Dragnet

Season 6

1956

34 Episodes

Previous Season

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.

Episode 1 : ‎ The Big Cat

A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.

Episode 2 : ‎ The Big Misses

A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.

Episode 3 : ‎ The Big Beer

Episode 4 : ‎ The Big Net

A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

Episode 5 : ‎ The Big Convertable

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.

Episode 6 : ‎ The Big Limp

A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.

Episode 7 : ‎ The Big Tattoo

Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.

Episode 8 : ‎ The Big Odd

Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.

Episode 9 : ‎ The Big Bill

Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.

Episode 10 : ‎ The Big Search

A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.

Episode 11 : ‎ The Big Talk

A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.

Episode 12 : ‎ The Big Doting Mother

Episode 13 : ‎ The Big Handcuffs

Episode 14 : ‎ The Big Father

A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.

Episode 15 : ‎ The Big Switch

Episode 16 : ‎ The Big Steal

Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.

Episode 17 : ‎ The Big Manikin

A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.

Episode 18 : ‎ The Big No Tooth

A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.

Episode 19 : ‎ The Big Skip

A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has apparently skipped out on both. Friday searches for him at various places.

Episode 20 : ‎ The Big Fin

A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.

Episode 21 : ‎ The Big Game

Episode 22 : ‎ The Big Coins

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.

Episode 23 : ‎ The Big Close

Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.

Episode 24 : ‎ The Big Tie

Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.

Episode 25 : ‎ The Big Cup

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

Episode 26 : ‎ The Big Truck

Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.

Episode 27 : ‎ The Big Saint

Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.

Episode 28 : ‎ The Big Match

An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.

Episode 29 : ‎ The Big Help

Episode 30 : ‎ The Big Celebration

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.

Episode 31 : ‎ The Big Cry Baby

Episode 32 : ‎ The Big Lesson

Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.

Episode 33 : ‎ The Big Soldier

Episode 34 : ‎ The Big Make

A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.

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