Dragnet (series)

• Jack Webb
• Harry Morgan
• Ed O'Neill

Police report is the German title of an American crime drama that was first aired in 1949 on the radio. The original title is Dragnet. The eponymous movie in 1987 was awarded the German title Dragnet.

History

Jack Webb, who was known for his perfectionism, developed the series for the radio. While ordinary serials one or two sound engineers began, there were five in Dragnet. Even in the radio version Webb said the policeman Joe Friday. The first episode was launched on June 3, 1949 on NBC.

In 1951, Webb produced the series in addition for television. Dragnet was reissued in several versions and parodies. 1954 Dragnet movie was produced. Again, with Jack Webb in the lead role. This was in addition also the first time that a television program the leap " to the big screen " managed.

Before each episode, the audience learns that the case shown is based on a true story, but the names have been changed. This last part was original to the catchy phrase ( Only) the names have been changed to protect the innocent ... which appears repeatedly in language use. This introductory text content can be found in the well-known as a steel mesh in Germany version, which aired from 1958 and treated regional criminal cases. The plot is consistently supported by a narrator who imagines actors and background information are ( in the original Jack Webb).

The famous theme song was composed by Mort Shuman. The striking " Taa Ta - Tamm Tamm " at the beginning, however, comes from the pen of Hollywood composer Miklós Rózsa ( Ben Hur, El Cid and many others) and was originally designed for the film Avenger of the Underworld (1946 ) composed.

A newer version of the theme music comes from the 1987 version Dragnet'88 produced by The Art of Noise. It was as the title music for the to be regarded more as a parody of the same movie starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks as Sgt Joe Friday ( the nephew of the original investigator ) and partners.

In the latest version of the series so far, which was produced in the years 2002 and 2003, the figure of Joe Friday of the commonly known as the Al Bundy actor Ed O'Neill was played.