Dragnet S02E19 The Big Break
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from an actual police term, a "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
My favorite episode. I remember watching Dragnet so intently in the early 50s that I was almost in a trance. One of the Dragnet promotions was giving away a little gold badge 714 if you bought gas at a Pure Oil station. My Dad never bought any gasoline but Esso. He claimed always using the same gas was good for your car. Bless his heart he went to Pure Oill and bought a couple of gallons so I could have that badge. Thanks again dad I miss you.
Look for the Lee Marvin episode season 1. It's great too.
@@robertsullivan4773 Thank you. Happy Holidays
Such a sweet story, you had a good dad.
That's A Great Story, Man! I Didn't Get Here Until '58, So I Only Remember Watching Dragnet The Second Time Around In The Mid '60's. I Miss My Dad, Too. Thank You.
Oh what a sweet story!! Your sweet good Dad,,!...
.me too would watch intently....but .as a little girl..I would feel slightly " malencholy ' ..after ea episode ..it fasinated me but also made me me feel bad at same time ...I think boys feel differently......now ..I ask my 21 yr old SON do u have nightmares or don't get nightmares honey .. watching so ,& so ...he just laughs at me....never got upset at any movie or show ..that I can tell..& I know we would watch these ole re-runs together!😅.....shows the difference between boys & girls ....I'm so glad he's not bothered)! But he is still very caring and sweet,
It's amazing how this show captured the ordinary man and woman of the period the humour, the serious nature et all...Love this show!
and great acting even in the small parts. Everyone is VERY human and the dialogue mostly natural and with a lot of quiet humour ("449, yes, ma'am. Oh, 499? OK. Got it. We'll be right over.") such details really add.
Because the actors WERE men and women of that period. Those aren't costumes , that's the real attire they wore lol
Still great! @blixten2928 and Jack Webb did much of the writing. Multitalented!
My dad was a detective in Washington DC in the 50s and 60s, His three favorite things were coffee, cigarettes and guns.
Eddie Firestone who played Hoffman was in the Marines during WW2, reached the rank of Captain and was still in the reserves till 1957.
All 4 detectives look like their nervous as hell. They also look like they’re not afraid of shooting to kill.👍
If I ever go into law enforcement, I want to adopt a nickname like "Slats."😛
You gotta have the right figure.
I love them black and white tv shows... no blood or gore, just good tv
And no black people..
THANK YOU FOR SHARING ,LOVE ALL THE EPISODES
Love it Walking up and down the Halls of City Hall..with Shot Guns, Tear gas.. LOL... LOVE this show Thanks for Posting
Love the way Friday rarely moves his arms when he walks. And, whenever they wait anywhere, Frank casually talks about his family and domestic things.
Detectives: trench coats and fedoras. White shirts, suits and ties.
Criminals: gray suits and ties.
Clerks and desk people: glasses.
Watch the car ride 19:39 they rock the car back and forth indicating it’s moving...special effects!
….00:42.....I grew up in Santa Ana, 1950's and 1960's...and spent plenty of week-ends at Nu-Pike riding that roller coaster. All wooden, 2 tracks...it was the largest on the west coast for a long time...
I'm jealous. I lived in Long Beach for most of my 20's and half my 30's. Would see old photos of the Cyclone Racer here and there, got me real curious about it, and the way the Pike used to be long before I was born. I wish someone would create a virtual recreation of that coaster. I found one guy online that claimed to have made a 3D model, I was hoping to use that to create a virtual ride on it myself if no one else would, but the lousy bum wouldn't share the file with me.
24:12 "You're going right back in again. What's that prove? And where's my four bucks?" *SMACK*
i love the way even the bad guys wear suits.
