• Air date: 26 Aug '54 39 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 (39)
    • 1. The Big Producer

      26 Aug '54
      A man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.
    • 2. The Big Fraud

      02 Sep '54
      A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.
    • 3. The Big Crime

      09 Sep '54
    • 4. The Big Pair

      16 Sep '54
      An old man and his granddaughter are burglarized, leaving them broke and starving.
    • 5. The Big Escape

      23 Sep '54
      A case hits too close to home for Friday when his old army buddy robs a liquor store and shoots his partner. Friday believes his friend wants to go straight after doing time, but things get worse when his friend breaks jail.
    • 6. The Big Kid

      30 Sep '54
    • 7. The Big Missing

      07 Oct '54
    • 8. The Big Bar

      14 Oct '54
    • 9. The Big Present

      21 Oct '54
    • 10. The Big Gangster (Part 1)

      28 Oct '54
      An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.
    • 11. The Big Gangster (Part 2)

      04 Nov '54
      Friday and Smith must find the men who murdered a gang boss before an open gang war starts.
    • 12. The Big New Years

      11 Nov '54
    • 13. The Big Want Ad

      18 Nov '54
    • 14. The Big Affair

      25 Nov '54
      Friday and Smith discover that the key to finding a hold-up artist lies in his married girlfriend.
    • 15. The Big Bible

      02 Dec '54
      A man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.
    • 16. The Big Bindle

      09 Dec '54
      Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.
    • 17. The Big Office

      16 Dec '54
      Friday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.
    • 18. The Big Rod

      30 Dec '54
      An expectant mother is run down and killed by two teenagers in a hot rod.
    • 19. The Big Rescue

      06 Jan '55
      A group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.
    • 20. The Big Family

      13 Jan '55
    • 21. The Big Shock

      20 Jan '55
      Friday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.
    • 22. The Big Screen

      27 Jan '55
      Friday and Smith team up with a newspaper reporter so they can investigate television repairmen who may be overcharging their customers.
    • 23. The Big TV

      03 Feb '55
    • 24. The Big Dog

      10 Feb '55
      An old man sits on his front porch with a shotgun, threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog.
    • 25. The Big Underground

      17 Feb '55