Season 4 • Episode 26
LatestJoe and Bill investigate a series of victims. An elderly man has been stabbed to death in his hotel room. An elderly is assaulted and her purse stolen. A store is robbed and the owner is stabbed. Rights are given to the criminals, but there are no rights for the victims.
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
Production
Shot on actual Los Angeles locations with real LAPD cooperation.
Writing
Ripped-from-headlines plots based on authentic case files.
Acting
Jack Webb's famously flat delivery became iconic by design.
Creator
Jack Webb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dragnet pioneered the police procedural on television and shaped American attitudes toward law enforcement for decades — for better and worse.
The famous 'Just the facts, ma'am' quote was actually created by Stan Freberg's Dragnet parody, then misattributed back to the original.
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