Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 30 - The Big Number
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- čas přidán 19. 11. 2018
- Friday enlists the help of a bank security guard to catch a robber.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Jack Webb
Starring: Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Olan Soule, Vic Perrin - Krátké a kreslené filmy
If you like Dragnet, watch the movie "He Walks By Night." From that movie, Dragnet germinated in Jack Webb's brilliant brain. He plays a forensics lab guy in the movie but you can see the beginning of the police procedural technique that he would later incorporate into the Dragnet Series. Long live Badge 714.
good movie that
You mean "He Walked By Night?"
Sounds good, thanks!
Nitpicking Mordechi, nitpicking!!! 🙄🙄🙄🤫🤫🤫🤭🤭🤭😑😑😑😲😲
The way Gibson, the bank detective grimaced when the bank manager told him to stay outside his office, was pure sketch comedy.
Gibson was hilarious.
16:30 Let's smoke it up !!!!! LMAO
This is still one of the best police dramas ever made and some of the best TV ever.
....and radio.
Yes. Great radio show!
The bank manager wasn’t example of a horrible boss and the lady who is giving orders to the cops to move her furniture what is a jack ass
" let's smoke it up! " 😅 Boy you sure don't hear that anymore.
Jack Webb grew up on Bunker Hill raised by a single mother in a rooming house, he knows The City.
This is the funniest one I've come across so far. I like that security guard was right and the obnoxious manager wasn't.
14:44 I love Ben Alexander, the actor who played Frank Smith. He was so natural and relaxed in how he moved on the stage in character, in contrast to the others who have a sort of 1950s stiffness we're used to seeing in anything from this era. The way he plops his hat on the couch, and then later when he sits in the chair facing away and then turns it, are just hilarious.
Jonathan Hole, the bank manager, very prolific tv actor. Including 7 Dragnet Episodes.
After all these yrs I still love Dragnet
Me too it's brilliant
The housewives in these are always wonderful.
Virginia Greg comes to mind
Thanks......I listen to Dragnet RADIO shows daily. I know these episodes word for word. Nice to "see" the cast.
13:14 - Nice plug for Pierce Brothers.
I worked for them at the Van Nuys Boulevard location in the late 70s.
Mabel was a real treat.....Jack had such a great sense of humor....thanks for these memories
Manager was a prick bastard
And cops have to treasure those moments of humor.
Years ago a friend got fired from a convenience store because the manager said she didn't try enough to stop a robbery. She got away from that kind of work and is now retired and living a good life. The manager later tried to stop another robbery. He's been dead for 38 years now. Losing your life over money isn't worth it.
This episode has great dialogue among all the players.
During another episode, where they were reviewing potential recruits, the same question came up. An applicant ran and hid when his store was getting robbed. He was able to give a description and car license plate number. The non-police reviewer of the candidates thought it was bad that he ran. Friday commented that in doing so, he saved his own life and had information that helped solve the case. Perspective, I guess.
did the manager die in the robbery>
I agree totally with you, Muffs, I'm glad that friend of yours didn't attempt to stop the robbery!
@@nancynancydrew8503 Well, Miss Nancy, Nancy, Drew, if he didn't die in the robbery, then the story didn't have much of a point, now did it?
Loved the humor... especially the security guard... and the old lady..lets smoke!
😂😂😂😂😂
Have you noticed how everyone in this series smokes like a train? I saw one scene when Joe Friday unwrapped a pack of (ABC - Aways Buy Chesterfield 's) Chesterfield's.
Most all the men of the 1950s smoked as they were WWII Veterans.
@@LesterMoore yep…and they’re all dead from lung cancer
@@raysmusic49or old age or whatever else causes death.
I like the quick eye glance Friday gives his partner(s) when in confusion or doubt
My Dad loved Dragnet we would always watch it together when I was a little girl. The hand with the hammer at the end always scared me and I would run out of the room when it came on......lol
That hammer was so intense to me as a little kid.
Yes , there was something about that that spooked me too.. . I heard it was Joe himself that did that .. ?
LOL! I wasn't afraid of the hand with the hammer, and always had an impulse to want to wash the dirt and grease off of that hand so it would be clean!!!☺
I always wanted a press and mallet once I saw that. I used to think that the stone was soft, I knew that as I watched the Flintstones all the time and knew the difference between rocks and granite.
I love Dragnet!!!!!!!
My goodness, that lady and her furniture! 🤣🤣
It's good but once you hear the radio version it just seems more intriguing.
Thank you Film Detective. Thanks to people like you I don't have to watch the garbage that passes for TV programs today. I love these old shows. I wouldn't call them the good old days. We baby boomers were in the middle of the Viet Nam war. As I was growing up so many of the people would call the returning men baby killers and spit on them. It was a sad time for these men many of whom got drafted. Some left the country to Canada to avoid the draft. But, one of the great things were good TV shows. Thank you for sharing. Ms Michal 🙃☕
Great TV shows and good popular music. The crap they produce today is embarrassing.