You should look up old James Cagney,and Humphrey Bogart movies. You think the criminals wore suits just for this show? Way back and it wasn't that long ago, people took pride in how they looked and dressed classy. Women wouldn't be seen in town even grocery shopping without make up,hair done, and looking their best. How one looks reflects a lot on the person. If you are sloppy all the time, well, what can I say. I remember dressing for Easter, getting a new white purse,white gloves, white patent leather shoes, a hat, a pretty dress. It was the only shopping we did outside of shopping for school. Even hanging out we dressed up.I didn't wear jeans for the first time until I was almost back in 1991. To this day I refuse to wear these clunky tennis shoes. I have a pair of ladies tennis shoes, the old canvas type with the pointed toe. That is how picky I was taught to be about how I look. Today, I can't afford much being a widow and on a fixed income. (My income is broken because if something is fixed,isn't it supposed to work? Mine doesn't so it's broken.). haha When I go to town I still make sure my make up is on and I try to dress as best as I can. Then when I get home, those clothes come off,and old clothes come on. We were taught that way as a kid. School clothes off,old clothes on. I have clothes that are over 20 years old,and still look good. Like I said, I don't have much. Boy I'd be screwed if I were asked on a date. I have nothing new and nice to wear, shoes that are over 5 years old. Then no money to get anything to wear either. haha It's a good thing this past 12 going on 13 years I've been by myself. I can't afford to go out on a date. haha
...and them dope smokin' hipsters wore zoot suits.
Styling and profiling while committing crimes
Those were the days ... 👌😀
@@mediamike693 not now we are lucky if they got any clothes on at all. lol
Has anyone else noticed that everyone Friday and Smith meet are all nuts?
Yep , just the normal members of the public . I dealt with them in my job for over 40 years , and some I had to deal with you would not believe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's Los Angeles
I have noticed that a lot of the people I meet are nuts, too. California is definitely worse.
The quirkiness of the side characters is what attracts me to this show.
Every single person that isn't a cop or a criminal is a nut. Been that way for over 60 years
It doesn't get any better than Jack Webb and Dragnet!!!
TheyGaveItAll Official they’re the best
I agree I grew up watching reruns on T.V Land in the late 80s to the 90s on on RUclips and Hulu
how many don't they catch, like it when they get away
He is COOL as hell !!!!!!!
Funny how Friday and partner jump out long before Hoffman gets to them, why not wait until he is even with them and grab him---love how it is a good and enjoyable story even if it does not always make sense.
Never knew Dragnet had any violence, just a stern demeanor & implied menace.
Imagine my Surprize when a couple ringers walk out with riot guns! Heavy Brass.
WHAT??!?! Drug store holdup, no drugs!
Some of the early radio episodes are also vicious notably the James Vickers episode
It's representative of actual police work. It had a goal of neither glorifying or vilifying the police officers. Many police officers go their entire life without shooting anyone.
It's one reason we should look closely at officers who have multiple shootings.
It never fails - the bad guy runs at the cops firing madly. But once he's hit, he calls out for them to stop shooting because he's hit. Would he stop if THEY got hit? I'd love it if the cops yell back "I'll stop when my gun's empty!"
Or something like. When I reacquaint the rest of my bullets with their lonely Brothers that are stuck in you
that's what I will say to Schumer and Obummer..... till my fire dragon is empty !!
George Robert Hoffman was one bad man. Great episode !
Same Captain Dideon from the '60's Dragnet.
Gideon
Seems to me that he should have been court martialed as an active duty soldier that broke military confinement.
I think by now we know the show played fast and loose with procedures.
Yes very true
2:14 Good ol' M-79...helpful at solving stubborn problems
M79 didn't come into use until 1961.
For years the throwing of cup of coffee in ashtray offended me.
Randy Wiggins Nasty to have to clean up. I imagine.
I guess that it evens up the cigarette butts that ended up in a half drunk cup of coffee.
A real dick move.
That's called a sand can and it weighs at least sixty pounds.
@@dougmontgomery1868 Thank you, sir. I was not aware that there was a distinction in name between both devices (ashtray, sand can)
1:40 Walking with their weapons reminded me of The Untouchables
in that scene I tagged Slats as a "red shirt" (doomed star trek security detail) ... then when they humanized him with his good will black eye I figured he was a goner for sure... ahh the good old days of the untouchables.
The Untouchables was another show that my dad watched that I like very much.
Yup...Captain Didion has staying power.
I can't believe he wasn't charged with attempted murder of officers either time. What the hell was wrong with their DA? U have got to be kidding.
You are right. Today they would just shoot him as he walked and kept shooting. They would probably have a tack squad with military equipment bulldoze the house.
@@ricardo53100 lol
@@ricardo53100 This was before SWAT; look at how leisurely they prepared for the first apprehension.
Eddie Firestone, was one good character actor, remember seeing him in a lot of westerns.
Great episode with great shootouts and even Tear Gas!
