I'm 75 and enjoyed this show as a kid. The manners, dressing up to go nowhere special!😂❤❤ Respect and courtesy were part of daily life ! A reflection of reality !😂
@@BigTrain175No, instead we California taxpayers pay $130,000/yr to shelter, feed and provide medical care. Up until recently they got conjugal visits with private apartments for overnight stays. Don’t want to deprive them of sex! Makes me sick🤮. How about you?
Im 63, right on the cusp of manners still being taught, my mom told me to stand when a woman entered the room, take my hat off in an elevator and not to sit until the lady sat.
Actually, just yesterday watched another episode with a taxicab driver with same uniform, down to the glasses. Might even have been the same actor. Different accent though. At least properties department is getting their money's worth.....
Notice how the criminals always squeal the loudest when they get hurt but they have no problem hurting and killing others? Those squealers are the REAL pigs.
Can we take a moment to give a shoutout for Aaron Spelling for playing the part of a reformed Mission habitue? Other than the hillbilly depiction on "I Love Lucy," this is the only acting role I have ever seen him in.😄
He was in the I Love Lucy episode with Tennessee Ernie Ford when they were locked up in jail for speeding through Bent Fork, TN on their way to Hollywood.
Eternal mystery of time: I get that bar keepers and coffee shop attendants recognize occasional customers. What I don't get is how they know the customers by first *_and_* last names, *_and_* they know the customers' addresses, even when they live in hotels and flop houses..... "Man in dark suit"? Oh yeah, that's Joe Kelly. He's been here a few times, not often. Lives in the Schmaltese Boarding House on Alameda. 3rd floor I think. 2nd door down the hall on the left. Potted flowers in the window. That's all I know. I gotta right to defend my business, y'know.
As someone who never saw these because I didn't arrive into the world until '66.. I still got to enjoy these thanks to my parents and more, like you. Thank you!! Damn men, neither hold the wife, just set her down. 🤷♀️🙄😲😁
8:24 That whole scene was the worst😭😭. She acted that very well. She seems so pretty and young to be a widow. After they went to the apartment I was expecting a little more of an explanation. He should have gotten more than 10 years too😠
He gets "not to exceed ten years" for deliberately killing a policeman while the dead policeman's family has to go the rest of their lives without him. Just wrong. All wrong.
Party like it's 1955. This episode aired on November 11, 1954... likely as a plea to keep the festivities of the coming new year sensible. The actor who played suspect Harry Talmadge looks like he could be a marine.
Excellent footage sample!.. It shows a bug-a-boo of "incorrect field order" when it was converted digitally, (the edges simply turn to a blocking effect in the action of the video). Even though you don't see it happening so often these days it can be useful to have an example to hand if you are dealing with such an issue so thanks so much!
that bartender has an awesome voice. I've heard it on many radio shows he sounds like he should look lik a seventies Rock Hudson but tougher and more grizzled like crossed with seventies DeLorean when he got divorced and started working out. Lol
What a terrible thing to happen for the wife ! The more I hear about cops, the braver I think they are . Imagine going to work and not knowing if you will be killed !
Thank you! Police officers / Law enforcement, who patrol &/or work out in the field, are in constant danger, & risk their lives every hour on the job. Citizens demand protection & expect crimes to be prevented, & criminals to be jailed, & the roadways policed, & drugs & thugs off the streets. Then, those same citizens, gripe & curse about getting a speeding ticket. Some citizens complain about Law Enforcement, comment on defending the force, vote for restricting the Officer's power & control over situations, & talk about police officers who've overstepped using force. But yet, these citizens demand & expect immediate attention from Police, when they call for it. Save me officer! Help! But don't expect a decent paycheck for busting your ass to save & protect, while risking your life. Enjoy your few dollars a day while being shot at, to protect complaining citizens.
I like that s show very much The vintage landscape of beautiful Los Angeles the shops ,cars clothes...so interesting ..but i didnt like feeling blah"& down after wards watching as a child..😞
did a little digging and i think i found the case this was based from.. Mario V. Deiro Policeman Deiro was shot and killed by a man he was trying to arrest for public drunkenness. The 40-year-old suspect was convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to prison, and paroled on October 17, 1947. Policeman Deiro was survived by his wife and three children. dated December 31st 1942 records seem to match.
