Dragnet

Season 3 (39 Episodes)

8 Seasons 1953 TV-14 30m 7.5

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.

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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Big White Rat

1. The Big White Rat

Aired: Sep 3, 1953

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

Episode 2 The Big Revolt

2. The Big Revolt

Aired: Sep 10, 1953

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find...

Episode 3 The Big Bull

3. The Big Bull

Aired: Sep 17, 1953

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family...

Episode 4 The Big Betty

4. The Big Betty

Aired: Sep 24, 1953

A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, the...

Episode 6 The Big Pill

6. The Big Pill

Aired: Oct 7, 1953

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

Episode 8 The Big Fake

8. The Big Fake

Aired: Oct 21, 1953

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

Episode 9 The Big Dream

9. The Big Dream

Aired: Oct 28, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles wit...

Episode 10 The Big Guilt

10. The Big Guilt

Aired: Nov 4, 1953

A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his k...

Episode 11 The Big Will

11. The Big Will

Aired: Nov 11, 1953

Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.

Episode 12 The Big In-Laws

12. The Big In-Laws

Aired: Nov 18, 1953

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

Episode 14 The Big Kill

14. The Big Kill

Aired: Dec 2, 1953

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover...

Episode 15 The Big Lover

15. The Big Lover

Aired: Dec 9, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their...

Episode 16 The Big Thief

16. The Big Thief

Aired: Dec 16, 1953

A gang of robbers is calling Los Angeles physicians down to hotels and muggin...

Episode 17 The Big Little Jesus

17. The Big Little Jesus

Aired: Dec 23, 1953

It's Christmas Eve when Father Rojas at the Old Mission Plaza Church in Los A...

Episode 18 The Big Eavesdrop

18. The Big Eavesdrop

Aired: Dec 30, 1953

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break i...

Episode 19 The Big Trunk

19. The Big Trunk

Aired: Jan 6, 1954

Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actr...

Episode 20 The Big Youngster

20. The Big Youngster

Aired: Jan 13, 1954

A statue of the infant Jesus is missing from an impoverished churches crèche.

Episode 21 The Big Boys

21. The Big Boys

Aired: Jan 20, 1954

Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom...

Episode 22 The Big Ham

22. The Big Ham

Aired: Jan 27, 1954

Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his ...

Episode 23 The Big Chance

23. The Big Chance

Aired: Feb 3, 1954

Friday must investigate the disappearance of a uniformed officer on a stretch...

Episode 24 The Big Children

24. The Big Children

Aired: Feb 10, 1954

Sgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going doo...

Episode 25 The Big Poison

25. The Big Poison

Aired: Feb 17, 1954

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

Episode 26 The Big Quack

26. The Big Quack

Aired: Feb 24, 1954

The victim of a so-called "mental therapist", a young woman commits suicide a...

Episode 28 The Big Shoplift

28. The Big Shoplift

Aired: Mar 10, 1954

There's a spate of recent theft at retail stores in the city and Joe Friday a...

Episode 31 The Big Girl

31. The Big Girl

Aired: Mar 31, 1954

The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrori...

Episode 33 The Big Pug

33. The Big Pug

Aired: Apr 14, 1954

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The...

Episode 34 The Big Frame

34. The Big Frame

Aired: Apr 21, 1954

A man is found dead in the gutter. At first it seems as a hit-run case, but F...

Episode 35 The Big Plant

35. The Big Plant

Aired: Apr 29, 1954

A housewife disappears and the police suspect her husband but questioning is ...

Episode 36 The Big Check

36. The Big Check

Aired: May 6, 1954

Friday and Smith find themselves with a difficult case when a number of busin...

Episode 37 The Big Threat

37. The Big Threat

Aired: May 13, 1954

Detectives Friday and Smith interview several victims of theft who are afraid...

Episode 38 The Big Dare

38. The Big Dare

Aired: May 20, 1954

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects include...

Episode 39 The Big False Make

39. The Big False Make

Aired: May 27, 1954

Joe Friday interrogates a local gardener who's been arrested for holding up a...

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Info about Dragnet

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

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