Dragnet(1951)
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
- Created by:
- Jack Webb
- First aired:
- 1951-12-16
- Country:
- US
- Network:
- NBC
Episodes
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1. The Big White Rat
1953-09-03 · 30m
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
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2. The Big Revolt
1953-09-10 · 30m
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
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3. The Big Bull
1953-09-17 · 30m
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
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4. The Big Betty
1953-09-24 · 30m
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
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5. The Big Sophomore
1953-10-01 · 30m
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
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6. The Big Pill
1953-10-08 · 30m
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
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7. The Big Lie
1953-10-15 · 30m
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8. The Big Fake
1953-10-22 · 30m
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
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9. The Big Dream
1953-10-29 · 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
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10. The Big Guilt
1953-11-05 · 30m
A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.
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11. The Big Will
1953-11-12 · 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
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12. The Big In-Laws
1953-11-19 · 30m
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
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13. The Big Lilly
1953-11-26 · 30m
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14. The Big Kill
1953-12-03 · 30m
A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
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15. The Big Lover
1953-12-10 · 30m
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
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16. The Big Thief
1953-12-17 · 30m
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
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17. The Big Little Jesus
★ 7.01953-12-24 · 30m
A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.
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18. The Big Eavesdrop
1953-12-31 · 30m
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
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19. The Big Trunk
★ 7.01954-01-07 · 30m
Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.
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20. The Big Youngster
1954-01-14 · 30m
Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
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21. The Big Boys
★ 10.01954-01-21 · 30m
The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.
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22. The Big Ham
1954-01-28 · 30m
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
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23. The Big Chance
1954-02-04 · 30m
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
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24. The Big Children
★ 8.01954-02-11 · 30m
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
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25. The Big Poison
1954-02-18 · 30m
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
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26. The Big Quack
1954-02-25 · 30m
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
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27. The Big Winchester
1954-03-04 · 30m
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
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28. The Big Shoplift
★ 7.01954-03-11 · 30m
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
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29. The Big Hit-Run Killer
★ 10.01954-03-18 · 30m
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
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30. The Big Drink
1954-03-25 · 30m
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31. The Big Girl
★ 10.01954-04-01 · 30m
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
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32. The Big Mattress
1954-04-08 · 30m
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
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33. The Big Pug
1954-04-15 · 30m
An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
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34. The Big Frame
★ 7.01954-04-22 · 30m
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
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35. The Big Plant
1954-04-29 · 30m
A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.
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36. The Big Check
1954-05-06 · 30m
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
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37. The Big Threat
1954-05-13 · 30m
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
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38. The Big Dare
1954-05-20 · 30m
A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
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39. The Big False Make
★ 10.01954-05-27 · 30m
Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.
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Cast
Jack Webb
Joe Friday
Ben Alexander
Frank Smith