Hmmm, I guess they gave him a manslaughter rap because he was drunk and presumable not in control of his faculties. I don't know. Shooting someone 6 times seems pretty in control to me.
since the show was based on real events, it might have been the reduced manslaughter sentence because of flawed evidence, no witnesses, or maybe in reality he never admitted the crime, and his lawyer plea-bargained the sentence lower.
stopped to checkout a a call on a man in the gutter , surmised it was just a guy imbibing for New Years was gonna leave 4 guys started accusing him of running him over must’ve been more to the report that I what I know cause he dropped his gun went to pick it up that’s when he was shot, the guy that did it admitted it said he didn’t know he was a cop as he was in plain clothes and feared he was gonna get shot ! Therefore the 10 yr manslaughter .. thanks to clumaster for initial sleuthing 👍
I Was Born In 1967 Most Were In Color By That Time But I Grew Up Military Family My Friends Had Color 📺 We Had Black& White Until I Was 8 Or 9 But Watching Them In Black & White Reminds U Different Times When Your Parents Grew Up I Have Classic TV I'd Still Watch BW Occasionally
Excellent/realistic (for 1954) story. HOWEVER, it’s MISSING part 2. How does a punk murder a police officer in cold blood, and get off with A 10-YEAR MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCE? In 1954 I was just starting to read the daily Palo Alto Times, and for the next 5-10 years it seems 99% of this type of case, a police officer being murdered in the line of duty, ended in the killer BEING EXECUTED IN THE GAS CHAMBER, SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Jack Webb, PART 2???
Same price in ‘67 in California 25cents/pack. I was 16 and got older friends to buy them for me. Ha ha ha Here’s the real kicker, I visited Saigon last year-2023 and a pack of American Marlboro cost $1.50/pack. Same in Los Angeles can run from $9-12/pack due to $3/pack tax. If you live in South Dakota it’s only $6/ pack (cheapest in America). Guys bring an extra empty suitcase to bring back smokes from Vietnam 🇻🇳 A RT ticket to Saigon costs $1000. IF you sold a carton for 80% of retail ($7/pack) you would only need to bring back 18 cartons to earn $1,000! Crazy huh? (Cost $15/ carton, you sell at $70/carton, profit =$55/carton. 18x55=$990) or FREE TRIP to Saigon). Now I would NEVER do such a thing but I just did the math for the fun of it 😊
I'm a little confused about his sentence 🤔 Everyone else in these episodes gets the gas chamber or lethal injection, but this guy ?? "Manslaughter"? Doesn't seem right for someone who put 6 bullets into a police officer, from BEHIND!!! 😤
I hate it when the cops prolong telling the family that their husband is dead....... just tell them and stop making them freak out !! For crying out loud.
Heck, I was watching an episode the other day, and a traffic death (manslaughter) was 1st Degree Murder. The driver got the gas chamber at San Quentin. Geez. Old fashioned justice. I guess.
It wasn’t. Quite a number of episodes a person guilty of murder receives the gas chamber and is put to death. I’m surprised in this case that didn’t happen, especially for someone who’s killed a cop. Maybe because he was under the influence and had a a very good lawyer. Manslaughter, not first degree murder and a very short sentence, then paroled as well. I’d have thought life in prison for sure.
Friday shoulda dropped Talmadge with a .38 caliber mellon-splitter the moment Talmadge leveled his automatic at the back of his partner’s noggin. And, even though The Sarge didn’t have a crystal ball, that would’ve been the proper justice see’n that all they gave the scrot was a conviction for manslaughter. By the way, That bartender was just begg’n Friday and Romarro to dispense a little “Street Motivation” in the back room of that pissant bar owner’s establishment.
That would be a good way to get his partner shot too. Better way to handle the bartender would be to tell him that you're going to have a black and white park outside and question everyone coming and going until someone talked. The guy knew he had a shady clientele and that's why he didn't like having police around as it cut into his business, so I'd make sure he knew that until I had an answer I'd go for, the cops would be VERY present around his bar.
