Dragnet - The Big September Man, S01E11 * Classic TV show
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Published 2017-03-11
Season 1, Episode 11
Original Airdate: May 18, 1952
A drunk is found behaving erratically near the scene of a murdered secretary. Could he be the culprit? Joe Friday investigates. Watch classic TV shows free online at www.manicmovies.com/
All Comments (21)
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You know we’re in big trouble in 2024 when we have to go back 70 years to get good entertainment.
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Dragnet was a great program. These early black & white episodes were the best.
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Dragnet was top 10 in ratings for its first 5 years, some of those in the top 3. It was a mega hit. Most people with a TV set back then were likely watching this show.
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Wasn’t born till 1950. These episodes I’ve never seen and actually better than the 1967 reboot!
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We have to go back 70 years for folks to have a good life!
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Eddie Firestone, who played the drunk, had a long career that included a small role in Spielberg's first feature length movie Duel. He played the café owner.
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WOW A really young Jack Webb May he RIP and is missed by all of his Fans etc.
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These episodes are wonderful. As I post this (January 12, 2023) it’s the 46th anniversary of the first episode of the 1967 revival, known as The LSD Story, the so-called Blue Boy episode
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Good one ! Thank you for posting.
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Very old 1952. On for a long time and back in 1967. This one B4 Ben Alexander. Barney Phillips. Another wonderful actor of the time. Loved him. For early TV 1951 this was awesome. Holds up till this day.
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So clear! The picture is just excellent! Can't say fairer than that, either.
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1952...man, this was early TV 😊
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Stacy harris was great as the scamming forest ranger in the newer episodes.just kept spewing knowledge about the forestry dept I was impressed
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Jack Webb had many wonderful actors and actresses working for him on both versions of Dragnet(radio & television), which always gave Dragnet a wonderful edge to it. 😃
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Stacy Harris was, in real life, Jack Webb's best friend. Jack named one of his daughters after him.
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Miss Frank Smith, RIP sir your missed.
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He was about 32 at the time, people really aged differently back then. Today, you would think he was about 50. Probably the smoking and drinking.
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Most of the fellas referred to him as the September Man, but she called him The Big September Man.
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At 4:15 it shows Friday interrogating a suspect while wearing his holstered service weapon. This was a violation of department protocol as well as common sense, since it would have been very easy for the suspect to grab the weapon and use it. Other than that, a pretty good episode.
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I wonder if that Mark VII Production bumper is where the Williams Street bumper got its sound effects from... the TONG TONG along with the rumbling timpani sounds just like the WS bumpers.
