Before Law and Order or NCIS (or any of their gajillion spinoffs, for that matter), there was one crime drama franchise that set the benchmark for excellence on television: Dragnet. First created ...

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 ...