Dragnet

No, no.
If you haven't already figured it out, Jack Webb's style was all about economy of direction and editing. If he could find a way to trim out a scene, save an edit or cut, he did.Its a hell of a lot easier (and quicker) to frame, block and shoot ONE shot of two guys getting out of one side of a car (and continue to the front door of a house, the approach shot) than to have to edit two shots of two guys getting out on separate sides of the car with an approach shot AND/OR having to pull out to a long shot of them getting out of both doors to edit/cut into another approach shot.
It wasn't just Webb who did this, it was fairly common throughout TV shows of the 50', 60's & 70's. Production costs were always the enemy and anything that could be done to cut costs...
Better editing equipment, cameras, dollies rigs/shots and editing programs/computers make this type of shot less of a chore and cost to edit today...   See 2 other replies