Dragnet (1951)
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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Episode 1 - The Big Jump
Release Date: 1952-09-11A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
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Episode 2 - The Big Sorrow
Release Date: 1952-09-25Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
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Episode 3 - The Big Elevator
Release Date: 1952-10-09Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
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Episode 4 - The Big Seventeen
Release Date: 1952-11-06Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
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Episode 5 - The Big Trio
Release Date: 1952-11-20Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
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Episode 6 - The Big Imposter
Release Date: 1952-12-04A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.
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Episode 7 - The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Release Date: 1952-12-18Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
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Episode 8 - The Big Cop
Release Date: 1953-01-02Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
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Episode 9 - The Big Grandma
Release Date: 1953-01-08An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
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Episode 10 - The Big Whiff
Release Date: 1953-01-15A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
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Episode 11 - The Big Show
Release Date: 1953-01-22A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
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Episode 12 - The Big Safe
Release Date: 1953-01-29Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
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Episode 13 - The Big Church
Release Date: 1953-02-05A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
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Episode 14 - The Big Hate
Release Date: 1953-02-12Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.
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Episode 15 - The Big Shakedown
Release Date: 1953-02-20Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
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Episode 16 - The Big Rose
Release Date: 1953-02-26Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
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Episode 17 - The Big Building
Release Date: 1953-03-05A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
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Episode 18 - The Big Run
Release Date: 1953-03-12Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
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Episode 19 - The Big Break
Release Date: 1953-03-19Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
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Episode 20 - The Big Light
Release Date: 1953-03-26Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
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Episode 21 - The Big Waiter
Release Date: 1953-04-02An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
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Episode 22 - The Big Test
Release Date: 1953-04-09A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
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Episode 23 - The Big Lay-Out
Release Date: 1953-04-16A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.
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Episode 24 - The Big Fire
Release Date: 1953-04-23A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
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Episode 25 - The Big Ray
Release Date: 1953-04-30A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
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Episode 26 - The Big Frank
Release Date: 1953-05-07While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
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Episode 27 - The Big Lease
Release Date: 1953-05-14An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.
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Episode 28 - The Big Hands
Release Date: 1953-05-21Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
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Episode 29 - The Big Fourth
Release Date: 1953-05-28Several babies are stolen in the city.
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Episode 30 - The Big Market
Release Date: 1953-06-04A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
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Episode 31 - The Big Friend
Release Date: 1953-06-11Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
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Episode 32 - The Big Barrette
Release Date: 1953-06-18Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
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Episode 33 - The Big Dance
Release Date: 1953-06-25Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.