Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners methodically investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
"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.
Aired: Sep 11, 1952 A man threatens to jump from a 9th-floor building ledge by ten o'clock.
Aired: Sep 25, 1952 Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set asi...
Aired: Oct 8, 1952 Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found in a hospital elevator.
Aired: Nov 5, 1952 Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a mov...
Aired: Nov 19, 1952 The police department braces for an increase in traffic accidents over the ho...
Aired: Dec 3, 1952 A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case ge...
7. The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Aired: Dec 17, 1952Friday and Smith search for a missing boy. The first sign that the case is se...
Aired: Jan 1, 1953 Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.
Aired: Jan 7, 1953 Friday and Jacobs look for an elderly woman who has been passing bad checks j...
Aired: Jan 14, 1953 A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
Aired: Jan 21, 1953 A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith in...
Aired: Jan 28, 1953 Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.
Aired: Feb 4, 1953 A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
Aired: Feb 11, 1953 Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holdin...
Aired: Feb 19, 1953 Friday is looking for a crooked cop.
Aired: Feb 25, 1953 Friday and Smith search for a woman who left her children with her sister.
Aired: Mar 4, 1953 A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can...
Aired: Mar 11, 1953 Friday peruses the elusive armed robber Mark Hoffman after the man repeatedly...
Aired: Mar 18, 1953 Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, ...
Aired: Mar 25, 1953 Henry Wilson, a Hollywood movie director, has been killed by a falling arc li...
Aired: Apr 1, 1953 An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim...
Aired: Apr 8, 1953 A man claims that his friend was killed by bandits in Mexico. Friday and Smit...
Aired: Apr 15, 1953 Joe Friday's old friend and his wife suspect their son is using drugs so they...
Aired: Apr 22, 1953 A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out o...
Aired: Apr 30, 1953 A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
Aired: May 7, 1953 A man is pulled from his car, beaten and robbed. The criminal apparently make...
Aired: May 14, 1953 An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before...
Aired: May 21, 1953 Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidenti...
Aired: May 28, 1953 Several babies are stolen in the city.
Aired: Jun 4, 1953 A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.
Aired: Jun 11, 1953 Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wi...
Aired: Jun 18, 1953 Friday and Smith have considerable physical evidence but very few genuine lea...
Aired: Jun 25, 1953 Friday and Smith are faced with a lack of clues, except for a matchbook when ...
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Current Status: Ended
Network: NBC
Production Country: United States
Dragnet: Where to Watch Online?
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