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 Pipe
Release Date: 1955-09-02A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
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Episode 2 - The Big Chet
Release Date: 1955-09-09 -
Episode 3 - The Big No Rain
Release Date: 1955-09-16 -
Episode 4 - The Big Lift
Release Date: 1955-09-23An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
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Episode 5 - The Big Confession
Release Date: 1955-09-30A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.
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Episode 6 - The Big Gap
Release Date: 1955-10-07A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.
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Episode 7 - The Big Look
Release Date: 1955-10-14A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
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Episode 8 - The Big Glasses
Release Date: 1955-10-21A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.
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Episode 9 - The Big Bird
Release Date: 1955-10-28Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
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Episode 10 - The Big Laugh
Release Date: 1955-11-04A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
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Episode 11 - The Big Smoke
Release Date: 1955-11-11An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
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Episode 12 - The Big Bounce
Release Date: 1955-11-18Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.
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Episode 13 - The Big Shot
Release Date: 1955-11-25A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
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Episode 14 - The Big Locker
Release Date: 1955-12-02Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
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Episode 15 - The Big Note
Release Date: 1955-12-09An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
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Episode 16 - The Big Genius
Release Date: 1955-12-16Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
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Episode 17 - The Big Reminisce
Release Date: 1955-12-30During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
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Episode 18 - The Big Tour
Release Date: 1956-01-06 -
Episode 19 - The Big Sisters
Release Date: 1956-01-13An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
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Episode 20 - The Big Ruling
Release Date: 1956-01-20 -
Episode 21 - The Big Fall Guy
Release Date: 1956-01-27Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
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Episode 22 - The Big Set
Release Date: 1956-02-03A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.
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Episode 23 - The Big Child
Release Date: 1956-02-10A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
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Episode 24 - The Big Slug
Release Date: 1956-02-17A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
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Episode 25 - The Big Daughter
Release Date: 1956-02-24Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
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Episode 26 - The Big No Suicide
Release Date: 1956-03-02Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
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Episode 27 - The Big Siege
Release Date: 1956-03-09Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
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Episode 28 - The Big Mama
Release Date: 1956-03-16 -
Episode 29 - The Big Revision
Release Date: 1956-03-23Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
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Episode 30 - The Big Ex-Blonde
Release Date: 1956-03-30Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
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Episode 31 - The Big Bobo
Release Date: 1956-04-06A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
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Episode 32 - The Big Rush
Release Date: 1956-04-13Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
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Episode 33 - The Big Setup
Release Date: 1956-04-20An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
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Episode 34 - The Big Deal
Release Date: 1956-04-27Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
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Episode 35 - The Big Wish
Release Date: 1956-05-04A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
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Episode 36 - The Big Hat
Release Date: 1956-05-11A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
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Episode 37 - The Big Housemaid
Release Date: 1956-05-18 -
Episode 38 - The Big Gift
Release Date: 1956-05-25 -
Episode 39 - The Big Salvage
Release Date: 1956-06-01