Dragnet

Season 5 (39 Episodes)

8 Seasons 1955 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 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Big Pipe

1. The Big Pipe

Aired: Sep 2, 1955

A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.

Episode 2 The Big Chet

2. The Big Chet

Aired: Sep 9, 1955

A series of eleven grocery and jewelry store robberies seem to be connected b...

Episode 3 The Big No Rain

3. The Big No Rain

Aired: Sep 16, 1955

Joe and Frank try to find out who badly assaulted a woman in the street. Thei...

Episode 4 The Big Lift

4. The Big Lift

Aired: Sep 23, 1955

Sgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat bur...

Episode 5 The Big Confession

5. The Big Confession

Aired: Sep 30, 1955

A young man confesses to an armed robbery of a grocery store, but his story d...

Episode 6 The Big Gap

6. The Big Gap

Aired: Oct 7, 1955

A man swindled out of $1,500 life savings from a familiar bunco scam, substit...

Episode 7 The Big Look

7. The Big Look

Aired: Oct 14, 1955

Friday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal bea...

Episode 8 The Big Glasses

8. The Big Glasses

Aired: Oct 21, 1955

A worried woman contacts Friday and Smith when her elderly mother mysteriousl...

Episode 9 The Big Bird

9. The Big Bird

Aired: Oct 28, 1955

Joe and Frank investigate a series of burglaries in new housing developments ...

Episode 10 The Big Laugh

10. The Big Laugh

Aired: Nov 3, 1955

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a con artist who preys on lonely women w...

Episode 11 The Big Smoke

11. The Big Smoke

Aired: Nov 10, 1955

An elderly man and his invalid daughter are severely beaten during a home inv...

Episode 12 The Big Bounce

12. The Big Bounce

Aired: Nov 17, 1955

Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old...

Episode 13 The Big Shot

13. The Big Shot

Aired: Nov 24, 1955

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a nightclub owner,

Episode 14 The Big Locker

14. The Big Locker

Aired: Dec 1, 1955

A routine check of local pawn shops leads Friday and Smith to the investigati...

Episode 15 The Big Student

15. The Big Student

Aired: Dec 8, 1955

An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and...

Episode 16 The Big Genius

16. The Big Genius

Aired: Dec 15, 1955

Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.

Episode 17 The Big Reminisce

17. The Big Reminisce

Aired: Dec 29, 1955

A slow New Year's Eve shift gives Friday and Smith a chance to remember some ...

Episode 19 The Big Sisters

19. The Big Sisters

Aired: Jan 12, 1956

An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the po...

Episode 21 The Big Fall Guy

21. The Big Fall Guy

Aired: Jan 26, 1956

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two st...

Episode 22 The Big Set

22. The Big Set

Aired: Feb 2, 1956

Friday and Smith search for two holdup men who rob restaurants and bars.

Episode 23 The Big Child

23. The Big Child

Aired: Feb 9, 1956

Friday and Smith investigate a woman suspected of murdering her two-year-old ...

Episode 24 The Big Slug

24. The Big Slug

Aired: Feb 16, 1956

A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police ...

Episode 26 The Big No Suicide

26. The Big No Suicide

Aired: Mar 1, 1956

Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill hi...

Episode 27 The Big Siege

27. The Big Siege

Aired: Mar 8, 1956

Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman...

Episode 29 The Big Revision

29. The Big Revision

Aired: Mar 22, 1956

Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit wh...

Episode 30 The Big Ex-Blonde

30. The Big Ex-Blonde

Aired: Mar 29, 1956

Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing a...

Episode 31 The Big Bobo

31. The Big Bobo

Aired: Apr 5, 1956

Two brothers have perfected a real estate scam that relieves prospective home...

Episode 32 The Big Rush

32. The Big Rush

Aired: Apr 12, 1956

Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a...

Episode 33 The Big Setup

33. The Big Setup

Aired: Apr 19, 1956

An informant tips off Joe and Frank about a major narcotics shipment arriving...

Episode 34 The Big Deal

34. The Big Deal

Aired: Apr 26, 1956

Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowh...

Episode 35 The Big Wish

35. The Big Wish

Aired: May 4, 1956

A teenager voluntarily turns himself into police for his drug addiction. He i...

Episode 36 The Big Hat

36. The Big Hat

Aired: May 11, 1956

A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of ...

Episode 37 The Big Housemaid

37. The Big Housemaid

Aired: May 18, 1956

Mrs. Vesper, an old friend of detective Frank Smith, reports bring robbed and...

Episode 38 The Big Gift

38. The Big Gift

Aired: May 25, 1956

A disc jockey receives a watch - which turns out to be stolen - from a female...

Episode 39 The Big Salvage

39. The Big Salvage

Aired: Jun 1, 1956

Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith solve a series of burglaries at car-rental shop...

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Info about Dragnet

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

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