• Air date: 11 Sep '52 33 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 (33)
    • 1. The Big Jump

      11 Sep '52
      A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
    • 2. The Big Sorrow

      25 Sep '52
      Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
    • 3. The Big Elevator

      09 Oct '52
      Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
    • 4. The Big Seventeen

      06 Nov '52
      Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
    • 5. The Big Trio

      20 Nov '52
      Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
    • 6. The Big Imposter

      04 Dec '52
    • 7. A Gun for Christmas

      18 Dec '52
      Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
    • 8. The Big High

      02 Nov '67
      The Big High is an episode of the American television series Dragnet. It aired on the NBC network on November 2, 1967, the program's second season. It stars Jack Webb Harry Morgan, Tim Donnelly, Ed Prentiss, Merry Anders, Brenda Scott, Kent McCord and James Oliver. It is sometimes called "Grass Kills" and is considered comparable to Reefer Madness in terms of exaggerating the marijuana threat.
    • 9. The Big Grandma

      08 Jan '53
      An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
    • 10. The Big Whiff

      15 Jan '53
      A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
    • 11. The Big Show

      22 Jan '53
      A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
    • 12. The Big Safe

      29 Jan '53
    • 13. The Big Church

      05 Feb '53
      A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
    • 14. The Big Hate

      12 Feb '53
    • 15. The Christmas Story

      21 Dec '67
      "The Christmas Story" was an episode of the television series Dragnet that aired on NBC on December 21, 1967. It starred Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Bobby Troup and Harry Bartell. It was a remake of an episode from 1950s Dragnet series called "The Big Little Jesus". The original episode had been produced on both the radio and television versions of the program. The Christmas Story is the only episode in the series' run that was not based on an LAPD incident and the only episode remade from an earli
    • 16. The Big Rose

      26 Feb '53
    • 17. The Big Building

      05 Mar '53
      A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
    • 18. The Big Run

      12 Mar '53
      Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.
    • 19. The Big Break

      19 Mar '53
      Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
    • 20. The Big Light

      26 Mar '53
      Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
    • 21. The Big Waiter

      02 Apr '53
      An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
    • 22. The Big Test

      09 Apr '53
      A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
    • 23. The Big Lay-Out

      16 Apr '53
      A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.
    • 24. The Big Fire

      23 Apr '53
      A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
    • 25. The Big Ray

      30 Apr '53
      A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.