The Jade Story

Episode aired Mar 23, 1967
TV-14
30m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

169

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

A woman claims someone broke into her home and stole her valuable jade jewelery. When Friday and Gannon investigate, they cannot get a straight story from the woman, and they start to think ... Read allA woman claims someone broke into her home and stole her valuable jade jewelery. When Friday and Gannon investigate, they cannot get a straight story from the woman, and they start to think it might be insurance fraud.A woman claims someone broke into her home and stole her valuable jade jewelery. When Friday and Gannon investigate, they cannot get a straight story from the woman, and they start to think it might be insurance fraud.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

169

YOUR RATING

6User reviews

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Trivia
This storyline will later resurface in The Jade Trap (1978), albeit with a heavily reworked script. That series often copied other shows. Virginia Gregg herself would end up appearing in their Of Ghosts and Angels (1980).

Goofs
Viriginia Gregg's character claims "she knows jade" and that her Imperial Jade was stolen. She then shows a photo of it in the 'finest peach" to the officers... but the photo is of a very pale green (almost white) and very dull, opaque jade peach. That isn't Imperial Jade but looks like nephrite. Imperial Jade looks like jelly, for it is translucent and emerald green. That peach looks made of the cheapest, run of the mill, jade that the production could procure .

Quotes
Ben Martin: I wouldn't know what that Imperial stuff
[Jade]
Ben Martin: looks like, so how could I heist any?
Officer Bill Gannon: Maybe you got some good advice.
Ben Martin: From who? I don't know one Swedish person.
Sgt. Joe Friday: What's that got to do with it?
Ben Martin: That's where it comes from, ain't it? Switzerland?

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Featured review

6/10

Virginia Gregg is back!

Virginia Gregg is back once again on "Dragnet" and she is definitely in her element playing an obnoxious and morally suspect lady. Overall, in the 1950s and 60s versions of the show, she appeared in 16 different episodes--mostly playing rather horrible people. Because they so often gave her these juicy roles, I look forward to her being in the show.

This episode finds Friday and Gannon investigating some robberies of so-called 'royal jade'--the finest and most expensive jade in the world. How anyone could possibly sell these items is beyond me.

One report of stolen jade was valued at $200,000 but the detectives were a bit confused by the crime. While it was obvious that someone had tried to break in the house, the evidence appeared to indicate that the robbery may have been staged. The insurance investigator sure was suspicious but it was up to Friday and Gannon to figure it all out and get the culprits.

Overall, aside from Ms. Gregg's performance, there isn't all that much to recommend the show one way or the other. It isn't bad, but it also isn't all that great either--just a decent episode and that's all.