Jack Webb
Director
Dragnet (1951)
Season 5
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.
Released Dec. 16, 1951
Episode 30 min
10+
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Production Companies: Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - The Big Pipe
A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
Sept. 2, 1955, midnight
S5E2 - The Big Chet
None
Sept. 9, 1955, midnight
S5E3 - The Big No Rain
None
Sept. 16, 1955, midnight
S5E4 - The Big Lift
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
Sept. 23, 1955, midnight
S5E5 - The Big Confession
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.
Sept. 30, 1955, midnight
S5E6 - The Big Gap
A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.
Oct. 7, 1955, midnight
S5E7 - The Big Look
A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
Oct. 14, 1955, midnight
S5E8 - The Big Glasses
A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.
Oct. 21, 1955, midnight
S5E9 - The Big Bird
Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
Oct. 28, 1955, midnight
S5E10 - The Big Laugh
A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
Nov. 4, 1955, midnight
S5E11 - The Big Smoke
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
Nov. 11, 1955, midnight
S5E12 - The Big Bounce
Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.
Nov. 18, 1955, midnight
S5E13 - The Big Shot
A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
Nov. 25, 1955, midnight
S5E14 - The Big Locker
Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
Dec. 2, 1955, midnight
S5E15 - The Big Note
An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
Dec. 9, 1955, midnight
S5E16 - The Big Genius
Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
Dec. 16, 1955, midnight
S5E17 - The Big Reminisce
During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
Dec. 30, 1955, midnight
S5E18 - The Big Tour
None
Jan. 6, 1956, midnight
S5E19 - The Big Sisters
An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
Jan. 13, 1956, midnight
S5E20 - The Big Ruling
None
Jan. 20, 1956, midnight
S5E21 - The Big Fall Guy
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
Jan. 27, 1956, midnight
S5E22 - The Big Set
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.
Feb. 3, 1956, midnight
S5E23 - The Big Child
A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
Feb. 10, 1956, midnight
S5E24 - The Big Slug
A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
Feb. 17, 1956, midnight
S5E25 - The Big Daughter
Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
Feb. 24, 1956, midnight
S5E26 - The Big No Suicide
Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
March 2, 1956, midnight
S5E27 - The Big Siege
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
March 9, 1956, midnight
S5E28 - The Big Mama
None
March 16, 1956, midnight
S5E29 - The Big Revision
Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
March 23, 1956, midnight
S5E30 - The Big Ex-Blonde
Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
March 30, 1956, midnight
S5E31 - The Big Bobo
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
April 6, 1956, midnight
S5E32 - The Big Rush
Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
April 13, 1956, midnight
S5E33 - The Big Setup
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
April 20, 1956, midnight
S5E34 - The Big Deal
Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
April 27, 1956, midnight
S5E35 - The Big Wish
A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
May 4, 1956, midnight
S5E36 - The Big Hat
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
May 11, 1956, midnight
S5E37 - The Big Housemaid
None
May 18, 1956, midnight
S5E38 - The Big Gift
None
May 25, 1956, midnight
S5E39 - The Big Salvage
None
June 1, 1956, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 8280 min.
Released: Dec. 16, 1951
Last Air Date: Aug. 23, 1959, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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