This is a 1959 episode of a police drama called "Police Station". This show dealt with the day-to-day goings on in the Precinct 11 Station. 39 episodes were made and the show was syndicated. Very few episodes survive. IMDB only lists two of them
here.
The story in this episode follows conflicting stories about what happened during a teenage gang war and the arrest of an elderly con woman.
Contains original ads.
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The Spanman
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January 24, 2023
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PCT 11?
LA does not have police precincts. They have divisions. These fly-by-night TV productions always play fast and loose with the facts. The movie The Naked City, was a very good portrayal of a police precinct and the detective squad. It was filmed on location during the summer of 1947. It had a top shelf cast. The spin-off TV series, by the same title, was fair in the first season but devolved into a social justice-touchy-feely soap opera. Authentic police portrayals are practically non existent.
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Chris Keating
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November 5, 2012
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Not a review, just a comment...
This episode was released on video many years ago, on Rhino's "Tee Vee Treasures" Volume 3.
The commercials featured with this episode are the same as in the Rhino release - I doubt they were part of the original screening; they were more than likely inserted for the video release, to give a period "feel"...
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TVonthePorch
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June 16, 2011
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weak and derivative
This painfully low budget production (did they only ever use the one music cue?) wants so much to be Dragnet at the very time when Dragnet itself had run out of steam. While the acting and dialog is a bit more lifelike than Dragnet (the two uncredited "juveniles" are both actually pretty good in their roles) the plots and their resolutions are terribly simplistic--kind of like the title. There's even a Dragnet-style wrap-up at the end.
Police Station is a cookie-cutter type of production. Not really bad, but neither is there anything to distinguish it from a dozen other crime shows except perhaps as the blandest of all.
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ian619
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June 16, 2011
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thumbs up
Aggree, thanks to the uploader, wish all episodes would surface
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yuma
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June 16, 2011
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1959
This is one of the best crime shows made. The acting was good, an it had great timing. But it might have got lost because there were so many crime dramas on TV at the time. There are 39eps out there. Also it is the year I was born,lol.
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rpforrest
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March 10, 2011
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Police Station
Thanks to whoever uploaded this, i found it enjoyable to watch, very much like Dragnet and M Squad, if you liked those shows, you'll be sure to like Police Station!
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richgoup
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March 8, 2011
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Police Station.
1959
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jazzfan
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December 30, 2008
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"IMDB only lists two of them"
Could you post the other show's link? I could not find it after searching.