• Air date: 16 Dec '51 14 episodes
      Dragnet is a radio, television and motion picture series, enacting 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.
  • List of Episodes (14)
    • 1. The Human Bomb

      16 Dec '51
      A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
    • 2. The Big Actor

      03 Jan '52
      Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
    • 3. The Big Death

      17 Jan '52
      Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.
    • 4. The Interrogation

      03 Feb '67
      A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
    • 5. The Big Cast

      14 Feb '52
      The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
    • 6. The Big Speech

      28 Feb '52
      A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.
    • 7. The Big Parrot

      13 Mar '52
      A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.
    • 8. The Big Moody

      27 Mar '52
    • 9. The Big Blast

      10 Apr '52
      A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.
    • 10. The Big Trial

      24 Apr '52
      Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.
    • 11. The Big September Man

      08 May '52
      A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
    • 12. The Big Phone Call

      22 May '52
      Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
    • 13. The Big Casing

      05 Jun '52
      A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
    • 14. The Big Lamp

      19 Jun '52
      Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.