@@sg-yq8pm Why don't you make yourself coherent next time, idiot! Your entire post makes no sense whatsoever. 😠😠😠😠😠
@@dariowiter3078 ..the "intellectual view".
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This is from the 1950s. America's full combat involvement in Vietnam was in the 60s.
Back when men still wore hats.
Sergeant Friday do you ever get a chance to eat when you have a little bit of time off?!'
He. Sure took the time to smoke!
Tarts available at the kid's house. We're gonna score, Beavis!!!
11:00 The Boot licker's tearing up cuz he got Fridays card LoL 🤣
That scene in the neighbour lady's house with the furniture, cigarettes, and telephone.... simply hilarious. I've never laughed so much during a Dragnet show before. LOL
It was funny when the lady said lets smoke it up.
Ms Michal 😅🙃☕
Thought I was watching reefer madness 2
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Comedy gold.
Yeah and I wish I could go back to this time!
Actor Douglas Kennedy appeared in many movies. He was an adventurer star in one. Saw him in a Ma & Pa Kettle show. This show was a hoot.
Kennedy had a large body of work but sadly died of cancer at age 57 after filming three Hawaii Five-O episodes in 1972-73.
The Cat Lady just as bad as those Meddling Kids,I would gotten away with it LOL
" Let's smoke it up." Made me laugh.
They had a cigarette sponsor- Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield.
Smoking one now, but not a Chesterfield, a menthol.
Ha that dart sign I can see the American Pickers guys paying bid $$ now for it !
I love the eccentrics in this show.
Don't touch the sign. Folk art sells big!
It's the "Amazing Transparent Man" working w/Friday!
The robber wore loafers. Speaking of loafers, how's your cousin?
can you imagine having to do all that work with the license? computers may be a hassle, but holy cow, i can't imagine life without them!
People made do with what they have at the time. Computers are overrated at times.
Gibson: I wonder if I could have a card too.
Allen: You don't need one.
😂😂😂
An unarmed man against a 12 Ga. shotgun? I would have given him the money, too! Money is insured. One blast in small space could kill 2 people. Jonathan Hole as the manager. LOL. That's the darts sign from the Big Hands episode. The Pickers would buy that sign. LOL!
Roger that !
"Let's smoke it up" Lol !
john a. Gee I guess you’ve forgotten the 1950’s, 1960’s and even later, early television, that cigarette brands were major TV show sponsors? How could you forget how society was just 10 years after WWII. How TV was coming into middle America and the family gathered around and watched TV together? And the public was not yet warned that smoking was hazardous to their health. Don’t you remember? The history, how society, media, family values evolved or dissolved or changed? I’m sure if you think back you’ll remember those times and the history.
@@j.kaymetcalf-benton6600
Yes, I remember how families were back then -a man, a woman and children. Then the Vietnam war began and we began to question authority....and values. American society has been disintegrating ever since.
Amazing how it was, when I was young in the seventies in my first job, a guy I shares an office with would smoke two cigars a day, one in the morning and another in the afternoon
@@robertsullivan4773
I'd ask him politely to extinguish the ember.
good music and smoke. yesssssss
I dont think cops now would be moving couches around at the whim of someone they are questioning
Joe: "You have steak here?"
Waitress: "Why yes, we do."
Joe: "You cook 'em well done?"
Waitress: "Yes."
Joe: "I want mine trimmed."
Waitress: "Trim off the fat and trim the steak from the bone?"
Joe:: "Just the fat, ma'am."
Clever!
Love the old footage of old time LA
It’s wonderful isn’t it?
loved this show as a kid. Its amazing how quickly they get the perps to confess..
Not enough time to beat the rap with only a half-hour show
He didn't confess .... You got nothing. he said.
Nice. I don't remember this one. If you it in all these commercials then you can Afford VOLUME. I have had neighbor charged as accessory for warning bandits.
That was more like Vaudeville. Brilliant episode because the comedy actually WORKS. Good tongue and cheek episode but I'm glad he didn't do that every week.
Uhm, "Dragnet" was made with the cooperation of the LAPD and was based on real cases (but, the names were changed to protect the innocent). It WAS a weekly series that ran for something like ten years-actually 8 in the 50s, plus 4 more starting in '67. The dryness is what makes it a cult classic.
I didn't care for this episode. The attempt at comedy just didn't work for this show.
@@shadowwolf7622 It was a change though. There were as you know some horrible tragic stories. A lot of crime back then.
The bank manager was a stuck up meanie!
Great character actor though he was on The Andy Griffith show many times I don't know his name but he plays the part really good.
Miss Harford belongs in an insane asylum not living in that neighborhood I would be more fearful of her than the bank robber.
