. A lot of the poor uploads you see on RUclips and elsewhere are copied from old VHS tapes instead of 16mm motion picture film.
I like this format better than the later episodes with Harry Morgan acting the fool at the start of each episode. If you wanted it to be a comedy act then make it a comedy act. But if you want it to be taken as a serious crime drama, cut out the slapstick.
It was warm in Los Angeles. The story just grabs you right there. Los Angelino's all act like weirdos. Except for the time-obsessed detective Webb who walks like a board is up his rear. Who cares time of day it was? I liked Dragnet for it's snappy dialogue. Webb was more a moralist than an actor.
The Big Cracker Box, Season 7, episode 34 Original air date May 22, 1958 In my personal collection I only have one episode for this season, so good for me and all who are new to these late arrivals!!
@@stuartmcpherran5115 When I wrote my comment, I had only one existing episode, Dragnet - 7x28 The Big War in season 7. Finding The Big Cracker Box made my day as I really like these 1950s episodes, much more so the the 60s versions. I then went to this channel and found 2 more episodes uploaded recently. Dragnet - 7X35 The Big Perfume Bottle 1958 and Dragnet - 7X36 The Big Bed 1958. Pretty good quality on all 3 of these 'new' episodes. Have not taken the time to do a full YT search so I don't know if there are more available. I am now up to 67 of these great episodes.
🤣: We were working Vice...we we're working Missing Persons...we we're Directing Traffic...we we're working Burglary...every episode they're working a different department within the department!
Do you by any chance have a show called Squad Car (from 1960) in your archives? There's hardly any information on it. It was similar to other low-budget cop shows from that era like Highway Patrol, State Trooper and Border Patrol.
I've only seen the ones from the early seasons. This is from toward the end of the original run with Ben Alexander. It's a rather confused and paltry story. Imagine wasting a detective sergeant's time on these capers. I never liked the color revival version with Harry Morgan. Jack Webb was always pushing some line about the modern counterculture and social degeneracy. After which Harry would nod.
The scene of Ciro’s nightclub out on the Sunset Strip brought back memories of the home I was raised in the hills just above the nightclub. The theme music is something you never forget- those were the days. Now living in Costa Rica 🌴😎🌴
1957, they taught us how to read Roman numerals along with writing cursive with a nib pen, and when they figured fountain pens weren't a passing fad they taught us how to use them as well.
They didn't interrupt each other in those days. Don't interrupt. There's more. Gasoline had lead in it and no smog reduction. Everything was in black and white to save money since lead prevented color perception.
Today I appreciate the snappy dialogue. Ane when Jack Webb played Pat Novak for hire was even better yet! The lines were amazing and apparently Jack would contribute to them immensely.
What a rotten crook, holding out on his partner. He made it too easy. They could have gone to the store the next morning, and arrested him when he bought the cracker box, with the loot.
Sometimes I get gored and check the address on Google maps - I mean, nerd but it's while I'm watching - and that happens. I always figured the streets changed or something - but, you're right, they prob just wrote it and didn't worry whether accurate
Mom and Dad would always go Uncle Joe’s house to watch Dragnet before we got our own 📺
All this time has passed and this is STILL great television...........
I remember watching Dragnet in those good ole days 👍
The introduction to this alone is gold, with its historic footage and crisp dialog. The way Friday responded to this crime, you would think someone was murdered. It was just a robbery. Not on his watch, apparently.
I loved Dragnet. Then The Untouchables. Then Columbo. Network TV doesn't hold a candle to today. Jack Webb the understated protagonist
Columbo was too predictable bcuz they always ended the same way IIRC?
The HQ building on the show has been torn down. Parker Center is no more!
Like everything else in LA.....
@@lilajagears8317 It's not on the same spot and it is not called Parker Center...
Too bad.
Sherry TV, Inc was set up a dummy production unit of MCA, Inc.to acquired the original incarnation of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited which owns Dragnet. Today Dragnet and all Mark VII programs are owned by MCA's forerunner, NBCUniversal. Dragnet radio shows are owned by the estate of Jack Webb.
Wow!! No idea....
First time I watched an episode from the earlier series. Am more familiar with Officer Bill Gannon, as his partner. Format and presentation didn't change. Good program.
Yep, Gannon was played by Harry Morgan from MASH.
I know for sure Dragnet kelp me from being a Juvenile Delinquent.....when I was a kid
Dragnet scared the hell out of
Me" and kelp me straight...
Great actor's great story..I'm 78
And Dragnet is still one of my favorites besides Highway patrol...
Good shows you deserve a like on that one, thanks for sharing. You're right 👍 these shows like dragnet , highway patrol' stand the test of time. Maybe I'm a nostalgic dreamer, I like seeing some of the old things in these shows, especially the cars.
I loved Highway Patrol. Nothing like Broderick Crawford saying "10-4, 10-4". Webb was better at his role than Crawford though.
