The Shooting (30 Mar. 1967)

In April 1966 Friday and Gannon, working out of Homicide, got a call that a uniformed policeman, Dave Roberts... See full synopsis »

Director:

Jack Webb

Writer:

David H. Vowell

Stars:

Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Don Marshall

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Jack Webb	...	Sgt. Joe Friday
Harry Morgan	...	Officer Bill Gannon
Don Marshall	...	Dave Roberts
Art Balinger	...	Captain Brown
Hal Baylor	...	Roger Kensington
Dick Miller	...	Harry Johnson
Alfred Shelly	...	Sgt. Al Vietti
David Bond	...	Virgil Hicks
Harry Bartell	...	Dr. Anderson
Dick Whittinghill	...	Clerk
Bert Holland	...	Carl Wilson
Howard Culver	...	Pete Stuart

Storyline

In April 1966 Friday and Gannon, working out of Homicide, got a call that a uniformed policeman, Dave Roberts... See full synopsis »

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 1967 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mark VII Ltd., Dragnet Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Police artist Hector Garcia produces two portraits that are done in the style of a comic book or storyboard artist and not with the somewhat amateurish technique often evidenced in those mask-like reconstructions so often seen in newspapers and on TV. The likenesses are a just a bit too accurate suggesting that the actors may have served as models and are nearly three-quarter views instead of the traditional head-on stiff poses that show evidence of erasures and modifications as the trial-and-error sketch is refined. It simply doesn't look like the work of a genuine police artist. Instead, the draftsmanship suggests a commercial artist's spontaneously executed rough for a magazine ad or cartoon and doesn't look much like the average police-are-hoping-someone-can-identify-this-person poster.

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Quotes

Harry Johnson: You going to let me wipe this soap of my face.
Sgt. Joe Friday: Why? You look good.

User Reviews

What To Do When The One Witness Can't Remember

The thieves, rapists and murders outnumber the cops by 7-1, according to Jack Webb's opening narrative, which always talks about the city of Los Angeles and its population.

This story has a more serious tone to it than most because a fellow cop is shot. It seems he just innocently went up to a car to check out something that looked suspicious when one of the two guys standing next to the car turned around, produced a shotgun, and blasted him. The cop survived but has no memory. A doctor in this episode mentions that often happens to people who suffer a traumatic experience. It's so bad their conscious does everything it can to suppress the bad memory. The cop in here said he doesn't know if he can tell anyone who the President is, his memory is so wiped out.

That turns out to be the major problem of this story because Friday and Gannon can't find witnesses to the shooting. They finally get enough information to arrest the two guys, but how to they close the case?

The two thugs, by the way, had some good, wise-guy film noir-type lines.