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Dragnet 1967/The Hammer

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The Hammer
Season 1, Episode 7
Airdate March 2, 1967
Written by Henry Irving
Directed by Jack Webb
Produced by Jack Webb
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The Hammer is the seventh episode of the first season of Dragnet 1967.

Starring: Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday), Harry Morgan (Officer Bill Gannon)

with Merry Anders (Policewoman Dorothy Miller), Brian Avery (Terry Ridges), Art Balinger (Capt. Hugh Brown), Natalie Masters (Mrs. Ridges), Chet Stratton (Chesney Guthrie), Richard Simmons (Marcus Denner), Ralph Moody (Lou Adams), Jill Banner (Camille), James Oliver (Fred Tosca), Don Stewart (Officer Carl Goldman), Ben Chandler (Chief Everett Snoddy), Jeff Scott (Officer Chulik), Vince Williams (Ambulance Attendant)

Contents

Plot Overview

Friday and Gannon investigate the brutal bludgeoning death of an elderly apartment manager. They deal with a number of suspects, including a hairdresser and the hot-tempered son of one of the apartment's tenants, but wind up making an impromptu trip to Arizona to pick up the real culprits.

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

Quotes

  • Uniformed cop (unfurling the sheet on the gurney so Friday can see the body): Hammer, Joe. Looks like the first two blows did it.
Joe Friday: And the last four changed his personality!
  • Camille Gearhart (after Friday has lit her cigarette): You got nice eyes...for a cop!
Friday: And I'll bet your mother had a loud bark!