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Dragnet 1967

★ 7.7 4K votes 1967–1970 4 seasons · 98 episodes Ended NBC
ProceduralA case or problem of the week, solved by a formula that works.This show: 9/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Deadpan coolDetached, understated and effortlessly stylish.This show: 7/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jack WebbHarry MorganDon RossMarco LopezClark HowatArt Balinger
Written by
Jack Webb
Starring
Jack WebbHarry MorganDon RossMarco LopezClark HowatArt Balinger
Written by
Jack Webb
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Deadpan procedural nostalgia with unintentional comedy built in"

This is the 1960s revival of the classic LAPD procedural, following stone-faced Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner as they work case after case, from burglary to drug busts to teen runaways. Each episode is a tight, self-contained investigation narrated in flat, just-the-facts voiceover. The appeal is almost anthropological: clipped dialogue, deadpan delivery, and unmistakable era-specific moralizing about drugs and youth culture. It's slow by modern standards and often unintentionally funny, but there's real charm in its rigid formula and total lack of irony.

Watch it for

the deadpan, just-the-facts delivery that became a template for every cop show after it.

Maybe skip if

you need serialized plots, moral ambiguity, or fast contemporary pacing.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Dragnet 19671967
7.83K178h 30m
This is a list of episodes from the first season of the 1967 Dragnet series. The season was directed by Jack Webb.
Dragnet 19681967
7.75K2814h
This is a list of episodes from the second season of the 1967 Dragnet series. The season was directed by Jack Webb.
Dragnet 19691968
7.54K2713h 22m
This is a list of episodes from the third season of the 1967 Dragnet series. The season was directed by Jack Webb.
Dragnet 19701969
7.73K2613h
This is a list of episodes from the fourth and final season of the 1967 Dragnet series. The season was directed by Jack Webb.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jack Webb Sergeant Joe Friday, Sgt. Joe Friday
Harry Morgan Officer Bill Gannon
Don Ross Carl Freeman, Don Hale, Bart Emerson
Marco Lopez 1st Officer, Barking dark-suited detective behind Friday, Bunco Detective
Clark Howat Capt. Al Trembly, Captain Lambert, Captain Mack
Art Balinger Capt. Hugh Brown, Capt. Lou Richey, Capt. Ken Green
Alfred Shelly Sgt. Al Vietti, Cadillac Passenger with Sunglasses, Carl Freeman
Art Gilmore Capt. Lambert, Capt. Mert Howe, Capt. Merton Howe
Virginia Gregg Ada Beale, Agnes Emerson, Bonnie Bates
Ed Deemer Attendant, Captain Frank Beeson, Chief Oxley

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