July 12th. After 3 sandwiches & a couple plates of beans Hoffman returns a scams
Frank,s lunch money for the 13th. This was Hoffmans mistake.
You don't take Frank's lunch money.
So now, October 8th . Friday & Frank enlist Slats for a little help, when Hoffman is spotted.
No swat team, no plans,no back ups
just 3 cops . They
Take Hoffman alive after a quick gun battle & a little tear gas.
Da da dunt da.
Gotta love this shit
Funny how Eddie Firestone always played these kinds of characters !!
I want to see an episode about the guy who hammers at the end: The Big Seven
"We'd been working for months on leads in the case of a guy who kept hammering sevens onto the end of our show - not regular 7's, but Roman numeral sevens, used a hammer."
Frank: "Thinking of this hammer guy, Joe, I'm no good with 'em."
Joe: "No good with what, Frank?"
Frank: "Hammers, tools in general. Wife says I'm all thumbs."
Joe: "Do a lot of handy work around your house?"
Frank: "I try. Thing is, it never works out."
Joe: "Why is that?"
Frank: "I'm no good with tools."
Joe: "Yeah."
Brilliant!
Those were Jack Webb's hands.
@@GreenGlo1991 it's so predictable, you know at the start of each show the ending. Always the same, the ✋ on the hammer
The hand holding the stamp belongs to Harold C. Nyby, Jack Webb's construction foreman.
LOL - Very well done! Thanks.
Good Ol' Slats....
Interesting that this episode is almost exactly the same as the radio show version, except for a tiny twist in the ending narration.
In most cases, all of these episodes were exact duplicates of the radio version, down to the same dialog. In many cases, the actors used in the TV version were also the voices on the radio version (for a period of time, Dragnet was broadcast on both TV and radio.) When Dragnet was in its third incarnation with Morgan and Webb, they still used the same set of scripts from the radio days.
I have some of these on CDs, but the dialog on the discs (not the music of the introduction) is so faint it's almost impossible to hear. I'm glad these episodes are on RUclips.
I love that the lady in the tool and die company picked the exact moment when the shooting started to cross the hall.
Do you not hear the gunfire right in front of you? lol
great episode. thanks 4 uploading.
Even when shooting tear gas, the cops were well-dressed.
9:08 - Friday answers the phone. On the other end:
Hello? (Pause) Hello? (Pause). Listen! There's been another robbery. We think it is Hoffman.
Friday hangs up. On the other end:
Hello? Gee! I wonder if they got the message. Maybe I should call back?
train guy - second time i've seen him. much more likable this time. weird last time :) imagine wanting to be an actor with his looks. brave guy if you ask me. . .
love the guy who played Slats - never saw him before at all.
Harper Goff is the name of the actor. He was an unusual looking man, to say the least, but he was well-respected by many. He and his wife Flossie were married for about 60 years. He did work for Disney, designing sets, etc. If I remember correctly, he is listed as a Disney Legend.
Slats was played by Clarence Cassel (SP?). He is in a two or three of the Dragnet episodes.
Being in a shootout with the cops . Then going into their office in a police head quarters. Cadging $4 off the officers that arrested you . You could not making it up !
They are making it up
These are based on real cases so this likely really happened.
Great job you guys and i realy do mean that you guys .!'
We watched Dragnet we enjoyedvthe L.A. backgrounds. Today I like the great old cars....
Butvourvreal Favorite was Science Ficyion Theater with Truman Bradley....😊
They were a little cruel lobbing that tear gas, they hurt that guys eyes.
Sarcasm at its finest...
Ha ha.
Lol.
I love dragnet this a great dhow
Wow. I know all those streets and addresses in Los Angeles. The city has changed in the last 70 years. But it always has over the centuries. From a Spanish mission area to a Mexican town to the second largest city in the US.
On the lamb from the MPs, goes straight to his old arresting officers, hits them up for a few bucks before going back on his old crime spree. That takes some balls.
ON THE LAMB 🐑
A real sicko. I nub it.
Dingbat dame hears shooting, walks right into it.
Hoffman had some balls .... Asking his arresting officers for money, then robbed a liquor store.....
If Hoffman was paroled into the Army with a provision that he serve overseas, why didn't they hold onto him until he was shipped out?
Somehow after all those charges, attp murder of a peace officer X4, several armed and strongmened robberies, the army would not waant him. Even in the 50s.
