Dragnet. The Big Cracker Box 1958. NBC Network. Badge 714, starring Jack Webb and Ben Alexander.

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3 ай бұрын

Dragnet (Badge 714) is an iconic police show from the 1950's starring Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday, with Ben Alexander as his partner, Officer Frank Smith. Friday and Smith investigate supermarket robberies. The store's safe is cracked open and cash taken. Something odd though...the burglars leave crackers scattered all over the floor at every robbery site. Also starring Michael Ann Barrett, Ron Haynes, Paul E. Burns, Sid Melton, Gil Donaldson, and James Gavin. Produced and directed by Jack Webb. Transferred from 16mm b-w film.

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@wolfgang1094 16 күн бұрын

FYI: In the late 50s early 60s we had a TV series called Stahlnetz (steel net) in Germany starting with the same fanfare and the same film music. Might have been sort of franchise.

@miltonhollis703 27 күн бұрын

I know for sure Dragnet kelp me from being a Juvenile Delinquent.....when I was a kid Dragnet scared the hell out of Me" and kelp me straight... Great actor's great story..I'm 78 And Dragnet is still one of my favorites besides Highway patrol...

@KNT.63 25 күн бұрын

Good shows you deserve a like on that one, thanks for sharing. You're right 👍 these shows like dragnet , highway patrol' stand the test of time. Maybe I'm a nostalgic dreamer, I like seeing some of the old things in these shows, especially the cars.

@leonardhandzlik6008 5 күн бұрын

I loved Highway Patrol. Nothing like Broderick Crawford saying "10-4, 10-4". Webb was better at his role than Crawford though.

@tonypanzarella9387 4 күн бұрын

Dragnet got me to start smoking Chesterfields.

@darthmauljr 3 күн бұрын

It's funny you say that. I'm 55 years old, and I grew up. and I grew up on it, watching it with my father. You've mentioned highway patrol. You and me have a lot in common. I love highway patrol. I just started watching them again for the first time in almost 45 years. But how a patrol this is my first time watching. I love the way Jack Webb does. in my opinion, he was a better actor Then Harry Morgan In my opinion, he should have been more. Amazing how Harry Morgan got. more popular. I think Jack Webb is awesome. He produced, directed and he starred. and being the narrator was cool. I am like you. It would have scared the hell out of me. I'll watch shows like this nowadays, because my father died three days after my birthday, 3 years ago. I feel like I'm watching TV with my daddy. I'll watch highway patrol because of the cars. My dad told me about he was the teenager at the time. Broderick Crawford. What a man. Now, that was one hip, dude. Yes, I'm the 60s baby. But like my dad said, quoting. the 50s were the greatest years of his life. I now know why. I love you, Daddy. Sir your words touched me.

@thisisamistake7771 15 күн бұрын

Mom and Dad would always go Uncle Joe’s house to watch Dragnet before we got our own 📺

@leonardhandzlik6008 5 күн бұрын

I watched Dragnet every week. I loved that the stories were true. Nothing could match the snappy dialog between Friday and either Smith or the perps. It might seem a little dated but today's standards, but it set a high standard for future cop shows. Jack Webb did a terrific Dragnet skit on the Johnny Carson Show later in life that was terrific. It was called the Copper Caper. It's on KZfaq.

@amcguigan2389 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this. You don't know how much joy it gives viewers like us!

@MoviecraftInc 25 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

@shamrock1961 Ай бұрын

The HQ building on the show has been torn down. Parker Center is no more!

@vegas1a 21 күн бұрын

Like everything else in LA.....

@asullivan4047 20 күн бұрын

Nice seeing the city as it once was way back then-!!!😉.

@cowboy104 19 күн бұрын

pre taco trucks

@tc556guy 9 күн бұрын

Not a single homeless druggie living in a tent on the sidewalk

@r2gelfand 21 күн бұрын

I have never seen this one. Thank you so much.

@MoviecraftInc 20 күн бұрын

You're welcome!

@frenchmarky 14 күн бұрын

Me either, I was sure I had seen them all, never ran across this one. Thanks!

@mohammedcohen 13 күн бұрын

...I'm close to 75...and the older I gt the more I love appreciate this series..and Webb's performances...

@rwarren58 11 күн бұрын

Did you ever see him in “The DI”? I highly recommend it.

@mohammedcohen 11 күн бұрын

@@rwarren58 Oh yeah...on of my FAVORITE flocks!!!

@mohammedcohen 11 күн бұрын

@@rwarren58 ...he also shows up in The Halls of Montezuma" with Richard Widmark...