The guy only got a max of 10 yrs for cold blooded murder in the first degree that is a crime ina and of himself, you’d think life, don’t seem right, listened to the sentencing part twice, that’s really weird, that light of a sentence would promote murder, how bizarre.
Not to exceed 10 years? In another episode, I think the one where the teenager killed a girl with a car, they said the punishment for manslaughter cannot exceed FIVE years. Are (or were) the punishments different in different districts of California? I don't see how that can be.
All the old shows did this. It was called acting. There was an entire profession of what were called character actors. I don't understand this weird Obsession people seem to show starting around the year 2000 that actors never repeat on the same TV show except as the same character.
Wow the LA Prosecutors allowed him to plead to manslaughter for a max 10 years? Dang, that's straight up wrong. Just very, very wrong. His wife & children must have felt so disappointed, along with utter devastation in the first place, for losing him to a senseless murder! I remember that in the earlier B & W Dragnet episodes (tv and radio) from the 1940s & 1950s, it seems that the state of California had a much different stance on Capital Punishment. In a nutshell, ANYONE that killed ANYONE was charged & convicted of first degree murder, and pretty quickly "put to death in the California Death Chamber"...using gas...and that's a quote....and a wrap!
I believe that's not the point. The show was about stories that really happened. This was clearly a trial that went wrong. But that's a story for a different show.
Aaron Spelling, went on to make millions as producer of Charlie's Angels and dozens of other highly successful TV shows. Couldn't believe it when I saw his name at the end in the credits.
One of the best and most realistic police shows, far better than those that came later with non-stop gun battles and crazy car chases.
I'm 75 and enjoyed this show as a kid. The manners, dressing up to go nowhere special!😂❤❤ Respect and courtesy were part of daily life ! A reflection of reality !😂
These old dragnet shows are great ! I love old noir TV !
You mean blanche et noir
No, bianchi e nero! (Italian)
They are great. It’s like going back in time.
You should try out old time radio app. Texas rangers is good also. The have dragnet also and many others.
First time I cried for Dragnet.
Very sad for that slain officer's wife.
It was harrowing
Wow! Only 10 years? I was thinking he would be getting the chair!
He was a hop head, lawer pleaded for temporary insanity LOL
Sorry lawyers
In California it was the gas chamber. But they did away with the death sentence.
He should Have !!😮 DEFINITELY!!😢
@@BigTrain175No, instead we California taxpayers pay $130,000/yr to shelter, feed and provide medical care. Up until recently they got conjugal visits with private apartments for overnight stays. Don’t want to deprive them of sex! Makes me sick🤮. How about you?
@7:02 - Three policemen tip hats to the ladies. Good manners; how we all miss them.
My son gets my chair & helps me w/ my wrap when we go out to dinner.! He is a Boy Scout.Eagle now!very proud of Him ..he is 19💚💚💜💜
Yea, those good old days are forever gone!
Women wanted liberation! You got it? Curtsey to me& I may tip my hat?!! 🤪🤪🤪
Im 63, right on the cusp of manners still being taught, my mom told me to stand when a woman entered the room, take my hat off in an elevator and not to sit until the lady sat.
Absolutely I always say ladies first
Heavenly Days! A tight shot at :49 of Joe Friday with a big smile on his face . . . now I've seen everything.
and smiling about. “a happy drunk” he didn’t know he was beating his wife n kid . i’m sorry, i just hate booze
Memo to Wardrobe Department: The next time you give Coke-bottle glasses to two characters in the same episode, HEADS WILL ROLL. Roger that!
Actually, just yesterday watched another episode with a taxicab driver with same uniform, down to the glasses. Might even have been the same actor. Different accent though. At least properties department is getting their money's worth.....
@@77thTrombone The same actor did indeed play a taxi driver in two episodes, this one and the episode "The Big Girl".
She did a damn good acting job!
Notice how the criminals always squeal the loudest when they get hurt but they have no problem hurting and killing others? Those squealers are the REAL pigs.
