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Dragnet

Season 5 Episode 16: The Big Genius

8 SeasonsDec 16, 1955TV-1430m7.5

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

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...

Info about Dragnet

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Drama, Crime, Mystery