@LorenIpsum75 3 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the pre-Harry Morgan Dragnet episodes. The early TV episodes were re-written from Dragnet radio scripts. Friday's boss, Chief Det. Ed Backstrand, was played by Raymond Burr!

@kathleenking47 Ай бұрын

These are more FILM NOIR The radio show, even got Into drug addicts

@Joeblow-ms3cv 27 күн бұрын

Indubidubly 🙂

@clairewyndham1971 26 күн бұрын

There is one of the radio dramas where the news was delivered that Backstrand got the job! It's kinda cool.

@george2113 10 күн бұрын

What's wrong with Harry?

@BlueWingedRino 10 күн бұрын

Harry Morgan played in a couple early Dragnets. He was a jewel thief and a hotel clerk.

@skykingimagery899 8 күн бұрын

I loved Dragnet. Then The Untouchables. Then Columbo. Network TV doesn't hold a candle to today. Jack Webb the understated protagonist

@Fred-mp1vf Ай бұрын

Imagine that, a dishonest thief! 😅 Thanks for sharing this one!

@MoviecraftInc Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnkingsley9525 11 күн бұрын

The scene of Ciro’s nightclub out on the Sunset Strip brought back memories of the home I was raised in the hills just above the nightclub. The theme music is something you never forget- those were the days. Now living in Costa Rica 🌴😎🌴

@GetMeThere1 5 минут бұрын

I watched these as a kid all the time. I have to admit though, the coolest part was seeing the guy with the hammer at the end, lol.

@barryjones872 25 күн бұрын

I remember watching this on a little black and white TV ,it was that grainy it was hard to make out some of the scenes

@BartlettTFD 24 күн бұрын

I remember watching Dragnet in those good ole days 👍

@nightshift5201 22 күн бұрын

16:56..."pulled a year for purse snatching." Those were the days.

@TheBlackbelair 14 күн бұрын

So much crime is dummy-downed now.

@leonardhandzlik6008 5 күн бұрын

YEAH, today, you steal less than $1000 from a grocery store and get caught, and you are back out on the streets the same day.

@crazyredhare 18 күн бұрын

My favorite Joe Friday moment is when the President visited L.A. and the Secret Service offered Joe a job on security detail.

@muffs55mercury61 Ай бұрын

Love the old cars and the landmarks. Remembered them well. By the 1970s many were gone. The Brown Derby closed in 1985.

@MoviecraftInc Ай бұрын

Watching the "backgrounds" in these shows is a lot of fun.

@kathleenking47 Ай бұрын

The late 40s to late 60s Are my favorite Car chassis

@JiveDadson 27 күн бұрын

All the cars are from Ford Motors. Even the crook was said to drive a Mercury.

@waynewright2886 11 күн бұрын

The Dome of the Brown Derby was Moved to a Temple across the Street from USC at Vermont & Exposition N/W Corner, you can't Recognize it anymore after the Brim was Removed.

@muffs55mercury61 11 күн бұрын

@@waynewright2886 So sad !!!

@jason60chev 22 күн бұрын

First time I watched an episode from the earlier series. Am more familiar with Officer Bill Gannon, as his partner. Format and presentation didn't change. Good program.

@leonardhandzlik6008 5 күн бұрын

Yep, Gannon was played by Harry Morgan from MASH.

@bovnycccoperalover3579 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great quality. I don't remember this episode

@MoviecraftInc Ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad to oblige...

@Joeblow-ms3cv 27 күн бұрын

That's steak "Tar-TAR," Joe. 🙂

@amcguigan2389 26 күн бұрын

I noticed that too. lol

@tomfields3682 21 күн бұрын

Yeah! And it's Loss Anjeliss, Judge, not Las Angle -eez.😉

@CuppaTeaandaSliceoCake 3 ай бұрын

Terrific! a classic ...

@MoviecraftInc 3 ай бұрын

Certainly is a favorite!

@davidgibson7615 27 күн бұрын

Sherry TV, Inc was set up a dummy production unit of MCA, Inc.to acquired the original incarnation of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited which owns Dragnet. Today Dragnet and all Mark VII programs are owned by MCA's forerunner, NBCUniversal. Dragnet radio shows are owned by the estate of Jack Webb.

@miltonhollis703 27 күн бұрын

Wow!! No idea....

@ChadQuick270W 21 күн бұрын

Another great episode that I’ve not seen until now. These are so good to watch. Thanks so much again for this one 👍🏻

@MoviecraftInc 20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it.