Can we take a moment to give a shoutout for Aaron Spelling for playing the part of a reformed Mission habitue? Other than the hillbilly depiction on "I Love Lucy," this is the only acting role I have ever seen him in.😄
He was in the movie "Vicki" in 1953.
What for? Never!
He also played a yokel in Season 1, Episode 35 (The Guitar) of Gunsmoke.
The Aaron Spelling? Damn !!!
He was in the I Love Lucy episode with Tennessee Ernie Ford when they were locked up in jail for speeding through Bent Fork, TN on their way to Hollywood.
Eternal mystery of time: I get that bar keepers and coffee shop attendants recognize occasional customers. What I don't get is how they know the customers by first *_and_* last names, *_and_* they know the customers' addresses, even when they live in hotels and flop houses.....
"Man in dark suit"?
Oh yeah, that's Joe Kelly. He's been here a few times, not often. Lives in the Schmaltese Boarding House on Alameda. 3rd floor I think. 2nd door down the hall on the left. Potted flowers in the window. That's all I know. I gotta right to defend my business, y'know.
As someone who never saw these because I didn't arrive into the world until '66.. I still got to enjoy these thanks to my parents and more, like you. Thank you!!
Damn men, neither hold the wife, just set her down. 🤷♀️🙄😲😁
8:24 That whole scene was the worst😭😭. She acted that very well. She seems so pretty and young to be a widow. After they went to the apartment I was expecting a little more of an explanation. He should have gotten more than 10 years too😠
Notice the old semaphore traffic signal displaying "GO" at 13:09. These mechanical traffic lights were discontinued in the L.A. area by 1956.
Dragnet must have been of the tobacco industries best advertisers.
Almost all the TV shows featured smoking. Lucy and Ricky, even the Flinstones!
Gun Smoke was another tobacco show. The radio mysteries have an ad every time anything happens, five minutes or less?
Love the Christmas decorations in downtown LA. Grew up in Southern California. Born 1945, Long Beach.
He gets "not to exceed ten years" for deliberately killing a policeman while the dead policeman's family has to go the rest of their lives without him. Just wrong. All wrong.
He was not convicted of first or second degree murder. He was just convicted of manslaughter. I don't know why.
FTP!!!
@@keithdow8327 Seems so wrong.
@@keithdow8327 I haven't watched yet, but I presume because the facts of the case fit manslaughter.
@@america_is_a_myth of the
Manslaughter?!?! He MURDERED a cop !!
I know! He even said he wanted to. "One less cop".
That's Awful !!😮👿
That's True !! 😮👿
Party like it's 1955. This episode aired on November 11, 1954... likely as a plea to keep the festivities of the coming new year sensible. The actor who played suspect Harry Talmadge looks like he could be a marine.
He played docs and scientists in the movies.
That Smith & Wesson M&P target model with the faux stag grips likely by Jay Scott sure is the bees knees!
Bees knees? I haven’t heard that since my grandfather was alive in ‘66 (I’m 73 btw)
I grew up during the 50’s and everything WAS! In black and white 😂😂😂
Excellent footage sample!.. It shows a bug-a-boo of "incorrect field order" when it was converted digitally, (the edges simply turn to a blocking effect in the action of the video). Even though you don't see it happening so often these days it can be useful to have an example to hand if you are dealing with such an issue so thanks so much!
that bartender has an awesome voice. I've heard it on many radio shows he sounds like he should look lik a seventies Rock Hudson but tougher and more grizzled like crossed with seventies DeLorean when he got divorced and started working out. Lol
0:54 - Hallicrafters S-40 Shortwave receiver on top of the cabinets
New year’s is no big deal for me; I miss the halcyon days of my youth.
Now it's like mourning for our lose. Another year gone. Closer to death.
What a terrible thing to happen for the wife ! The more I hear about cops, the braver I think they are . Imagine going to work and not knowing if you will be killed !
