I was a viewer of this show when it originally aired. Now it's one of the few shows I record to view on Time Warner Cable.
It shows small town 50's USA with it's shops, businesses, cafes, motels and back roads in CA.
I am amused by the "machine gun fire" speaking by Broderick Crawford even when giving orders to subordinates, I have never heard one of them ask of him "Would you repeat that, and speak a little slower and a bit more succinctly?" It also is an amazing look into the social fiber of America at that time, it showed an angry Korean Veteran that couldn't find a job using his faked knowledge of bazookas to help do robberies, innocent vacationing honeymooners being kidnapped as well as interesting dialogue.
Do you wonder if American TV today is showing a positive or repulsive, ugly America to the rest of the world? Should it matter?
It shows small town 50's USA with it's shops, businesses, cafes, motels and back roads in CA.
I am amused by the "machine gun fire" speaking by Broderick Crawford even when giving orders to subordinates, I have never heard one of them ask of him "Would you repeat that, and speak a little slower and a bit more succinctly?" It also is an amazing look into the social fiber of America at that time, it showed an angry Korean Veteran that couldn't find a job using his faked knowledge of bazookas to help do robberies, innocent vacationing honeymooners being kidnapped as well as interesting dialogue.
Do you wonder if American TV today is showing a positive or repulsive, ugly America to the rest of the world? Should it matter?