Dragnet (1951)Sæson 3

TV-PG

"The story you are about to see is true", "Just the facts, ma'am", "We were working the day watch" - phrases which became so popular as to inspire much parody - set the realistic tone of this early police drama. The show emphasized careful police work and the interweaving of policemen's professional and personal lives.

39 episoder

The Big White Rat
E1
The Big White RatFriday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
The Big Revolt
E2
The Big RevoltA woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
The Big Bull
E3
The Big Bull"Bull" Bentley and his gang have been on a brutal crime spree but Friday and his men have rounded them all up. With the exception, that is, of Bull himself. Now Bull is out for revenge against Smith and begins threatening his wife and son.
The Big Betty
E4
The Big BettyFriday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
The Big Sophomore
E5
The Big SophomoreA teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
The Big Pill
E6
The Big PillFriday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
The Big Lie
E7
The Big LieIn this episode, Edith Curtis (Virginia Brissac) contacts the police and calmly informs them that her son has been killed. Detectives Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are puzzled by the woman's calm demeanor and embark on an investigation into her troubled past in an attempt to uncover the truth.
The Big Fake
E8
The Big FakeA police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
The Big Dream
E9
The Big DreamFriday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
The Big Guilt
E10
The Big GuiltA man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.
The Big Will
E11
The Big WillFriday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
The Big In-Laws
E12
The Big In-LawsFriday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
The Big Lilly
E13
The Big LillyFollowing an unknown tip, detectives Smith (Ben Alexander) and Friday (Jack Webb) investigate the death of a woman, Hazel Rockman. Her next-door neighbor and landlady offer contradictory and evasive evidence to her death, suggesting that she either took her own life or was murdered by her husband. Once the detectives establish the cause of Hazel's death, they must run against time to save her husband from committing suicide.
The Big Kill
E14
The Big KillA cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
The Big Lover
E15
The Big LoverFriday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
The Big Thief
E16
The Big ThiefRobbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
The Big Little Jesus
E17
The Big Little JesusIt's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los Angeles discovers that the statue of the Infant Jesus is stolen from the crib. The statue's worth is only a few dollars, but it is of great sentimental value for the parish. Friday and Smith promise to try to get it back before mass on Christmas Day, but this means that they have less than 24 hours to catch the thief.
The Big Eavesdrop
E18
The Big EavesdropFriday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
The Big Trunk
E19
The Big TrunkThree men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.
The Big Youngster
E20
The Big YoungsterFriday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
The Big Boys
E21
The Big BoysFriday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles.
The Big Ham
E22
The Big HamFriday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
The Big Chance
E23
The Big ChanceSigns point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
The Big Children
E24
The Big ChildrenSgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going door-to-door, begging for food. The catch? The kids are known as residents in a very high class neighborhood, living right next door.
The Big Poison
E25
The Big PoisonAn elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
The Big Quack
E26
The Big QuackThe victim of a so-called "mental therapist", a young woman commits suicide after being robbed of her furs and jewels. It is up to Friday and Smith to trace the man and to stop him from striking any more.
The Big Winchester
E27
The Big WinchesterAn elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
The Big Shoplift
E28
The Big ShopliftFriday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
The Big Hit-Run Killer
E29
The Big Hit-Run KillerA truck kills an old lady and her little grandson at a crossing and drives away. The owner of the truck asserts that he let a man called Paul borrow the truck for one hour, but he doesn't know the last name of this man or where he lives. The police must investigate all circumstances, but should Friday and Smith really spend lots of resources on trying to find a man they hardly believe exists at all?
The Big Drink
E30
The Big DrinkA woman is found dead in an empty lot. The body is discovered to belong to the wife of Mr. Ellis (Claude Akins). Detectives Smith (Ben Alexander) and Friday (Jack Webb) take on the task to find the facts behind the death. Mr. Ellis drowns himself in liquor as a way to drink down his sorrow. However, this behavior soon lands him in trouble as a suspect of the tragedy.
The Big Girl
E31
The Big GirlThe detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims' reports.
The Big Mattress
E32
The Big MattressFriday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
The Big Pug
E33
The Big PugAn elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.
The Big Frame
E34
The Big FrameA man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but Friday and Smith become suspicious when all witnesses from the night before give exactly the same story. Usually witnesses are at variance in some respects.
The Big Plant
E35
The Big PlantA woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.
The Big Check
E36
The Big CheckA check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
The Big Threat
E37
The Big ThreatA man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
The Big Dare
E38
The Big DareA single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.
The Big False Make
E39
The Big False MakeJoe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a grocery store. While questioning the suspect, Friday begins to doubt the man's guilt, even though he's identified as the robber by the woman who manages the store, and sets out to discover why the gardener has confessed to a crime he apparently did not commit.