Dragnet got me to start smoking Chesterfields.
It's funny you say that. I'm 55 years old, and I grew up. and I grew up on it, watching it with my father. You've mentioned highway patrol. You and me have a lot in common. I love highway patrol. I just started watching them again for the first time in almost 45 years. But how a patrol this is my first time watching. I love the way Jack Webb does. in my opinion, he was a better actor Then Harry Morgan In my opinion, he should have been more. Amazing how Harry Morgan got. more popular. I think Jack Webb is awesome. He produced, directed and he starred. and being the narrator was cool. I am like you. It would have scared the hell out of me. I'll watch shows like this nowadays, because my father died three days after my birthday, 3 years ago. I feel like I'm watching TV with my daddy. I'll watch highway patrol because of the cars. My dad told me about he was the teenager at the time. Broderick Crawford. What a man. Now, that was one hip, dude. Yes, I'm the 60s baby. But like my dad said, quoting. the 50s were the greatest years of his life. I now know why. I love you, Daddy. Sir your words touched me.
Too much KELP??? :P
That's steak "Tar-TAR," Joe. 🙂
Yeah! And it's Loss Anjeliss, Judge, not Las Angle -eez.😉
@@tomfields3682 Yes, I noticed so many shows from back then pronounced it Angle-eez! Even on Perry Mason there were actors who pronounced it like that. I wonder where that pronunciation came from?
16:56..."pulled a year for purse snatching." Those were the days.
So much crime is dummy-downed now.
YEAH, today, you steal less than $1000 from a grocery store and get caught, and you are back out on the streets the same day.
I watched these as a kid all the time. I have to admit though, the coolest part was seeing the guy with the hammer at the end, lol.
Right :)
That's Jack Webb, too
@@CameraBryan From the Mark VII article page, on Wikipedia: "The logo, in use in one form or another for much of the company's existence, showed the hands of Jack Webb's construction foreman Harold C. Nyby holding a stamp against a sheet of metal."
The hammer! that's where they got the idea for the clunk, clunk sound, on Law and Order.
@@DennisSullivan-q2r Yes. Such sounds are always riveting. It's human nature.
Originally telecast on May 22, 1958.
One month before I was born.
I watched the series on T. V. when I was younger. Love seeing them again. thanks.
You're welcome...
Another great episode that I’ve not seen until now. These are so good to watch. Thanks so much again for this one 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it.
Enjoyed the pre-Harry Morgan Dragnet episodes. The early TV episodes were re-written from Dragnet radio scripts. Friday's boss, Chief Det. Ed Backstrand, was played by Raymond Burr!
These are more
FILM NOIR
The radio show, even got
Into drug addicts
Indubidubly 🙂
There is one of the radio dramas where the news was delivered that Backstrand got the job! It's kinda cool.
What's wrong with Harry?
Harry Morgan played in a couple early Dragnets.
He was a jewel thief and a hotel clerk.
...I'm close to 75...and the older I gt the more I love appreciate this series..and Webb's performances...
Did you ever see him in “The DI”? I highly recommend it.
@@rwarren58 Oh yeah...on of my FAVORITE flocks!!!
@@rwarren58 ...he also shows up in The Halls of Montezuma" with Richard Widmark...
@@mohammedcohen Howzatt?
FYI: In the late 50s early 60s we had a TV series called Stahlnetz (steel net) in Germany starting with the same fanfare and the same film music. Might have been sort of franchise.
I was watching the reruns again in 1975...and pasted a pic of Webb on my $50 black and white TV.
I have Jack Webb and Julie London framed pictures on my bedroom wall😮...maybe too much
@@mikeh.7499 Webb on SNL showcased his talent for speaking. In the 70s leftists who hated Nixon suggested Webb play Nixon in a movie.
@@tnekkc thanks,I'll ask for Jack Webb on S.N.L.
Nice seeing the city as it once was way back then-!!!😉.
pre taco trucks
Not a single homeless druggie living in a tent on the sidewalk
U mean back then-???
I remember watching this on a little black and white TV ,it was that grainy it was hard to make out some of the scenes
So why did the thieves put the money in the cracker boxes? They could have easily carried it out when they left with their safe cracking tools. That would have eliminated the necessity to go into the store the next morning, which was dangerous because someone might have recognized them.
I believe it was too fool the other thief.
I have never seen this one. Thank you so much.
You're welcome!
Me either, I was sure I had seen them all, never ran across this one. Thanks!
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I watched Dragnet every week. I loved that the stories were true. Nothing could match the snappy dialog between Friday and either Smith or the perps. It might seem a little dated but today's standards, but it set a high standard for future cop shows. Jack Webb did a terrific Dragnet skit on the Johnny Carson Show later in life that was terrific. It was called the Copper Caper. It's on RUclips.
