"Dragnet 1967" (1967) TV series 1967-1970

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Creator:

Jack Webb
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

12 January 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Detective | Digit In Title | Detective Sergeant | Los Angeles California

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jack Webb	...	Sgt. Joe Friday (98 episodes, 1967-1970)
Harry Morgan	...	Officer Bill Gannon (98 episodes, 1967-1970)

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Series Directed by
Jack Webb		(98 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Writing credits
Jack Webb		(98 episodes, 1967-1970)
Burt Prelutsky		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Robert C. Dennis		(7 episodes, 1967-1968)
Preston Wood		(6 episodes, 1967-1969)
David H. Vowell		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Michael Donovan		(4 episodes, 1968-1970)
Henry Irving		(3 episodes, 1967)
James Doherty		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
William O'Hallaren		(2 episodes, 1967)
Robert Soderberg		(2 episodes, 1968)

Series Produced by
Jack Webb	....	producer / executive producer (36 episodes, 1967-1970)
Robert A. Cinader	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1967-1969)
William Stark	....	associate producer (25 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Original Music by
Lyn Murray		(24 episodes, 1967-1969)
Frank Comstock		(6 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Cinematography by
Alric Edens		(28 episodes, 1968-1970)
Andrew Jackson		(19 episodes, 1967-1968)
Benjamin H. Kline		(3 episodes, 1969)

Series Film Editing by
William Stark		(20 episodes, 1967-1969)
Warren Adams		(19 episodes, 1969-1970)
Larry Lester		(5 episodes, 1967)
Richard M. Sprague		(3 episodes, 1968-1969)
Tony Martinelli		(2 episodes, 1969)

Series Art Direction by
Russell Kimball		(25 episodes, 1967-1969)
John E. Chilberg II		(25 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.		(48 episodes, 1967-1970)
John Sturtevant		(37 episodes, 1967-1970)
Ralph Sylos		(11 episodes, 1967)

Series Makeup Department
Larry Germain	....	hair stylist (49 episodes, 1967-1970)
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist (49 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Production Management
Edward K. Dodds	....	unit manager (28 episodes, 1967-1970)
Hilton A. Green	....	unit manager (12 episodes, 1967)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mel A. Bishop	....	assistant director (37 episodes, 1967-1970)
Edward K. Dodds	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1967)

Series Sound Department
John Erlinger	....	sound (48 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
John Orland	....	cinematographer: intro sequence (22 episodes, 1969-1970)
Earl C. Williman	....	lamp operator (17 episodes, 1967)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vincent Dee	....	costume supervisor (49 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Editorial Department
Robert Brower	....	color coordinator (50 episodes, 1967-1970)
Richard Belding	....	editorial supervision / supervising editor (49 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Music Department
Walter Schumann	....	composer: theme music / composer: "Dragnet" theme (52 episodes, 1967-1970)
Stanley Wilson	....	musical supervision / music supervision / ... (50 episodes, 1967-1970)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1969)

Series Other crew
Tom Williams	....	assistant to producer / production assistant (51 episodes, 1967-1970)
Tom Reddin	....	technical advisor: Los Angeles Police Department (25 episodes, 1967-1969)
Edward M. Davis	....	technical advisor: Los Angeles Police Department (21 episodes, 1969-1970)
Thad Brown	....	technical advisor: Los Angeles Police Department (5 episodes, 1967)

Production Companies

• Dragnet Productions
• Mark VII Ltd.
• Universal TV

Distributors

• MCA/Universal Pictures
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1967-1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Studios USA Television
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005-) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Universal City Studios  filmed at

Also Known As:

Dragnet (USA) (syndication title)
Dragnet 1968 (USA) (second season title)
Dragnet 1969 (USA) (third season title)
Dragnet 1970 (USA) (fourth season title)

Runtime:

30 min (100 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Parker Center Police Headquarters - 150 N. Los Angeles Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dragnet Productions

Trivia:

When Jack Webb revived the show in 1966, it was in response to the growing tide of teen-age drug use, especially LSD.

Quotes:

[a young couple let their toddler drown in a bathtub while they were stoned]
Officer Bill Gannon: After twenty-five years on the job, it's finally happened.
Friday: What's that, Bill?
Officer Bill Gannon: I'm going to be sick.
[hands the bag of marijuana to Friday and runs out of the room]

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Younger the Better (1982)

Soundtrack:

Theme From Dragnet (Danger Ahead)

Enjoyable updating.

This update of the 50's classic is very enjoyable, if not as successful. It's in color, and the cases are still true, Friday still has a partner etc. The cases mostly had to do with hippies, drug busts, people Jack Webb saw as bad, and many other types of that stuff. Harry Morgan plays officer Bill Gannon, Sgt. Joe Friday's goofy partner, or maybe just goofy to Friday. Morgan did a good job in the role, but he was better in "M*A*S*H*". As for the acting, well Webb and Morgan always did a fine job, but when it came to criminals, the same faces kept turning up, which wasn't really a problem, but over and over and over again. Tim Donnelly from "Parts: The Clonus Horror" and "EMERGENCY!" (he played firefighter Chet Kelly) appeared a few times, once as 'The Crimson Crusader' (he was kind of insane). Merry Anders also turned up a few times as a cop, she was in "The Hypnotic Eye" and "Blood Legacy". I have seen all the episodes (from TV LAND, of course) and after awhile, you begin to laugh at some of the guest stars acting, but it never really got in the way of the story. All in all it's an enjoyable updating.