Thank you! Police officers / Law enforcement, who patrol &/or work out in the field, are in constant danger, & risk their lives every hour on the job. Citizens demand protection & expect crimes to be prevented, & criminals to be jailed, & the roadways policed, & drugs & thugs off the streets. Then, those same citizens, gripe & curse about getting a speeding ticket. Some citizens complain about Law Enforcement, comment on defending the force, vote for restricting the Officer's power & control over situations, & talk about police officers who've overstepped using force. But yet, these citizens demand & expect immediate attention from Police, when they call for it. Save me officer! Help! But don't expect a decent paycheck for busting your ass to save & protect, while risking your life. Enjoy your few dollars a day while being shot at, to protect complaining citizens.
Acab!
You’re acting like it’s not their choice
@@boyznthewoodz770Some people have the guts to protect and serve their fellow citizen.
FTP!!!
Jack Webb and Ben Alexander were the to best early brat struck 1953 to55
0:25 so many Christmas decorations. How I miss the old America....
I like that s show very much
The vintage landscape of beautiful Los Angeles the shops ,cars clothes...so interesting ..but i didnt like feeling blah"& down after wards watching as a child..😞
Ladies and gentlemen the names have been changed to protect the guilty
Webb in other episodes carries his revolver on his right hip strong side. In this episode he carries on his left hip cross draw.
did a little digging and i think i found the case this was based from..
Mario V. Deiro
Policeman Deiro was shot and killed by a man he was trying to arrest for public drunkenness.
The 40-year-old suspect was convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to prison, and paroled on October 17, 1947.
Policeman Deiro was survived by his wife and three children.
dated December 31st 1942 records seem to match.
Hmmm, I guess they gave him a manslaughter rap because he was drunk and presumable not in control of his faculties. I don't know. Shooting someone 6 times seems pretty in control to me.
Even though drunk, he should have gotten more.
since the show was based on real events, it might have been the reduced manslaughter sentence because of flawed evidence, no witnesses, or maybe in reality he never admitted the crime, and his lawyer plea-bargained the sentence lower.
stopped to checkout a a call on a man in the gutter , surmised it was just a guy imbibing for New Years was gonna leave 4 guys started accusing him of running him over must’ve been more to the report that I what I know cause he dropped his gun went to pick it up that’s when he was shot, the guy that did it admitted it said he didn’t know he was a cop as he was in plain clothes and feared he was gonna get shot ! Therefore the 10 yr manslaughter .. thanks to clumaster for initial sleuthing 👍
@@TheScottEF did they do plea bargaining back then? I thought that was a liberal/socialist push.
Originally telecast on November 11, 1954, adapted from a March 8, 1951 radio episode.
Barry I. Grauman Thanks
I Was Born In 1967 Most Were In Color By That Time But I Grew Up Military Family My Friends Had Color 📺 We Had Black& White Until I Was 8 Or 9 But Watching Them In Black & White Reminds U Different Times When Your Parents Grew Up I Have Classic TV I'd Still Watch BW Occasionally
Tori Spelling's father Aaron played Bigs Donaldson. Aaron created shows like Fantasy Island and The Love Boat to name a few
Spelling was married to Carolyn Jones for a while.
Aaron Spelling always gave me the creeps!
He should’ve gotten the chair bring back the chair I volunteer to pull switch
I like how they worked Auld Lang Syne into the music.
The new year they wished for, with people not out “tearing up the town” came, finally, for 2021’s start. 🦠
What???
Lockdowns!
This guy has played the cab driver in 3 episodes that ive seen.
Was he one of Phil Silvers' misfits ?
Excellent/realistic (for 1954) story.
HOWEVER, it’s MISSING part 2.
How does a punk murder a police officer in cold blood, and get off with A 10-YEAR MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCE?
In 1954 I was just starting to read the daily Palo Alto Times, and for the next 5-10 years it seems 99% of this type of case, a police officer being murdered in the line of duty, ended in the killer BEING EXECUTED IN THE GAS CHAMBER, SAN QUENTIN PRISON.
Jack Webb, PART 2???
Cigarettes were 23-25 cents a pack in 1954
Thats why they didn't mind chain smoking
That's how much they were, even American cigarettes, when I worked aboard ship in 1977.
More like a dime a pack back then!