@leonardhandzlik6008 Thank you for sharing that. I just watched it. The timing is what makes it so funny. I laughed from the first line to the last!
...the Copper Clapper Caper...
Loved Dragnet when I was young.
Where are you getting these episodes? It's been many years since any "new" Dragnets have popped up on RUclips or elsewhere. This is really exciting, thank you so much for posting these. Do you by chance have "The Big White Rat" episode from 1953 ?
Sorry but don't have that episode. These lost episodes were acquired from a gentleman who had them in his film collection.
I bet half of the crime's this guy did he wouldn't have gotten a year. Back then they hooked them up. Too bad those days are gone
❤ love dragnet ❤
Thanks for the great quality. I don't remember this episode
You're welcome. Glad to oblige...
I love Dragnet
Seems to me I was born married😂
Love the old cars and the landmarks. Remembered them well. By the 1970s many were gone. The Brown Derby closed in 1985.
Watching the "backgrounds" in these shows is a lot of fun.
The late 40s to late 60s
Are my favorite
Car chassis
All the cars are from Ford Motors. Even the crook was said to drive a Mercury.
The Dome of the Brown Derby was Moved to a Temple across the Street from USC at Vermont & Exposition N/W Corner, you can't Recognize it anymore after the Brim was Removed.
@@waynewright2886 So sad !!!
So arrest the guy for assault (gal pal black eye)?
Video quality is very good. How do you get these old films that clear?
Moviecraft Inc. only uploads transfers from master films, and we are trained in film to tape transfer. A lot of the poor uploads you see on RUclips and elsewhere are copied from old VHS tapes instead of 16mm motion picture film.
A+ quality...@@MoviecraftInc
Sid Melton at 6:15. Great 50’s side actor in TV
Ha ha! I thought that was Morey Amsterdam!!
Ichabod Mudd (With two D's..) on "Jet Jackson, the Flying Commando." I was much more interested in airplanes than cop equipment.
Terrific! a classic ...
Certainly is a favorite!
"Held as an ex convict with a gun" but no assault charge for punching woman in the eye.
Sounds about right for the period.
Do you have more Dragnet?
We'll be adding a couple more "unseen" episodes in the future.
Nice to see that again. I like the older episodes in B&W.
Glad to oblige.
Its Alf from Green acres!
That Peg...what a swell dame.
Imagine that, a dishonest thief! 😅 Thanks for sharing this one!
Thanks for watching!
That's an oxyMORON! :P
I like this format better than the later episodes with Harry Morgan acting the fool at the start of each episode. If you wanted it to be a comedy act then make it a comedy act. But if you want it to be taken as a serious crime drama, cut out the slapstick.
It was warm in Los Angeles. The story just grabs you right there. Los Angelino's all act like weirdos. Except for the time-obsessed detective Webb who walks like a board is up his rear. Who cares time of day it was? I liked Dragnet for it's snappy dialogue. Webb was more a moralist than an actor.
I saw all 350 episodes I don't remember this one
Same here" over the years since 1955 when I was Ten
I've watched so many episodes
But NOT THIS ONE.....
The Big Cracker Box, Season 7, episode 34
Original air date May 22, 1958
In my personal collection I only have one episode for this season, so good for me and all who are new to these late arrivals!!
@@vegas1aWhat episode do you have?
@@stuartmcpherran5115 When I wrote my comment, I had only one existing episode, Dragnet - 7x28 The Big War in season 7. Finding The Big Cracker Box made my day as I really like these 1950s episodes, much more so the the 60s versions. I then went to this channel and found 2 more episodes uploaded recently. Dragnet - 7X35 The Big Perfume Bottle 1958 and Dragnet - 7X36 The Big Bed 1958. Pretty good quality on all 3 of these 'new' episodes.
Have not taken the time to do a full YT search so I don't know if there are more available. I am now up to 67 of these great episodes.
@@vegas1a I'm up to 72.
Never saw this one!
Yes, a pretty rare episode.
Wooden performers.
Amazing, today this could have been a six episode mini-series with the same number of snappy jokes.
Only one problem, September 12 , 1958 was a Friday, not a Wednesday.
This program is copyrighted 1957. September 12, 1957 WAS a Wednesday.
How much can you steal today in LA and not even worry about arrest?
...rest my arches. Love the Jazz talk.
My favorite Joe Friday moment is when the President visited L.A. and the Secret Service offered Joe a job on security detail.
OMG. I know all these stores and restaurants. I was barely 5 years old!
Nice job 15 years. Good job 👍👍👍
The office guy just wouldn't shut up. How can anyone be that un-self aware?
Jack and Ben ❤❤❤
🤣: We were working Vice...we we're working Missing Persons...we we're Directing Traffic...we we're working Burglary...every episode they're working a different department within the department!
Back then the police actually cared. Actually protected citizens.
Great to see these classics once again..!
