Dragnet
TV-PG
7.5
1951
Drama
, Crime
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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- Cast:
- Jack Webb , Ben Alexander
Episode 39 : The Big Red
August. 23,1959
An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.
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Episode 38 : The Big Counterfeit
August. 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.
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Episode 37 : The Big Byron
August. 09,1959
A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.
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Episode 36 : The Big .38
August. 02,1959
Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.
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Episode 35 : The Big Appetite
July. 26,1959
Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.
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Episode 34 : The Big Infant
July. 19,1959
Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.
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Episode 33 : The Big Bray
July. 12,1959
Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.
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Episode 32 : The Big Operator
July. 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.
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Episode 31 : The Big Carnation
April. 28,1959
Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.
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Episode 30 : The Big Picture
April. 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.
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Episode 29 : The Big Squeeze
April. 14,1959
Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.
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Episode 28 : The Big Couple
April. 07,1959
Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.
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Episode 27 : The Big Name
March. 31,1959
The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.
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Episode 26 : The Big Holdup
March. 24,1959
A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.
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Episode 25 : The Big Starlet
March. 17,1959
Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.
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Episode 24 : The Big Sour
March. 10,1959
An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.
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Episode 23 : The Big Thirteen
February. 24,1959
An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.
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Episode 22 : The Big Roll
February. 17,1959
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Episode 21 : The Big Mailman
February. 10,1959
Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.
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Episode 20 : The Big Accident
February. 03,1959
An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.
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Episode 19 : The Big Signet
January. 27,1959
Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.
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Episode 18 : The Big Doctor
January. 20,1959
Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.
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Episode 17 : The Big Smart Girl
January. 13,1959
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.
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Episode 16 : The Big Malcolm
January. 06,1959
Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.
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Episode 15 : The Big Donation
December. 30,1958
Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.
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Episode 14 : The Big Maria
December. 23,1958
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.
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Episode 13 : The Big Hype
December. 16,1958
Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.
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Episode 12 : The Big Green Monkey
December. 09,1958
Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.
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Episode 11 : The Big Hot Rod
December. 02,1958
Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.
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Episode 10 : The Big Nazi
November. 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.
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Episode 9 : The Big Border
November. 18,1958
Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.
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Episode 8 : The Big Doll
November. 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.
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Episode 7 : The Big Jukebox
November. 04,1958
Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.
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Episode 6 : The Big Voice
October. 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.
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Episode 5 : The Big Little Boy
October. 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.
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Episode 4 : The Big Oskar
October. 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.
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Episode 3 : The Big Star
October. 07,1958
Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.
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Episode 2 : The Big Sweet Annie
September. 30,1958
Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.
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Episode 1 : The Big Beating
September. 23,1958
Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.
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