Dragnet

Dragnet

TV-PG | 1951
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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.

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39 - The Big Red
Aug. 23,1959

An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.

38 - The Big Counterfeit
Aug. 16,1959

A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.

37 - The Big Byron
Aug. 09,1959

A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.

36 - The Big .38
Aug. 02,1959

Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.

35 - The Big Appetite
Jul. 26,1959

Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.

34 - The Big Infant
Jul. 19,1959

Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.

33 - The Big Bray
Jul. 12,1959

Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.

32 - The Big Operator
Jul. 07,1959

Friday and Smith investigate a the death of a woman found beaten in her car, and suspect that her husband is somehow involved.

31 - The Big Carnation
Apr. 28,1959

Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.

30 - The Big Picture
Apr. 21,1959

A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.

29 - The Big Squeeze
Apr. 14,1959

Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.

28 - The Big Couple
Apr. 07,1959

Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.

27 - The Big Name
Mar. 31,1959

The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.

26 - The Big Holdup
Mar. 24,1959

A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.

25 - The Big Starlet
Mar. 17,1959

Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.

24 - The Big Sour
Mar. 10,1959

An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.

23 - The Big Thirteen
Feb. 24,1959

An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.

22 - The Big Roll
Feb. 17,1959
21 - The Big Mailman
Feb. 10,1959

Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.

20 - The Big Accident
Feb. 03,1959

An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.

19 - The Big Signet
Jan. 27,1959

Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.

18 - The Big Doctor
Jan. 20,1959

Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.

17 - The Big Smart Girl
Jan. 13,1959

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.

16 - The Big Malcolm
Jan. 06,1959

Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.

15 - The Big Donation
Dec. 30,1958

Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.

14 - The Big Maria
Dec. 23,1958

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.

13 - The Big Hype
Dec. 16,1958

Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.

12 - The Big Green Monkey
Dec. 09,1958

Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.

11 - The Big Hot Rod
Dec. 02,1958

Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.

10 - The Big Nazi
Nov. 25,1958

While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.

9 - The Big Border
Nov. 18,1958

Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.

8 - The Big Doll
Nov. 11,1958

As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.

7 - The Big Jukebox
Nov. 04,1958

Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.

6 - The Big Voice
Oct. 28,1958

A mysterious telephone caller offers a man $1000 for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.

5 - The Big Little Boy
Oct. 21,1958

The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.

4 - The Big Oskar
Oct. 14,1958

The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.

3 - The Big Star
Oct. 07,1958

Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.

2 - The Big Sweet Annie
Sep. 30,1958

Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.

1 - The Big Beating
Sep. 23,1958

Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.

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