Dragnet (1951)
Follows 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.
Seasons & Episode
Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.
Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.
Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.
The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.
The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.
A mysterious telephone caller offers a man $1000 for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.
Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.
As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.
Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.
While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.
Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.
Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.
Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.
Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.
Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.
Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.
Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.
Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.
An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.
Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.
An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.
An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.
Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.
A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.
The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.
Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.
Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.
A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.
Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.
Friday and Smith investigate a the death of a woman found beaten in her car, and suspect that her husband is somehow involved.
Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.
Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.
Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.
Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.
A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.
A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.
An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.