The bank manager
1) Stupid - the bank security must be allowed to carry a 44;
2) blind as a bat - is color blind;
3) Very effeministic; and
4) Does not have managerial ability.
The mean and evil cuss does not have respect for anyone and must be terminated immediately.
They shoulda had Lt. Stoner in on that "smoke it up" session, dude.😂
Very funny laughed alot
"smokem up?
...Matt NY
I remember the VII trademark from my childhood. Soon as i seen the hand and the hammer striking the chisel I said to myself VII LOL. Funny how memory works even after 63 years.
I just had to comment on the opening speech, because I live in L.A. " This is the city, Los Angeles, CA. It was Monday, January 25th. , it was warm in Los Angeles ". LOL. Um , unless you call 50 degrees and lower around Jan. 25th. warm , your not from L.A. Major blooper, but it was the 1950's . Enjoying this , thanks for posting...
I'm from the far north; 50 degrees in January is a heat wave!
@@MeowingKittyCat thanks for that. I commented on this 6 months ago so thanks for the reminder. Its now March 2021 , and it was about 41 degrees today in L.A. Don't tell me that's not cold..
@@bra8623 For March in California, yes, I would say that's cold! I'm in the northeast (way up north) and it's warmer than that here -- 53 degrees!
@@MeowingKittyCat Thanks for that and it's funny. When you say your way up north , I'm presuming Canada ? I spoke with someone in Minnesota where it can get 40 degrees below zero. I asked , " how do you folks stand living in such a cold climate in the winter" ? Their response was, " once you get a certain even 10 below zero, there is no difference between 10 below and 40 below, because cold is cold ". Anyway, stay safe..
@@bra8623 Close to Canada... when I first moved up here, you wouldn't believe how much I bundled up in the winter, but you get used to the cold after a while. Now, I don't even bother buttoning up my coat if it's more than 30 degrees. I don't bother with a hat and gloves (assuming I'm not going to be outside for hours) unless it goes down to 20 or lower. I'll wear warmer clothing for 15 below. When it gets that cold, you have the added bonus of hearing the snow squeak when you walk on it. 😊
The bank manager played a part in a Highway Patrol episode.
Jonathan Hole repeats his role as "Mr. Allen" from the October 1952 radio episode.
I remember Hole from the "TWLIGHT ZONE" episode "The Mighty Casey", as a baseball team physician {"He had *me* fooled even without one."}.
THANK YOU FOR OLD TV SHOW
Another episode with oddball witnesses - the bank manager & 'guard', then the lady who wanted the detectives to re-arrange her lounge
Baskerville22 Based on true story’s .. I bet those folks were in the case files . People are funny 😎
Reminds me of my Mother in law, God rest her soul. Even wears the same apron. She blabbed like this to anyone who would listen.
heh heh heh heh heh
These clowns are normal compared to what lives in California today.
That poor abused Gibson I’ve had a boss or too like that 😬
Ain't that the truth!
Me too. Very briefly!
That "Boss" would never survive now HR would can him.
Yeah there was a young girl working at a convenience store that was robbed and she got fired because her boss felt she didn't do enough to stop it. At least she was alive to tell about it. He was only concerned about the $200 or so that was taken.
Muffs 55mercury Some people worry way to much over cash.. there are far more important things in life ...💉. Just kidding hahahaha
Amazing hours & hours of car checking can be done in seconds now!
One NYC police officer once stated that the most realistic cop show on TV was Barney Miller! I mention this because some people here have said that this episode was set up as comedy.
I believe real cops have to deal with this stuff all the time. People are truly weird out there!
You an ant?
And let’s smoke it up 👍🏼👍🏼oh yea . Based on true stories.you can’t make this stuff up 😎👍🏼👍🏼
Dragnet was sponsored by Chesterfield cigarettes. Perhaps coincidentally, Chesterfield is also the name of a style of overstuffed couch, such as (I'm guessing) the couch the lady has the guys move around. Maybe a case of subliminal advertising?
@@dalehall7138 great observations. They did a lot of that back in the day. Though this was more obvious lol. But, film makers would put in a 1 or 2 second photo of popcorn or other snacks for movie houses. The idea was to trick the audience in to getting up and go to the snack bar. They don't do it now as it's illegal. I am really dating my age.
Ms Michal 😅🙃☕
@@oldgamerchick
"I am really dating my age"
You're going to be okay.
@@johna.4334 Thanks for the kind word 🙃☕💖🇺🇸
when they started doing the first season, they pulled the stories from the radio broadcast and adapted them for TV. As a true sin of concomitant, many of the extras also did the voices for the radio shows.
Love em smoking it up. Haha
Ben Alexander (Officer Smith) passed away on July 5, 1969 (age 58) in Hollywood, California, USA.
@49jubilee your sister probably died from alcohol
@@dwightpowell6673
Lol !
