On DRAGNET, Jack Webb portrayed Joe as a thoroughly dedicated police officer who was devoted to his duties. It was Webb's performance that a major reason for the show's success. Rest in peace, Jack.
this was a ground-breaking episode of Dragnet. when it first aired many people were jaw-droppingly shocked. it was still the days of innocent America then. and it offered helpful tips too, such as the shop lady seeing a weird guy near kids and writing down his plate no. and telling your kids not to talk to strangers. after over 50 yrs i still love this show.
In the late sixties i was walking home from work and about a block from my house when was surrounded by a bunch of men from the neighborhood. they all had baseball bats and maybe were carrying as far as I knew. they stopped me and told me to stand still or they would see that I couldn't stand at all if I didn't comply. they wouldn't tell me what was going on, but in a couple of minutes they brought a little girl to look at me. She whispered to one of the men (probably her father) and then went back into the apartments, the other men left in a hurry, and that man apologized. I found out then that the girl has just been molested in the alley behind the apartments and they were looking for the man who had done it. I was sure lucky that that girl has a good look at the subject and could identify him and not me! Vigilante Justice is still with us and neighborhood watches are just as important for your kids safety.
This is amazing (8:02): the guy is playing the organ, reading the🎵notes and answering to a very disturbing subject SIMULTANEOUSLY! And they say men cannot multitask😉
Virginia Christine, supporting actress in many "Dragnet" episodes, but most notable as Mrs. Olsen in the Folgers Coffee commercials. ("It's the r-r-r-richest kind!"😄😍)
I like the furniture inside Wylie's home. The heavy claw leg table and wood chair. I recall the actor later in a couple of John Wayne Westerns. McClintock. Jack Kruschen. Good character actor
Good comments! Jack Kruschen (Wylie) was a steady character actor who made the move smothly from radio to TV. Agreed about episode's topic. Woudn't see that kind of treatment on TV till NYPD Blue. Glad I subscribed.
I liked Frank as Joe's partner much more than Harry Morgan. Harry Morgan just irritated me with his ways. Frank was excellent. He complemented Joe just right. I love his expressions in this one, especially in response to the criminals responses. He got zapped by that same guy too! I never saw so much action in one of these either. Old Joe was smokin' with his uppercut!🙏
Wiley played a "narcotics addict" in another episode. He is in a couple more, usually playing a sleezy character. Guess he's good at it. He sure can put down some wine, huh?
8:22, "I don't know why you always have to bother me every time something happens!...You made your own reputation, we didn't...everytime something happens to a kid I get a cop on my neck!
i guess not. 😢 I'm grateful this episode aired back in the "good old days". As UNCOMFORTABLE as it must've been, it HAD to have helped some sweet little innocent soul going through molestation~ isolated, scared, no one to confide in, wondering what was wrong with them??? Finally, this episode airs. i pray it helped then, as i pray it helps even now, bc as I've asked God "Look, God, look at these shows, that could be happening TODAY. What's changed? i see old westerns of people killing each other on the streets. What's changed?? i read the Bible & people are doing TERRIBLE things to hurt each other, scam each other. What's changed??? Are we any better now? How did You not just wipe us all out 100 times over by now? It's a good thing YOU'RE God....... & I'm........NOT!" It can get discouraging. 😢 BUT we HAVE to look for the good. ... And there CAN BE a lot of that, when we take the time to look. ✝️ ❤
@@mikeh.7499truly. I've said that so many times, " What IF these ARE the good old days?" We'd better start enjoying ourselves more & start complaining less! (We'll that's true for myself, anyway. 💁🏻♀️)
I wonder how the 2 little girls are all these years later. I hope they had counseling and support to help them, I know it wasn't that prevalent back then.
Yeah, they do that in all the episodes. Like that one guy wolfing down an entire pie as he spoke with them. Or the guy with the train set. Or the deaf guy.
His "Life Sentence " likely lasted less than a year. Other lifers not in for child molestation have nothing to lose so they pretty much make the child molesters life in the joint a living hell.
Maybe it's just the way it was decided to portray it for TV, but the mother seemed much too "together", talking about this. Hysterics, or at least crying and sobbing, raised voice, anger, more believable.
6:35) Webb played CSI Lee Jones in "He Walked By Night". The movie has similar opening scenes as "Dragnet". C.O.P. is a limey acronym. A duty roster of Constables On Patrol. It was not until the end of WW I, 28 June 1919 AD, that people in the USA heard of (Sir Thomas) Crapper, C.O.P. and F.X.X.K.
I don't remember any shows from when I was a kid that talked about child molestation. I would have thought they would have stayed away from something as sick as that. Kind of a bold move, and maybe it helped protect some kids whose parents were as naive as mine. We pretty much did what we wanted, went where we wanted, with permission of course. I used to walk home from kindergarten alone! Stuff I never would have allowed my girls to do. Hey, they didn't have to give the creep my last name, even spelled the same!
Wouldn't have noticed if you didn't mention it. Yeah, you're right , it wasn't necessary that the molester have a last name. They chose that name for the worst possible crime
I've always liked Dragnet. I had never seen this episode before. It certainly was grim. I always thought Mrs. Olsen was a pretty good actress. But she wasn't very convincing as a mother whose two daughters had just been molested. The rest of the episode was first rate.
Pretty daring to touch on the subject, but instead of stranger danger, it's more likely that they are molested by a family member....Nack then though it was rare to not let kids wander freely.
Oh my Godzess Reeeeeeeeeeee it's people smoking cigarettes! This is when America' was at its best and didn't put up with 🤡🌎 tactics. My God, I'd give anything to leave this Hellhole age and live then.