@peterm1826 25 күн бұрын

Great series.

@mikeburrill779 26 күн бұрын

Nice job 15 years. Good job 👍👍👍

@r2gelfand 21 күн бұрын

Seems to me I was born married😂

@ralphturner3798 24 күн бұрын

So why did the thieves put the money in the cracker boxes? They could have easily carried it out when they left with their safe cracking tools. That would have eliminated the necessity to go into the store the next morning, which was dangerous because someone might have recognized them.

@macmcleod1188 23 күн бұрын

I believe it was too fool the other thief.

@harryscott9533 22 күн бұрын

❤ love dragnet ❤

@jatco84 18 күн бұрын

Great to see these classics once again..!

@giveitathink6749 21 күн бұрын

...rest my arches. Love the Jazz talk.

@fromthesidelines 26 күн бұрын

Originally telecast on May 22, 1958.

@sandy-pf9bb 15 күн бұрын

One month before I was born.

@randomwrestlingarchive3937 3 ай бұрын

Never saw this one!

@MoviecraftInc 3 ай бұрын

Yes, a pretty rare episode.

@wandahall4435 Ай бұрын

Jack and Ben ❤❤❤

@patriciajrs46 15 күн бұрын

Loved Dragnet when I was young.

@tommypeacock3298 16 күн бұрын

Back in the fifties, my Dad was stationed at Luke AFB, his badge number on his care was 714. Gave him a lot of grief over that!!!!

@donallan6396 15 күн бұрын

Trivia but 714 was Babe Ruth's home run record total apparently

@John-ih2bx 23 күн бұрын

Classic, thank you

@MoviecraftInc 23 күн бұрын

You're welcome...

@jayferguson8127 Ай бұрын

I saw all 350 episodes I don't remember this one

@miltonhollis703 27 күн бұрын

Same here" over the years since 1955 when I was Ten I've watched so many episodes But NOT THIS ONE.....

@vegas1a 22 күн бұрын

The Big Cracker Box, Season 7, episode 34 Original air date May 22, 1958 In my personal collection I only have one episode for this season, so good for me and all who are new to these late arrivals!!

@stuartmcpherran5115 22 күн бұрын

⁠@@vegas1aWhat episode do you have?

@vegas1a 21 күн бұрын

@@stuartmcpherran5115 When I wrote my comment, I had only one existing episode, Dragnet - 7x28 The Big War in season 7. Finding The Big Cracker Box made my day as I really like these 1950s episodes, much more so the the 60s versions. I then went to this channel and found 2 more episodes uploaded recently. Dragnet - 7X35 The Big Perfume Bottle 1958 and Dragnet - 7X36 The Big Bed 1958. Pretty good quality on all 3 of these 'new' episodes. Have not taken the time to do a full YT search so I don't know if there are more available. I am now up to 67 of these great episodes.

@stuartmcpherran5115 21 күн бұрын

@@vegas1a I'm up to 72.

@iwillopine 24 күн бұрын

Only one problem, September 12 , 1958 was a Friday, not a Wednesday.

@jackzaccardi1896 20 күн бұрын

Sid Melton at 6:15. Great 50’s side actor in TV

@davesnowjonesboro 2 күн бұрын

Ha ha! I thought that was Morey Amsterdam!!

@johnstuartsmith Күн бұрын

Ichabod Mudd (With two D's..) on "Jet Jackson, the Flying Commando." I was much more interested in airplanes than cop equipment.

@BobDobbs681 21 күн бұрын

I hope these crooks learned their lesson.

@giantgeoff 26 күн бұрын

1957, they taught us how to read Roman numerals along with writing cursive with a nib pen, and when they figured fountain pens weren't a passing fad they taught us how to use them as well.

@macmcleod1188 26 күн бұрын

Taught my grandson's cursive last summer. It's faster for note taking.

@tomfields3682 21 күн бұрын

At my school they wouldn't let us write with ballpoints.

@tomfields3682 20 күн бұрын

@@BSC8987 Because they thought it would hinder us from writing cursive.

@Celluloidwatcher 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for Dragnet, The Big Cracker Box, from 1958. James Gavin appeared in the Perry Mason episode, The Case of the Nervous Accomplice during the '57-'58 season, the same one as this episode of Dragnet, playing a cab driver. They really got around in movies and television those actors, getting rewarding work.

@1940limited 12 күн бұрын

Nice to see that again. I like the older episodes in B&W.

@MoviecraftInc 11 күн бұрын

Glad to oblige.

