Dragnet
Drama • Series

Dragnet

6.4/10 1951 8 Seasons 276 Episodes Ended

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.

Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Season 2 Episodes

E1
The Big Jump
30 min 1952

A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

E2
The Big Sorrow
30 min 1952

Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

E3
The Big Elevator
30 min 1952

Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

E4
The Big Seventeen
30 min 1952

Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

E5
The Big Trio
30 min 1952

Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

E6
The Big Imposter
30 min 1952

A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspect…

E7
The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
30 min 1952

Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

E8
The Big Cop
30 min 1953

Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

E9
The Big Grandma
30 min 1953

An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

E10
The Big Whiff
30 min 1953

A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

E11
The Big Show
30 min 1953

A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

E12
The Big Safe
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

E13
The Big Church
30 min 1953

A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

E14
The Big Hate
30 min 1953

Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He …

E15
The Big Shakedown
30 min 1953

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

E16
The Big Rose
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

E17
The Big Building
30 min 1953

A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

E18
The Big Run
30 min 1953

Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

E19
The Big Break
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

E20
The Big Light
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling lig…

E21
The Big Waiter
30 min 1953

An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

E22
The Big Test
30 min 1953

A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

E23
The Big Lay-Out
30 min 1953

A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as w…

E24
The Big Fire
30 min 1953

A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

E25
The Big Ray
30 min 1953

A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

E26
The Big Frank
30 min 1953

While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for ve…

E27
The Big Lease
30 min 1953

An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long …

E28
The Big Hands
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

E29
The Big Fourth
30 min 1953

Several babies are stolen in the city.

E30
The Big Market
30 min 1953

A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

E31
The Big Friend
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

E32
The Big Barrette
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

E33
The Big Dance
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.

Cast

Jack Webb
Jack Webb
Joe Friday
Ben Alexander
Ben Alexander
Frank Smith

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