• Air date: 27 Sep '56 34 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 (34)
    • 1. The Big Cat

      27 Sep '56
      A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.
    • 2. The Big Misses

      11 Oct '56
      A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.
    • 3. The Big Beer

      18 Oct '56
    • 4. The Big Net

      25 Oct '56
      A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.
    • 5. The Big Convertable

      01 Nov '56
      A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.
    • 6. The Big Limp

      08 Nov '56
      A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.
    • 7. The Big Tattoo

      15 Nov '56
    • 8. The Big Odd

      22 Nov '56
    • 9. The Big Bill

      29 Nov '56
    • 10. The Big Search

      06 Dec '56
      A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.
    • 11. The Big Talk

      13 Dec '56
      A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.
    • 12. The Big Doting Mother

      20 Dec '56
    • 13. The Big Handcuffs

      27 Dec '56
    • 14. The Big Father

      03 Jan '57
      A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.
    • 15. The Big Switch

      10 Jan '57
    • 16. The Big Steal

      17 Jan '57
    • 17. The Big Manikin

      24 Jan '57
      A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.
    • 18. The Big No Tooth

      31 Jan '57
      A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.
    • 19. The Big Skip

      07 Feb '57
    • 20. The Big Fin

      14 Feb '57
    • 21. The Big Game

      21 Feb '57
    • 22. The Big Coins

      28 Feb '57
    • 23. The Big Close

      07 Mar '57
    • 24. The Big Tie

      14 Mar '57
    • 25. The Big Cup

      21 Mar '57
      A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.