Dragnet - Ep 035: "Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer" - Genre: Crime Drama - Radio Shows

	Dragnet - Ep 035: "Claude Jimmerson, Child Killer" - Genre: Crime Drama - Radio Shows Synopsis: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are out to get the murderer of two young girls. About The Dragnet Series: Dragnet was perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. The series gave millions of audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of real-life police work. Dragnet earned praise for improving the public opinion of police officers. Actor and producer Jack Webb's aims in Dragnet were for realism and unpretentious acting. He achieved both goals, and Dragnet remains a key influence on subsequent police dramas in many media. Webb insisted on realism in every aspect of the show. The dialogue was clipped, understated and sparse, influenced by the hardboiled school of crime fiction. Scripts were fast moving but didn't seem rushed. Every aspect of police work was chronicled, step by step: From patrols and paperwork, to crime scene investigation, lab work and questioning witnesses or suspects. The detectives' personal lives were mentioned but rarely took center stage. (Friday was a bachelor who lived with his mother; Romero, a Mexican-American from Texas, was an ever fretful husband and father.) "Underplaying is still acting", Webb told Time. "We try to make it as real as a guy pouring a cup of coffee." Los Angeles police chiefs CB Horrall, William A. Worton, and (later) William H. Parker were credited as consultants, and many police officers were fans. Throughout the series' radio years, one <b>...</b>	From: OldTimeRadioOnline Views: 0 0 ratings
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