You may have missed the line in the episode where they said he escaped from prison. He was being held.
He had the unusual skills of modern rock climbers. He may have used them to escape from military prison. It sounds like a wall was an open door to him.
Guys who chose the Army over jail typically made very bad Soldiers. Believe me, I know.
Oh, maaaaaan. That ashtray full of coffee is gonna STINK. There oughtta be a law.
The railway guy she has a crazy laugh!
Gotta love when you're working at 11:55 pm and your boss tells you "you were relieved at 11:30. Be back in at 5:30 am". Police Union must've been top notch back in the 50's 😂
That's after Joe was shot at
Jeez, according to tv shows, these days there would be riot police in full gear. i found it amazing that there were only 4 "bare" cops and a tear gas gun. it must've been that way though, these stories were based on real events and the producers don't over dramatize. huh!
huh!
The goofy guy playing with the trains is Harper Goff -- who, among other things, designed the Disney theme parks. Another of his works was army camouflage patterns.
No I hate the commercials on RUclips but there's one exception.
Temu.
I'm not a customer and may never be but I like both the lyrics and the melody of their jingle.
I'm really enjoying these old 1950s episodes of dragnet. I have never seen them and I'm in my sixties.
Whaddya think Joe?
Wow, its amazing how the person broke out of jail and escaped from the hotel before the police could catch him. Is that luck or is that skill?
Another witness (the toy railroad guy) interviewed by the detectives...... who is a weirdo. Dragnet has a fetish for oddball 'witnesses'.
They were all of Joe's actor guild friends.
Comic relief.
One of the best parts of the show!😂😂😂
Crazy plot! He tries to murder cops and the army wants him? Then after escpaing the stockade, the antagonist visits Friday for a few bucks? Wacky!
He would never have survived the first shootout.
More drama than the ones in the 60s
Joe, how many times have I told you? Call the SWAT team....don't try to do it yourself.
But friday, they will get a way by then. That would just slow us down anyway.. 🔜☯️☦☮🗿
No SWAT in those days.
SWAT was invented late 60s
Must have qualified in the Marines, that isn't an army marksmanship medal
True, ...it's a Marine Corps Sharpshooter medal. Qualifying in between Marksman and Expert.
WTF would they want an armed robber in the army? Seriously crazy.
In California the cops say "line up" and not "show up". At least in Northern Cal.
Frank's always trying to get Joe hooked up with some woman perfect for Joe. Generally with a good sense of humor or a good cook or homebody. Never says they r pretty
Good show 🤔👏🏾🙋🏽
Why did Friday wait till he was in front of the house to check his Revolver for ammo etc.
For Hollywood
Aren't they supposed to carry those rifles cracked open? Or did that start later after people got shot in the foot accidentally?
I think it's most likely that the actors didn't know how to use guns properly. Even today, actors frequently misuse guns in hilarious ways at times.
Convicted of robbery? That's it? Sheeees! I mean, sure, he got a life sentence, but this is very believable.
I think they changed more than just the names lol
did like that coffee cup.
*Three* sandwiches and two plates of beans? Who can live at that speed?!
My thought was I would hate to share a patrol car or an office with that guy.
I wonder if the people then, would have imagined how much crime, and filth would be there, these days?
14:40 no we always answer the door with our guns drawn🤪
Paroled into the Army from prison, never heard of that. Maybe Hoffman was what changed that.
I know it still happening today. I read about it sometime in the last five years for some case in the mideast.
I’m sorry but can you imagine Joe Friday On a beach?!! Not Jack Webb but straight arrow Joe Friday!! Maybe he’d rather ride the tea cups at Disneyland
cup
I know Connie i think the same thing every time i hear that...kind of reminds me of my late father taking us to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and walking it and the sand in his pressed slacks,shiny dress shoes and black sweater,white shirt...thanks
Joe liked the beach...with all that sand, it was the world's biggest ashtray.
What happened about his Military escape nothing said or done about that etc.
Those are SWAT fedoras!
Note: In the radio version, 10 months into his sentencing, [the suspect] attempted to escape prison again, but failed. A few weeks after that, he took his own life by hanging with a manmade noose.
That guy who jumped down the building and escaped, shouldn't have been given a sentence - He should have been given a JOB!!
Kneel on his back near neck to cuff!!😮😮
Oh the good old days, lunch for under two bucks.
