{"id":13702,"date":"2013-07-08T06:21:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T11:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=13702"},"modified":"2021-12-28T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:45:00","slug":"dragnet-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/dragnet-into-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragnet into Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/23\/christmas-lotsa-wavy-hair-liberace\/movie-matinee-header\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5696\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5696\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/12\/23\/christmas-lotsa-wavy-hair-liberace\/movie-matinee-header\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"movie-matinee-header\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?fit=640%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5696\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=640%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"movie-matinee-header\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movie-matinee-header.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Recognize the fellow on the right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/dragnet-into-darkness\/nimoy-lineup\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13703\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/dragnet-into-darkness\/nimoy-lineup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nimoy-lineup.jpg?fit=640%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nimoy-lineup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nimoy-lineup.jpg?fit=640%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13703\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nimoy-lineup.jpg?resize=640%2C488&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nimoy-lineup\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nimoy-lineup.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Nimoy-lineup.jpg?resize=300%2C228&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Is that everybody&#8217;s favorite science officer from Vulcan? Or is it his evil, alternate universe doppelg\u00e4nger from <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startrek.com\/database_article\/mirror-mirror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mirror, Mirror<\/a>?<\/em><\/strong> What&#8217;s he doing on Earth circa 1954? Is the guy on the left one of the hapless red-shirted security personnel doomed to be killed by the primitive Earth people?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that he is part of a team of strong-arm robbers in an episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragnet_%28series%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Dragnet<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>titled <em>The Big Boys<\/em>. Watch it for yourself embedded below or head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/details\/TheBigBoys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Internet Archive<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to stream it or download it. It&#8217;s in the public domain so it&#8217;s <em>absolutely free!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/TheBigBoys\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/2\/24\/Jackwebbbbigseptemberman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Starship? 23rd Century? Prime Directive?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>This is Los Angeles, buster! I&#8217;ve heard it all!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of interest is a video interview with Leonard Nimoy where he discusses being a hungry, young kid in Hollywood and working television shows like <em><strong>Dragnet.<\/strong><\/em> Find it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CqbzuqEOuUA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognize the fellow on the right? Is that everybody&#8217;s favorite science officer from Vulcan? Or is it his evil, alternate universe doppelg\u00e4nger from Mirror, Mirror? What&#8217;s he doing on Earth circa 1954? Is the guy on the left one of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/07\/08\/dragnet-into-darkness\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[368],"tags":[1170,582,410,580,2687,2688,2686,1895,433,186,419,336],"class_list":["post-13702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-matinee","tag-1170","tag-crime","tag-dragnet","tag-jack-webb","tag-leonard-nimoy","tag-leonard-nimoy-in-dragnet","tag-robber","tag-spock","tag-star-trek","tag-television","tag-video","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3z0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3550,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/08\/14\/sunday-matinee-tijuana-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":13702,"position":0},"title":"Tijuana Bible and Smut Peddling Ring &#8211; Today&#8217;s Sunday Matinee","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 14, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a story from when cigarette advertising was perfectly legal, but underground comics were still underground. 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