Dragnet

8 seasons available

Detectives investigate clues to solve crimes.
Burglary: The Son
S12 E16

While investigating a burglary, Friday and Gannon trail the suspect into a world of small-time narcotics pushers.

A.I.D. -- The Weekend
S12 E17

Friday and Gannon find their weekend of rest and recreation plagued by interruptions.

Narco: Pill Maker
S12 E18

Friday and Gannon track down the "big" man behind a factory turning out dangerous drugs.

Auto Theft: Dog-Nappers
S12 E19

Friday and Gannon track a pair of thieves who steal dogs and then collect the rewards.

Missing Persons: The Body
S12 E20

Friday and Gannon must learn the identity of a young woman whose body is found off a pier.

Forgery: The Ranger
S12 E21

Friday and Gannon question a suspect in a bunco-forgery scheme involving credit cards.

D.H.Q. -- Night School
S12 E22

Friday is nearly forced out of night school when he makes an on-campus arrest of a classmate.

I.A.D. -- The Receipt
S12 E23

Friday and Gannon investigate two fellow detectives accused of stealing $800 from a dead man.

The Big Counterfeit
S8 E38

Friday must investigate a police impersonator who is collecting cash as evidence.

The Big Lift
S5 E4

Sgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat burglar. With all their leads going nowhere and evidence scarce the case seems to be leading to a dead end. Then their luck changes.

The Big Gap
S5 E6

A man swindled out of $1,500 life savings from a familiar bunco scam, substitute jewelry for cash, jewelry is imitation.

The Big Look
S5 E7

Friday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.

The Big Bird
S5 E9

Joe and Frank investigate a series of burglaries in new housing developments where the suspect's signature is the killing of pet birds.

The Big Deal
S5 E34

Friday and Smith struggle with their investigation of a car-theft ring.

The Big Crime
S4 E3

Friday goes after missing children and their kidnappers in Los Angeles.

The Big Bar
S4 E8

A holdup man is sticking up bars. After he takes the money he kills many of his victims. Sargeant Friday has few leads other than that the holdup man likes a certain song on the jukebox and likes to drink scotch and water.

The Big Family
S4 E20

A suicide note, along with a pistol and two spent bullets, is found in a car, but the body is nowhere to be seen. Friday and Smith begin searching for the missing man.

The Big Betty
S3 E4

Friday must catch con artists who use the names of dead people in their crimes.

The Big Little Jesus
S3 E17

It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.

The Big Trunk
S3 E19

Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.

The Big Boys
S3 E21

Friday seeks four robbers who have escaped from San Francisco.

The Big Shoplift
S3 E28

Friday and his partner try to find the person responsible for a number of retail store thefts.

The Big Hit-Run Killer
S3 E29

A truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul lend the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?

The Big Girl
S3 E31

The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims' reports.

The Big Frame
S3 E34

A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.

The Big False Make
S3 E39

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's guilt, and sets out to discover why the man has confessed to a crime Friday believes he didn't commit.

The Big Seventeen
S2 E4

When the teenage crime rate begins to increase, Friday discovers that drugs are involved.

The Big Show
S2 E11

A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn't quite hold water.

The Big Break
S2 E19

A convict escapes from San Quentin and goes on a crime spree.

The Big Hands
S2 E28

Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.

The Big Deal
S1 E8

This episode: "The Big Deal." Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere. FInally, they learn the car thieves are selling the stolen cars. Starring Jack Webb, Ben Alexander, Dick Ryan, Thomas E. Jackson, Eric Bond, Joe Corey, and Katherine Barrett. Created by Jack Webb, this popular NBC series won five Primetime Emmy Awards and ran for an incredible 277 episodes (1951-1959).

The Big September Man
S1 E11

The investigation into a woman's untimely death leads investigators to a drunk and her former boyfriend.