Dragnet

Detectives investigate clues to solve crimes.
Homicide: Who Killed Who
S12 E15

Friday and Gannon answer a multiple homicide call at an old apartment house.

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.

Robbery: The Harassing Wife
S12 E24

An angry wife blames several robberies on her ex-convict husband.

Burglary: Baseball
S12 E25

Friday and Gannon investigate a safecracker who robs for sport.

D.H.Q. -- The Victims
S12 E26

Friday and Gannon investigate a series of crimes, including two homicides and an armed robbery.

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 Bird
S5 E9

Friday and Smith investigate burglars in a new housing development who kill 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 Crime
S4 E3

When two four year old twin girls turn up missing, Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith are called in. The girls are found, but were molested. The officers continue to investigate until they locate the perpetrator.

The Big Bar
S4 E8

Friday hunts for a holdup man who is targeting bars and killing some of his victims.

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

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

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

A woman is found murdered in her apartment and the only clue is a trunk that she never opened.

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 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

Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.

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 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).