• Air date: 19 Sep '55 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 Pipe

      19 Sep '55
      A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
    • 2. The Big Chet

      08 Sep '55
    • 3. The Big No Rain

      15 Sep '55
    • 4. The Big Lift

      22 Sep '55
      An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
    • 5. The Big Confession

      29 Sep '55
      A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.
    • 6. The Big Gap

      06 Oct '55
    • 7. The Big Look

      13 Oct '55
      A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
    • 8. The Big Glasses

      20 Oct '55
    • 9. The Big Bird

      27 Oct '55
    • 10. The Big Laugh

      03 Nov '55
      A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
    • 11. The Big Smoke

      10 Nov '55
      An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
    • 12. The Big Bounce

      17 Nov '55
    • 13. The Big Shot

      24 Nov '55
      A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
    • 14. The Big Locker

      01 Dec '55
      Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
    • 15. The Big Note

      08 Dec '55
      An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
    • 16. The Big Genius

      15 Dec '55
    • 17. The Big Reminisce

      29 Dec '55
      During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
    • 18. The Big Tour

      05 Jan '56
    • 19. The Big Sisters

      12 Jan '56
      An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
    • 20. The Big Ruling

      19 Jan '56
    • 21. The Big Fall Guy

      26 Jan '56
    • 22. The Big Set

      02 Feb '56
      A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.
    • 23. The Big Child

      09 Feb '56
      A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
    • 24. The Big Slug

      16 Feb '56
      A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
    • 25. The Big Daughter

      23 Feb '56