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.

Burglary: The Son
S12 E16

While investigating a burglary, Friday and Gannon trail the suspect into a world of small-time narcotics pushers.

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.

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 Bird
S5 E9

Friday and Smith investigate burglars in a new housing development who kill pet birds.

The Big Pair
S4 E4

Sgt. Friday, Smith and newly married Sgt. Austin investigate a string of robberies taking place when people are on vacation. They track some of the property and learn of a moving van that appears at the empty houses.

The Big Bar
S4 E8

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

The Big Rod
S4 E18

When a pregnant woman is is run down by joyriding teens, Friday and Smith look for those responsible.

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 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 Hit-Run Killer
S3 E29

Friday searches for a delivery truck involved in a hit-and-run homicide.

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

A convict escapes from San Quentin and goes on a crime spree.

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).