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 3 Episodes

E1
The Big White Rat
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

E2
The Big Revolt
30 min 1953

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

E3
The Big Bull
30 min 1953

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

E4
The Big Betty
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

E5
The Big Sophomore
30 min 1953

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

E6
The Big Pill
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

E7
The Big Lie
30 min 1953
E8
The Big Fake
30 min 1953

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

E9
The Big Dream
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

E10
The Big Guilt
30 min 1953

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.

E11
The Big Will
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

E12
The Big In-Laws
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

E13
The Big Lilly
30 min 1953
E14
The Big Kill
30 min 1953

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

E15
The Big Lover
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

E16
The Big Thief
30 min 1953

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

E17
The Big Little Jesus
30 min 1953

A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Chr…

E18
The Big Eavesdrop
30 min 1953

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

E19
The Big Trunk
30 min 1954

Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The thre…

E20
The Big Youngster
30 min 1954

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin …

E21
The Big Boys
30 min 1954

The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to…

E22
The Big Ham
30 min 1954

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

E23
The Big Chance
30 min 1954

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

E24
The Big Children
30 min 1954

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

E25
The Big Poison
30 min 1954

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

E26
The Big Quack
30 min 1954

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

E27
The Big Winchester
30 min 1954

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

E28
The Big Shoplift
30 min 1954

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptoman…

E29
The Big Hit-Run Killer
30 min 1954

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

E30
The Big Drink
30 min 1954
E31
The Big Girl
30 min 1954

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

E32
The Big Mattress
30 min 1954

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

E33
The Big Pug
30 min 1954

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

E34
The Big Frame
30 min 1954

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

E35
The Big Plant
30 min 1954

A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fie…

E36
The Big Check
30 min 1954

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

E37
The Big Threat
30 min 1954

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

E38
The Big Dare
30 min 1954

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

E39
The Big False Make
30 min 1954

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogati…

Cast

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

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