58 ? That's not all that old. I looked him online but can't find a cause of death. Though I did see that he's buried in Hawaii. Poor fellow.... :-(
I like Smith😞😔
He was my fav partner for Smokin Joe ..RIP Brother
Joe had a comedy streak going here.
Poor Gibson, at least he got a card.
“Uh-Huh!..Right...Uh-Huh...Yes Sir...What was that?...You don’t say....Right!”
....it took 8 HOURS to go through the license plate numbers! Today, it would take 6 seconds on the computer!!!! My, how technology has changed to world!
And the DMV is STILL a nightmare of inefficiency & incompetence.
There's a Dragnet episode where a computer is used to check license numbers. Stacks of punch cards are used.
That's y they invented the computer
I love Dragnet. Thanks :)
JOE FRIDAY meets hyacinth bucket
Isn't it pronounced "bouquet" ?? :-)
16:44 This scene caught me by surprise!
This in one of my favorite ones .. definitely not Silly 👍🏼
If stupidity was illegal, the prisons would be full to overflowing !! :-)
"I had just gotten back from lunch, and it looked like it was going to be another quiet afternoon..."
OH NO, you didn't say the "Q" word, did you!
What follows is on YOU, Sergeant Friday!
Hope he has a permit for that lemonade stand lol
About min 15. I lived through a similar scenario one time. Love Dragnet.
A quiet afternoon. Think again Joe.
I just saw that sign a few shows back .. they were checking a suspected muderer working on the board walk . He was clean 😎
Title of the episode is "Big Toys"
This is better than the crap on TV these days
POOR Leon!!!!
Oh the days when everyone lit up !.
That old lady is crazy
Poor Gibson, he's what we called a Buff. Couldn't make the cut as a P.O., but tries so hard
The head of the LAPD Robbery Division is Lt. Stoner? Friday should begin with him.🤔
i'm surprised that they didn't make the cigarette scene a full blown commercial, which happened in programs from the 50's
This is the Goofiest Dragnet i.e. security manager, episode I've ever seen.
this was a great episode. thank you.
Ya let's smoke it out... 😂
Oh but I wanted to see Mrs. Fields in her disgraceful sun suit.
I wanted to see the police make Mr. Fields raise his trouser leg to show the scar above his knee. 😁
Originally broadcast on March 24, 1955, and adapted from an October 26, 1952 radio script.
Oct 26 1955 the day I was born yes my birthday i enjoy these old shows
@@oldjake912 Happy Birthday in 18 days woohoo ☺😁👏👏💃🎂
He was caught counting du monet!
"Comedy relief".
I would like to be a very stealth detective and use the expertise wisely. Coming out alive and unharmed is no easy game to play. It may be essential to kill the guilty party to save my own life.
LIGHT EM IF YOU GOT THEM 😁🙂
Man Floyd the barber was a hardass bank manager!
thats not Floyd
Jonathan Hole a character actor from the 50’s to 1990. Lots and lots of westerns.
This character actress (14:08) is the best part of the episode!
At the beginning of the Video Sgt. Friday states the date as Monday January 25th. At 13:17 into the video Lt. Spooner is pointing at a calendar that clearly shows January 25th is a Sunday. Not the first time this happens! 😀
The worst case Friday ever had when 397 came in, followed closely buy a 299...then it happened....a 456 fell on his desk, followed by two 615's. No sooner had he dealt with those, when a 300, O28, 4-12. 9/60, 444, 91/38 all came in simultaneously...this was too much and Friday had to take sick leave....when he returned, they were all still on his desk'......nobody could remember what they were...until a 34/99-32/412 solved the case!
I felt so sorry for Mr. Gibson and wanted to strangle Mr. Allen🤨☹
It's like an ad for smoking cigarettes
How true ! Sad fact is that tobacco companies were some of TV 's biggest sponsors in the 50s & 60s and they insisted that the actors do a lot of smoking. :-(
@@jubalcalif9100 yes they did . I remember a Adam 12 show and Malloy was in the coffee room at the station. Sitting there with I cigarette just rolling it around in the ashtray. Never took one hit .. yep peer pressure all right 🚬
@@heyoldman2003 Wow ! I don't recall that scene but there were many episodes of Adam-12 that I never saw. Even Andy Griffith could be seen smoking in at least two episodes of classic 60s sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" ! Thanks for your follow up comment !! :-)
git bizzy yung man !!!!!!
Very progressive TV i.e. let's smoke it up . Big tobacco at work. I love this era.
Should have arrested the neighbor for obstruction of justice.
In the 70's my dad would go for his physical his doctor and my dad would be smoking cigarettes in the doctors office. A very different era
They REALLY Pushed Cigarettes on Folks back in the old days
Remember in those days cigarette makers sponsored many programs. They could afford it, after all…