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 Cat
Release Date: 1956-09-27A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.
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Episode 2 - The Big Misses
Release Date: 1956-10-11A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.
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Episode 3 - The Big Beer
Release Date: 1956-10-18 -
Episode 4 - The Big Net
Release Date: 1956-10-25A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.
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Episode 5 - The Big Convertable
Release Date: 1956-11-01A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.
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Episode 6 - The Big Limp
Release Date: 1956-11-08A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.
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Episode 7 - The Big Tattoo
Release Date: 1956-11-15Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.
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Episode 8 - The Big Odd
Release Date: 1956-11-22Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.
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Episode 9 - The Big Bill
Release Date: 1956-11-29Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.
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Episode 10 - The Big Search
Release Date: 1956-12-06A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.
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Episode 11 - The Big Talk
Release Date: 1956-12-13A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.
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Episode 12 - The Big Doting Mother
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Episode 13 - The Big Handcuffs
Release Date: 1956-12-27 -
Episode 14 - The Big Father
Release Date: 1957-01-03A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.
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Episode 15 - The Big Switch
Release Date: 1957-01-10 -
Episode 16 - The Big Steal
Release Date: 1957-01-17Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.
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Episode 17 - The Big Manikin
Release Date: 1957-01-24A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.
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Episode 18 - The Big No Tooth
Release Date: 1957-01-31A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.
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Episode 19 - The Big Skip
Release Date: 1957-02-07A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has apparently skipped out on both. Friday searches for him at various places.
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Episode 20 - The Big Fin
Release Date: 1957-02-14A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.
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Episode 21 - The Big Game
Release Date: 1957-02-21 -
Episode 22 - The Big Coins
Release Date: 1957-02-28Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.
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Episode 23 - The Big Close
Release Date: 1957-03-07Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.
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Episode 24 - The Big Tie
Release Date: 1957-03-14Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.
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Episode 25 - The Big Cup
Release Date: 1957-03-21A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.
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Episode 26 - The Big Truck
Release Date: 1957-03-28Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.
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Episode 27 - The Big Saint
Release Date: 1957-04-04Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.
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Episode 28 - The Big Match
Release Date: 1957-04-11An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.
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Episode 29 - The Big Help
Release Date: 1957-04-18 -
Episode 30 - The Big Celebration
Release Date: 1957-04-25Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.
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Episode 31 - The Big Cry Baby
Release Date: 1957-05-02 -
Episode 32 - The Big Lesson
Release Date: 1957-05-09Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.
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Episode 33 - The Big Soldier
Release Date: 1957-05-16 -
Episode 34 - The Big Make
Release Date: 1957-05-23A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.