First created by producer and actor Jack Webb (who played Detective Joe Friday in all iterations of the show until his passing in 1982), Dragnet started out as a radio show back in 1949.

Also known as "Dragnet 1966," this TV movie was originally the pilot for the 1967 relaunch of the original 1950s "Dragnet" radio show and TV show (which also had its own movie in 1954, from the ...