The Interrogation

Kent McCord is a GOD. He shows what an incredible actor he is in this episode.

I'm knocking one star off because, by Dragnet standards, this sucks. Where's the colors? Where's the women? Where's the outside? Where's the cars? Where's the chases? Where's the bad guys?? This is no true Dragnet. At the very least they should have shown what happened pre-interrogation. Or spliced in flashbacks and made it a full hour. But darn if this episode doesn't suck after all. That performance by Kent McCord. Wow! Just when I thought he was just the pretty face in Adam-12... WOW! The guy could act! (Past tense, I don't think he still does.) But damn! What did he do besides 12? HE should have been a huge star! Did I say "wow!"?? I meant "WOW!!!!" Someone called him a "god" in a previous review. Come on, man! Let's not get carried away now: he is God's boss. The end.

Kent McCord is excellent in this episode and proves he can really act. He played a similar role in the "Adam 12" episode, "Log 33: It All Happened So Fast," in which Officer Jim Reed goes through the same kind of questioning after he kills a man in self-defense.

I wish Jack Webb had allowed McCord more opportunities to actually act in "Adam 12." If not for these two episodes I would have gone on thinking McCord's acting range was no better than Martin Milner's, who had no personality. Milner always played the same type of character and could not act in my opinion.

I don't know what became of McCord after "Adam 12."

A sign this may be a different type of "Dragnet" ep is that the theme song is only played with a percussion drum. Then the only characters appearing is Friday, Gannon, and a rookie cop played by Kent McCord. McCord is in the interrogation room with Joe and Bill because he's been ID'd as the suspect of a liquor store robbery. Kent keeps denying he was the one who did it but the constant questions of especially Friday wear him down. Then he gets questioned about his off-duty life and that has Joe doing a speech about how unglamorous being a cop is but despite that, he's very proud to be one, that's for sure! I'll just now say this was a most excellent ep of this revived version of this classic cop show. And yes, this was the same Kent McCord who went on to star in Jack Webb's later series as producer, "Adam-12".

Just caught this famous episode (for many reasons) late night, having seen it for decades, never forgetting a single scene. It's that powerful.

Friday and Gannon question young officer Paul Culver (Kent McCord) who has a lot of things going against him. He was on stake-out, yet stands accused of holding up a liquor store. One of those dramatic stories where deep down inside, you figure the guy is a victim of circumstances, however it's not an easy path to clear his good name, as you will see.

Outstanding writing, directing and acting on the part of Jack Webb, essentially the whole show. An Emmy nominee performance defined, due to his sobering "all in a day's work" summation of a dedicated cop at the close of the story. Brilliantly written and carried out. Sums it up in spades, even to this day, and makes you wonder how many young men and women Jack Webb inspired to join police forces nationwide.

Great part for Kent McCord, appearing in eight episodes, this leading to his co-starring role on ADAM 12. Yes, it's true. Jack Webb rewarded many actors with appearances in DRAGNET and other shows he produced for years. When he passed in 1982, he was, in fact, honored by the LAPD.

Something all us fans will never forget.

Just terrific. SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 dvd box set, billed as DRAGNET 1967. Released 2005. METV cites this as Season 9 Episode 4, if you were to couple this color series with the old black and white series of the 50s. Later box sets titled DRAGNET 1968, 69 and 70.