Well, there's the costs we pay for necessary security. Cameras, monitoring, paid "shoppers."
Do you by any chance have a show called Squad Car (from 1960) in your archives? There's hardly any information on it. It was similar to other low-budget cop shows from that era like Highway Patrol, State Trooper and Border Patrol.
Sorry but that is a series we do not have.
@@MoviecraftInc Ok. But I know you have lots more in your archives.
certainly do..😊😊
It's always fun spotting 50s - 60s character actors. This one featured Sid Melton, aka "Alf Monroe" - one of the Monroe Brothers from "Green Acres."
Great series.
$1,900.00 Singles, fives and ten's a few 20's My how things have changed in 2024
I've only seen the ones from the early seasons. This is from toward the end of the original run with Ben Alexander. It's a rather confused and paltry story. Imagine wasting a detective sergeant's time on these capers.
I never liked the color revival version with Harry Morgan. Jack Webb was always pushing some line about the modern counterculture and social degeneracy. After which Harry would nod.
The scene of Ciro’s nightclub out on the Sunset Strip brought back memories of the home I was raised in the hills just above the nightclub. The theme music is something you never forget- those were the days. Now living in Costa Rica 🌴😎🌴
What's it like over there? Is it safe? Expensive? Amenities?
Pan sauna/towel over head...if cannot get to a sauna. Ginger .....❤...cleans lungs..learned this at the clinic.
BREATH In the Steam!!!!!
Ron Hayes dropped the Hood facade to use his lever action rifle to protect residents and guests of The Everglades.
Oh cool I was wondering who that was.
Classic, thank you
You're welcome...
1957, they taught us how to read Roman numerals along with writing cursive with a nib pen, and when they figured fountain pens weren't a passing fad they taught us how to use them as well.
Taught my grandson's cursive last summer.
It's faster for note taking.
At my school they wouldn't let us write with ballpoints.
@@BSC8987 Because they thought it would hinder us from writing cursive.
@ 4:45 A jab at Blonds, "wasn't able to tell us anything"
They didn't interrupt each other in those days.
Don't interrupt. There's more.
Gasoline had lead in it and no smog reduction. Everything was in black and white to save money since lead prevented color perception.
Love those old cars
Burglary Friday. Unusual name.
No Miranda rights
That came later after Dragnet was revived in color in 1967.
I used to watch t hese as a child. Loved em then and still do. Ty
Badge 714? That is the number imprinted on Quaaludes back in the 80's.
And the Conner’s house number in “Roseanne”
And the first area code for Orange County.
Yep 714ns- Aurora I think.
Aah, the glory days before Miranda.
A doctor making a house call and in and out of room with no handcuffs …
Shoee.. Doggy, I be liken this.
20:04 After 45 takes they finally agreed to just let the box fall over...
Timmons should have cut a deal!
George Fenneman, Hal Gibney, announcers.
Groucho's announcer! Good catch!
George continued as Jack's announcer through the 1960's "DRAGNET" series, because he considered Fenneman a "good luck charm".
I wish that I had my Dad’s old 1956 Setchell Carlson TV, so I could play this back on that TV.
The writing, the quirky characters! This time they didn't follow the usual practice of questioning the suspects separately. And it worked.
Brings back memories.
Today I appreciate the snappy dialogue. Ane when Jack Webb played Pat Novak for hire was even better yet! The lines were amazing and apparently Jack would contribute to them immensely.
Michael Ann Barrett is only the second woman I've heard of named "Michael," the only other one being Michael Learned. . .
Don't forget XM radio. They broadcast these shows. Do you remember the saying "crime does not pay"?
That actress who played "Peg" is gorgeous. I wonder why they never married Joe off.
Why was the introduction about restaurants when the case was about supermarkets?
Wonder bring in western like Daniel Boone David Crockett RinTin Tin Roy Roger’s etc in you tube?
Really, "is anybody here!" Answer "no nobody here" oh OK.
Joe talked with Miss Mary Lector, a checker at the market. Joe interrogated Miss Lector well into night.
In real life Jack was quite the lady's man...
@@JohnReitz-ps2ctHow's that? 😉
You know if you did a shot of booze every time someone said "Is that so" during this show you'd be pretty buzzed
Good stuff. I feel like Peg doesn't get her props for breaking the case.
What a rotten crook, holding out on his partner. He made it too easy. They could have gone to the store the next morning, and arrested him when he bought the cracker box, with the loot.
Dragnet was the name of the show, it was renamed 'Badge 714' when it went into sindication.
Pico and 3rd don't cross. They run parallel.
Pico and 3rd run parallel 2 miles apart. Gate it when they do that.
Sometimes I get gored and check the address on Google maps - I mean, nerd but it's while I'm watching - and that happens. I always figured the streets changed or something - but, you're right, they prob just wrote it and didn't worry whether accurate