Dragnet

Detectives investigate clues to solve crimes.
The Grenade
S10 E1

When Friday and Gannon trace a teenage suspect to his home, he runs away carrying a live grenade.

The Christmas Story
S10 E15

Friday and Gannon help to recover a Christ-child statue stolen from a church.

The Shooting
S9 E11

A police officer suffering from a complete blackout cannot identify the pair of convicts who shot him.

The Hit and Run Driver
S9 E12

Friday and Gannon enlist the help of a forensic chemist after two pedestrians are killed by a motorist.

The Bookie
S9 E13

Friday works under cover in a drive to break up a gambling ring.

The Gun
S9 E15

Friday and Gannon investigate the death of a Japanese-born widow.

The Big Kids
S9 E16

A gang of juvenile shoplifters steals the oddest things until Friday and Gannon discover the reason why.

The Bullet
S9 E17

Friday and Gannon investigate an apparent suicide after evidence sheds a new light on the incident.

The Big Oskar
S8 E4

After a suspect turns himself in, Friday begins to question the man's guilt.

The Big Lift
S5 E4

Friday has trouble finding clues to a string of home burglaries.

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 Producer
S4 E1

Obscene literature and pictures are spread among youngster at a school in Los Angeles. The supplier of this illegal stuff turns out to be a former film producer from the days of silent movies.

The Big Pair
S4 E4

Burglars posing as a couple pawn items taken from vacationers' homes.

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 Rod
S4 E18

Friday and Smith investigate two teens who run down an expectant mother.

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 Number
S4 E30

When Friday and Smith respond to a bank robbery in progress, the car description and partial plate leaves them with numerous cars to check.

The Big Betty
S3 E4

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.

The Big Little Jesus
S3 E17

A statue of the infant Jesus is missing from an impoverished church's creche.

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 and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.

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 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 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

Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.

The Big Hands
S2 E28

Friday and Smith investigate the suspicious death of a woman.

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).