Same price in ‘67 in California 25cents/pack. I was 16 and got older friends to buy them for me. Ha ha ha
Here’s the real kicker, I visited Saigon last year-2023 and a pack of American Marlboro cost $1.50/pack. Same in Los Angeles can run from $9-12/pack due to $3/pack tax. If you live in South Dakota it’s only $6/ pack (cheapest in America). Guys bring an extra empty suitcase to bring back smokes from Vietnam 🇻🇳
A RT ticket to Saigon costs $1000. IF you sold a carton for 80% of retail ($7/pack) you would only need to bring back 18 cartons to earn $1,000! Crazy huh? (Cost $15/ carton, you sell at $70/carton, profit =$55/carton. 18x55=$990) or FREE TRIP to Saigon). Now I would NEVER do such a thing but I just did the math for the fun of it 😊
I'm a little confused about his sentence 🤔 Everyone else in these episodes gets the gas chamber or lethal injection, but this guy ?? "Manslaughter"? Doesn't seem right for someone who put 6 bullets into a police officer, from BEHIND!!! 😤
He must have had a good lawyer
Giuliani?
Father was a Judge...
Or he's a Democrat
I like this buddy of jacks the best.
He had and accident, he's hurt bad ,he's dead,wow just the facts jack Webb
I hate it when the cops prolong telling the family that their husband is dead....... just tell them and stop making them freak out !!
For crying out loud.
CA justice can only be as effective as citizens who lack enough public-spirit to support law and order...
Last scene, they put the murderer back , foreshortening to make him look small next to the cops . Lol he was actuallly a large actor.
The Daily News for 1-2-43 has a picture of the defendant after his rather rough arrest and interrogation.
Only manslaughter??
Aaron Spelling is in this one. No joke.
a cold blooded killer, to say the least, and all he gets is 10 years!!!!???? Like what?
The bartender played a judge on Perry Mason.
When I see him, I expect Perry Mason to make an objection.
Manslaughter? I had no idea CA justice was laughable that far back.
Ten years for cold blooded murder of a cop. What. I figured the gas chamber. Or at minumn 20 years
Heck, I was watching an episode the other day, and a traffic death (manslaughter) was 1st Degree Murder. The driver got the gas chamber at San Quentin. Geez. Old fashioned justice. I guess.
Ha! Look at it NOW.
It wasn’t. Quite a number of episodes a person guilty of murder receives the gas chamber and is put to death. I’m surprised in this case that didn’t happen, especially for someone who’s killed a cop. Maybe because he was under the influence and had a a very good lawyer. Manslaughter, not first degree murder and a very short sentence, then paroled as well. I’d have thought life in prison for sure.
Insane, Man ambushed an Officer
Shot six times in the back
With in inches
And it's Manslaughter
More like an exicusion
Friday shoulda dropped Talmadge with a .38 caliber mellon-splitter the moment Talmadge leveled his automatic at the back of his partner’s noggin. And, even though The Sarge didn’t have a crystal ball, that would’ve been the proper justice see’n that all they gave the scrot was a conviction for manslaughter. By the way, That bartender was just begg’n Friday and Romarro to dispense a little “Street Motivation” in the back room of that pissant bar owner’s establishment.
That would be a good way to get his partner shot too.
Better way to handle the bartender would be to tell him that you're going to have a black and white park outside and question everyone coming and going until someone talked. The guy knew he had a shady clientele and that's why he didn't like having police around as it cut into his business, so I'd make sure he knew that until I had an answer I'd go for, the cops would be VERY present around his bar.
These cops are cut and straight, or whatever the term is. Very honest and do things by the book. Thus, no "back room motivation."
The big hats are crazy.
Did every actor in the 50s have jacked up teeth?
Friday smiled!!
45 auto 2 to the neck close range - virtual decapitation.
Aired in December 1954 or 1955?
I turned 8 in 1954😊
Donaldson looks like Weird Al lol
Manslaughter ridiculous Killing a cop like that is murder. 2nd degree unless they could show he pkannwd it.
16:34, this was high tech back in the '50's!
Even in the 70's they called it teletype. LoL 🤣
Frank's weapon was a cowboy's six-shooter...bizarre weapon for a police officer...