@scottjones3038 25 күн бұрын

Where are you getting these episodes? It's been many years since any "new" Dragnets have popped up on KZfaq or elsewhere. This is really exciting, thank you so much for posting these. Do you by chance have "The Big White Rat" episode from 1953 ?

@MoviecraftInc 23 күн бұрын

Sorry but don't have that episode. These lost episodes were acquired from a gentleman who had them in his film collection.

@michaelpistey4001 18 күн бұрын

How much can you steal today in LA and not even worry about arrest?

@scottbennett777 18 күн бұрын

"Held as an ex convict with a gun" but no assault charge for punching woman in the eye.

@aliceputt3133 16 күн бұрын

Sounds about right for the period.

@skyhawkbill556 Ай бұрын

Video quality is very good. How do you get these old films that clear?

@MoviecraftInc Ай бұрын

Moviecraft Inc. only uploads transfers from master films, and we are trained in film to tape transfer. A lot of the poor uploads you see on KZfaq and elsewhere are copied from old VHS tapes instead of 16mm motion picture film.

@dkcorderoyximenez3382 28 күн бұрын

A+ quality...@@MoviecraftInc

@stuartmcpherran5115 3 ай бұрын

Do you have more Dragnet?

@MoviecraftInc 3 ай бұрын

We'll be adding a couple more "unseen" episodes in the future.

@davidcouch6514 20 күн бұрын

Ron Hayes dropped the Hood facade to use his lever action rifle to protect residents and guests of The Everglades.

@sarahmariah100 14 күн бұрын

Oh cool I was wondering who that was.

@tonyneal4716 20 күн бұрын

Burglary Friday. Unusual name.

@ronald-vt8ew 23 күн бұрын

Its Alf from Green acres!

@MM-vv8mt 18 күн бұрын

I had a good buzz going before I watched this, and then I saw Jack Webb. Goodbye buzz!

@TheBlackbelair 14 күн бұрын

@skibee421 14 күн бұрын

🐝🐝🚬

@montanacrone8984 15 күн бұрын

OMG. I know all these stores and restaurants. I was barely 5 years old!

@mikeburrill779 26 күн бұрын

I bet half of the crime's this guy did he wouldn't have gotten a year. Back then they hooked them up. Too bad those days are gone

@phylliselizahb1041 22 күн бұрын

Well, there's the costs we pay for necessary security. Cameras, monitoring, paid "shoppers."

@phylliselizahb1041 22 күн бұрын

So arrest the guy for assault (gal pal black eye)?

@MM-vv8mt 18 күн бұрын

"Snitches get stiches, Timmins!"

@rakofgor 21 күн бұрын

Badge 714? That is the number imprinted on Quaaludes back in the 80's.

@wallyballou7417 17 күн бұрын

And the Conner’s house number in “Roseanne”

@panatypical 17 күн бұрын

And the first area code for Orange County.

@geoffreylee5199 22 күн бұрын

Wooden performers.

@bruceboome 17 күн бұрын

Wow, some memories. When I was a little boy I watched Dragnet, but not this episode as we left in 1957 from London to South Africa where there was no T.V.

@sherrychastain2920 17 күн бұрын

very cool..

@theloyalorderofclassictv5435 11 күн бұрын

Nice Quality Print!

@MoviecraftInc 11 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@edwardebel1847 15 күн бұрын

Ever notice they never say, "Just the facts, ma'am."? and I'm glad they don't...its the non-facts in the dialogue that add a bit of color to these black & white gems!

@candeffect 16 күн бұрын

They didn't interrupt each other in those days. Don't interrupt. There's more. Gasoline had lead in it and no smog reduction. Everything was in black and white to save money since lead prevented color perception.

@prycerobertson4695 3 ай бұрын

Do you by any chance have a show called Squad Car (from 1960) in your archives? There's hardly any information on it. It was similar to other low-budget cop shows from that era like Highway Patrol, State Trooper and Border Patrol.

@MoviecraftInc 3 ай бұрын

Sorry but that is a series we do not have.

@prycerobertson4695 3 ай бұрын

@@MoviecraftInc Ok. But I know you have lots more in your archives.

@MoviecraftInc 3 ай бұрын

certainly do..😊😊

@claudiastarr776 17 күн бұрын

A doctor making a house call and in and out of room with no handcuffs …

@fmnut 20 күн бұрын

Aah, the glory days before Miranda.

@robertohlrich369 20 күн бұрын

No Miranda rights

@hobonickel 19 күн бұрын

That came later after Dragnet was revived in color in 1967.

