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 6 Episodes

E1
The Big Cat
30 min 1956

A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.

E2
The Big Misses
30 min 1956

A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.

E3
The Big Beer
30 min 1956
E4
The Big Net
30 min 1956

A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

E5
The Big Convertable
30 min 1956

A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick con…

E6
The Big Limp
30 min 1956

A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.

E7
The Big Tattoo
30 min 1956

Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.

E8
The Big Odd
30 min 1956

Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.

E9
The Big Bill
30 min 1956

Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.

E10
The Big Search
30 min 1956

A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is di…

E11
The Big Talk
30 min 1956

A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.

E12
The Big Doting Mother
30 min 1956
E13
The Big Handcuffs
30 min 1956
E14
The Big Father
30 min 1957

A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.

E15
The Big Switch
30 min 1957
E16
The Big Steal
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.

E17
The Big Manikin
30 min 1957

A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.

E18
The Big No Tooth
30 min 1957

A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.

E19
The Big Skip
30 min 1957

A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married t…

E20
The Big Fin
30 min 1957

A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.

E21
The Big Game
30 min 1957
E22
The Big Coins
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.

E23
The Big Close
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.

E24
The Big Tie
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.

E25
The Big Cup
30 min 1957

A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.

E26
The Big Truck
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.

E27
The Big Saint
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.

E28
The Big Match
30 min 1957

An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.

E29
The Big Help
30 min 1957
E30
The Big Celebration
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.

E31
The Big Cry Baby
30 min 1957
E32
The Big Lesson
30 min 1957

Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.

E33
The Big Soldier
30 min 1957
E34
The Big Make
30 min 1957

A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.

Cast

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

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