10 yrs because we don't know what happened in the courtroom. We only see the law part of law & order
Wow - no justice here.
Can we see some of Jack Webb's cigarette adverts
Thank God smoking cigarettes isn't as in style as it used to be
I was thinking the opposite. I miss it
I remember when every adult smoked cigarettes or cigars. People thought that if a guy didn't smoke, he was some kind of weirdo.
Can't Believe Aaron Spelling Was In This One. Is That Woody Allen At 11:00?
the ending didn't make any sense. 10 years for killing a Cop. Don't insult my intelligence.
Maybe a plea bargain for a problem case.
How does the detective always know there will be a homicide Friday?
3:48 17:46 22:11
What a horrible delivery of bad news!
The guy only got a max of 10 yrs for cold blooded murder in the first degree that is a crime ina and of himself, you’d think life, don’t seem right, listened to the sentencing part twice, that’s really weird, that light of a sentence would promote murder, how bizarre.
Not to exceed 10 years? In another episode, I think the one where the teenager killed a girl with a car, they said the punishment for manslaughter cannot exceed FIVE years. Are (or were) the punishments different in different districts of California? I don't see how that can be.
Oh how the times have changed
June 2020 all policing eliminated in Los Angeles, mayor has outlawed all crime and sales tax collections.
What happened to Jack Webb's head and face between the original Dragnet and Dragnet 1967?
I love how the slugs removed from his body look like they hit a steel wall.
1954 was the year I was born
10 years wow!
He was a hop head ! Special consideration ! LoL 😂
Dragnet was sponsored by a cigarette company so they smoked a lot - and died in real life from cancerand massive heart attacks.
Yeah - Dotard and his henchmen would have not stood for 'regulation'
Dude looked like Robert Crumb.
Six shots from a .45 auto? Messy!
No Miranda yet!
1966
Is that grab another bowl of whiskey smoke another baby i'm feeling pretty good baby
Notice the trolly rails in the street
An uncle of mine died of oral cancer from "rubbing" snuff. A truly dangerous and disgusting habit.
Well.. I have to agree with the rest. If that statement he made when picked up was allowed in court, it should have been 1st degree.
I see the show used the same actors over and over again
Part of the charm.
Not only that but there was no script. They read their lines off a cue card. Sometimes you can see their eyes moving to the lines.
Jack Webb gave these actors and actresses jobs and they were able to put food on their table and pay the rent.
I've seen a few in the show HIGHWAY PATROL as well
All the old shows did this. It was called acting. There was an entire profession of what were called character actors.
I don't understand this weird Obsession people seem to show starting around the year 2000 that actors never repeat on the same TV show except as the same character.
Did the guy who played the murderer play Friday’s partner in other episodes?
Manslaughter! You gotta be kidding!
Smoke Smoke Smoke that cigarette
18:42, this character converted from a life of pushing heroin to new life in Christ!
Wow the LA Prosecutors allowed him to plead to manslaughter for a max 10 years? Dang, that's straight up wrong. Just very, very wrong. His wife & children must have felt so disappointed, along with utter devastation in the first place, for losing him to a senseless murder!
I remember that in the earlier B & W Dragnet episodes (tv and radio) from the 1940s & 1950s, it seems that the state of California had a much different stance on Capital Punishment. In a nutshell, ANYONE that killed ANYONE was charged & convicted of first degree murder, and pretty quickly "put to death in the California Death Chamber"...using gas...and that's a quote....and a wrap!
I believe that's not the point. The show was about stories that really happened. This was clearly a trial that went wrong. But that's a story for a different show.
9:33, Friday & Smith tell the wife that her detective husband was killed, and then she faints out of grief!
Bigs Donaldson looks a lot like R. Crumb, the artist.
Aaron Spelling, went on to make millions as producer of Charlie's Angels and dozens of other highly successful TV shows. Couldn't believe it when I saw his name at the end in the credits.
It was shot 4 or 5 times both in the back of the skull. How was that man slaughter? That's crazy, no surprise. I guess but still crazy.
This is (maybe) circa 1954 ??? Anyone know when these episodes were made ?
12.5 million population now.