Until this month I’d never watched an original black-and-white episode of “Dragnet,” the police drama series that ran from 1951-1959 and starred Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday. Webb also produced and directed the series, having adapted it for television from a radio series he’d originated after being inspired by his role as a crime lab technician in the 1949 movie, HE WALKED BY NIGHT, covered here on March 13, 2012. I’ve seen 12 episodes of “Dragnet” so far, thanks to a box set I picked up at a used video store last year.
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