@stephenschuit7880 15 күн бұрын

It's actually 1957, according to the opening film clip's Roman numerals.

@Joeblow-ms3cv 27 күн бұрын

Joe talked with Miss Mary Lector, a checker at the market. Joe interrogated Miss Lector well into night.

@JohnReitz-ps2ct 25 күн бұрын

In real life Jack was quite the lady's man...

@tomfields3682 21 күн бұрын

@@JohnReitz-ps2ctHow's that? 😉

@sarahmariah100 14 күн бұрын

That was a really good one

@tonypanzarella9387 4 күн бұрын

I wonder what Jack Webb was implying in the intro, when he said, "Two million residents eat out a lot ...".

@steve1311 17 күн бұрын

Great story

@MoviecraftInc 16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@watchinglistening101 20 күн бұрын

Pan sauna/towel over head...if cannot get to a sauna. Ginger .....❤...cleans lungs..learned this at the clinic. BREATH In the Steam!!!!!

@rodneysammons5544 26 күн бұрын

@ 4:45 A jab at Blonds, "wasn't able to tell us anything"

@larryrubin5150 13 күн бұрын

Cameras changed everything

@kevinwachs5905 5 күн бұрын

Why was the introduction about restaurants when the case was about supermarkets?

@cpr1214 18 күн бұрын

DOM DA DOM-DOM - DOMM ! The Story you are about to hear is the biggest damn lie you've ever heard in your life.

@sherrychastain2920 17 күн бұрын

thank you..

@MoviecraftInc 16 күн бұрын

Welcome!

@dalehodges5362 19 күн бұрын

Pico and 3rd run parallel 2 miles apart. Gate it when they do that.

@sarahmariah100 14 күн бұрын

Sometimes I get gored and check the address on Google maps - I mean, nerd but it's while I'm watching - and that happens. I always figured the streets changed or something - but, you're right, they prob just wrote it and didn't worry whether accurate

@fromthesidelines 26 күн бұрын

George Fenneman, Hal Gibney, announcers.

@tomfields3682 21 күн бұрын

Groucho's announcer! Good catch!

@fromthesidelines 20 күн бұрын

George continued as Jack's announcer through the 1960's "DRAGNET" series, because he considered Fenneman a "good luck charm".

@ernestcashion4462 7 күн бұрын

Good stuff. I feel like Peg doesn't get her props for breaking the case.

@stephenclickard9428 5 күн бұрын

TO BAD JACK SMOKED SO DAMN MUCH.

@plunkervillerr1529 2 ай бұрын

Shoee.. Doggy, I be liken this.

@rudycampilii1621 23 күн бұрын

$1,900.00 Singles, fives and ten's a few 20's My how things have changed in 2024

@jimw.4812 17 күн бұрын

Looked like Jack Larson who played Jimmy Olson in the Superman TV series at 6:00.

@johnpalma7265 18 күн бұрын

So the guy puts the loot in a cracker box and re shelves it, then goes back the following day to get/buy the box and no one notices anything odd? I can't help but wonder.

@DonaldConnolly-wl2ji 15 күн бұрын

OLD HOLLYWOOD....MY MOM DATED JACK WEB.....BEFORE MY DAD.......MOM SAID SHE DIDNT. TRUST HIM......HE WAS AN ACTOR AFTER ALL...

@eastcoastrifraf 17 күн бұрын

I wish i could live in this time.

@tarstarkusz 18 күн бұрын

They didn't even give the guy who sung a break!

@ChrstphreCampbell 10 күн бұрын

Very clever.

@nickpaine 15 күн бұрын

It was warm in Los Angeles. The story just grabs you right there. Los Angelino's all act like weirdos. Except for the time-obsessed detective Webb who walks like a board is up his rear. Who cares time of day it was? I liked Dragnet for it's snappy dialogue. Webb was more a moralist than an actor.

@smadaf 5 күн бұрын

The copyright date at the beginning, MCMLVII, is 1957, not 1958.

@MoviecraftInc 4 күн бұрын

It was released and aired in 1958, and copyrighted in 1957.😁

@smadaf 4 күн бұрын

@@MoviecraftInc , I figured. I like the idea of something like "first aired 1958-05-22" in the video title. It is interesting that there was such a lag. The copyright year is supposed to be the year in which the work reached its final form, the form in which it was published. If "MCMLVII" is accurate, then it means they finished the episode about six months, or perhaps even longer, before it was first broadcast. It's also plausible that somebody forgot to change "MCMLVII" to "MCMLVIII" on episodes finished in early '58.