Dragnet (1951)Season 4

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 Producer
E1
The Big ProducerA man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.
The Big Fraud
E2
The Big FraudA group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.
The Big Crime
E3
The Big CrimeWhen two four year old twin girls turn up missing, Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith are called in. The girls are found, but were molested. The officers continue to investigate until they locate the perpetrator.
The Big Pair
E4
The Big PairSgt. Friday, Smith and newly married Sgt. Austin investigate a string of robberies taking place when people are on vacation. They track some of the property and learn of a moving van that appears at the empty houses.
The Big Escape
E5
The Big EscapeA 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.
The Big Kid
E6
The Big KidWhen Friday and Smith learn that a showdown between two teenage gangs is about to take place within 48 hours, they do their utmost to prevent it. But for all their efforts a drama occurs: an eleven-year-old boy is killed.
The Big Missing
E7
The Big MissingFriday and Smith are looking for a missing businessman.
The Big Bar
E8
The Big BarA holdup man is sticking up bars. After he takes the money he kills many of his victims. Sargeant Friday has few leads other than that the holdup man likes a certain song on the jukebox and likes to drink scotch and water.
The Big Present
E9
The Big PresentSomeone is burglarizing businesses but only taking part of the money and leaving an empty milk bottle. When officers Friday and Smith apprehend the young Elroy they discover he's not doing it for monetary reasons.
The Big Gangster (Part 1)
E10
The Big Gangster (Part 1)An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.
The Big Gangster (Part 2)
E11
The Big Gangster (Part 2)Friday and Smith must find the men who murdered a gang boss before an open gang war starts.
The Big New Years
E12
The Big New YearsOn New Year's Eve, Friday and Smith are working out of Central Receiving Hospital.
The Big Want Ad
E13
The Big Want AdFriday and Smith investigate a man who is conning people by using the want ads.
The Big Affair
E14
The Big AffairFriday and Smith discover that the key to finding a hold-up artist lies in his married girlfriend.
The Big Bible
E15
The Big BibleA man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.
The Big Bindle
E16
The Big BindleFriday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.
The Big Office
E17
The Big OfficeFriday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.
The Big Rod
E18
The Big RodA pregnant woman is run down by teens out joyriding leaving Sgt Friday and his fellow officer Smith to track down those responsible. They find that kids are uncooperative, refusing to inform on their friends.
The Big Rescue
E19
The Big RescueA group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.
The Big Family
E20
The Big FamilyLocal businessman John Keith Jarrett disappears and evidence of suicide is discovered. Friday and Smith check on the surviving members of his family and find them not the least concerned about their father's death, with his son a tennis bum, his daughter promiscuous, and his wife drunken. The case gets even murkier when a report comes in of a traffic incident upstate involving a camper in which the driver was using Jarrett's license.
The Big Shock
E21
The Big ShockFriday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.
The Big Screen
E22
The Big ScreenFriday and Smith team up with a newspaper reporter so they can investigate television repairmen who may be overcharging their customers.
The Big TV
E23
The Big TVThe detectives search for a missing mother and child at the behest of her mother-in-law, unaware that the girl's husband has died in action and is not overseas as the woman had claimed.
The Big Dog
E24
The Big DogAn old man sits on his front porch with a shotgun, threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog.
The Big Underground
E25
The Big UndergroundFriday and Smith use a stolen check as a lead to a series of used car lot robberies.
The Big Key
E26
The Big KeyA woman's badly mutilated body is found in a churchyard on Christmas eve. The only clue is a key lying under her.
The Big Mailman
E27
The Big MailmanFriday and Smith go after a bandit who is robbing mailboxes and then trying to cash other people's checks.
The Big Customer
E28
The Big Customer
The Big Tar Baby
E29
The Big Tar BabyA bartender's wife is kidnapped, beaten and rolled in hot tar.
The Big Number
E30
The Big NumberFriday and Smith Investigate a Bank Robbery, but they don't have much to go on.
The Big Mask
E31
The Big MaskA masked bandit is holding up supermarkets and the police are not able to catch him.
The Big Sucker
E32
The Big SuckerA con artist is swindling jewelers using fake diamonds.
The Big Moustache
E33
The Big MoustacheFriday and Smith investigate the robbery of an appliance store.
The Big Heel
E34
The Big HeelFriday and Smith use an unusual footprint to help solve a murder case.
The Big Gone
E35
The Big GoneThe owner of a flower shop kills a man who is trying to rob him, but the corpse mysteriously vanishes.
The Big Student
E36
The Big StudentFriday and Smith are on the trail of a bunch of teenagers selling fake magazine subscriptions.
The Big Watch
E37
The Big WatchBandits are offering rides to hitch-hiking soldiers, then robbing and beating them.
The Big Dig
E38
The Big DigFriday and Smith are looking into a report of a missing woman that turns into a murder investigation.
The Big Mug
E39
The Big MugTwo hold-up men are robbing and beating pedestrians in the down town area.