They should've run that train dude in, he was for sure on something. Lol.
How did a guy like that with a criminal record ,get in the Army ?
Yep. Pretty much until the draft was abolished. One or two of the radio Dragnets had criminals agreeing to go into the Army
In the old days the Army wasn't committed to establishing freedom but a dumping ground for leftist budget bloating . That's why every war in US history was begun in a Democrat Presidential Administration . Even the recent war on terror actually began under Clinton although he refused to fight it as Arab Shieks and Princes paid him and his whore wife through the Clinton Crime Foundation , illegal campaign contributions and through CitiBank which was own by the Royal Saudi Investment Corporation through the Clinton Administration years . This is why Clinton and his HUD Secretary Andrew Coumo institutionalized FANNNIE and FREDDIE and set up the Housing Bubble Collapse with Sandy Weil then New York State Democrat Party Chairman and CEO of CitiBank . Since Nixon ended conscription and made the Armed Forces an all volunteer service the standards are very high . A clean record and even some college course work are required to get in nowadays . It is like trying to get any other government job and the pay is livable . I remember the Vietnam Era and an E-3 made $98 a month in those days .
Criminals in the armed forces were very common up until approximately 1975. You have been fed a load of propaganda about the nature of service men in the mid 1900s. Some shame was attached to being a soldier or sailor. It was considered by many the last resort for employment. My father, born in 1926, told me the US Army was largely made of hoodlums in WW 2.
I had a cousin who, in the mid '60s, got into a fight with another 19 year old and knocked out a couple of his teeth. The judge said "jail or the Army "; that's how he ended up in Vietnam.
I went in the Navy in the early 1990s and heard bad stories about the public and sailors (sailors and dogs keep off the grass). So I was surprised when people gave me respect when I told them I was in the Navy.
This episode should have been titled Dumb and Dummer. Everything a cop shouldn't do, those two coppers did!!!
‼ 😵 A violent episode ...
Product placement? Jack Webb is rarely seen without a "cancer stick", "coffin nail" AKA cigarette. That could have something to do with the sponsors Chesterfield or Fatima cigarettes or it could just be that it's a prop to humanize him, a difficult task with Mr. Stick Up The Youknowwhat.
Chan dler,
And it killed him. Massive heart attack at 62.
He actually did smoke three packs a day.
That's cuz the sponsors of course back then the general public was told that smoking was healthy for you what a gullible generation
CW CW back then they didn’t know the correlation between cigarettes and cancer. It’s the people who today do and still smoke them. They’re idiots.
CW CW He's got a great smile when he loosens up.
He didn't like that hat anyway.22:45
Boy 4 dollars could g a long way back then!
Well, a draft beer was probably 10 cents.
!! Paroled into the ARMY!!!
Should have brought a couple of Thompson's.
Crack me up how they flick their cigarette ashes on the floor as well as putting them out.
The dude with the model trains has something wrong with him. Then those teeth! WhooWeee!! Yes, he was a weird one for sure.
They said the criminal was serving a life sentence in Folsom. I wonder if he was there when Johnny Cash played Folsom Prison? Could be he wasn't because they start out in one prison,and end up in others. Today they do that,but maybe back then they didn't. I'm not a criminal so I don't know.
He was an original member of Hal Roach Our Gang during the silent era. His name was Mickey Daniels. His last appearance was in the Our Gang Comedy "Fish Hooky" with sweetheart Mary Korman. I think you can find it on You Tube.
You should check out that episode of Cold Case called 'The House."
Interesting , thank you for posting !
@@pastorkevin52 No, the train guy was Harper Goff
After the shoot-out, the original charges were peanuts. Attempted murder of a Police Officer!
So many holes in this one you could drive a truck through it . .... right he was only charged with robbery ?
Yeah, ...after a shootout with the cops.
Not only that, but his sentences was to run concurrently.
No SWAT guys or snipers? Oh, wait this is the 1950's there were no SWAT's, no snipers I was a kid back then. I loved this show.
"That so?"
Just hanging out... Pump shot gun in tow. :-)
brilliant police work boys - reveal your position while the perp can still see you rather than waiting for him to get close enough for you to jump him.
@3:56 oh yeah baby.
A good story how could you possibly get bail after shooting at police nothing has changed it is still happening it's a really good series ❤❤❤❤❤