A lady reports an abandoned baby at a bus depot. Officers Friday and Smith investigate, and realize her story doesn’t quite hold water.
Dragnet 28 – The Big Hate - 1953
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her. Called to interrogate him, Friday and Smith remain skeptical.
Dragnet 33 – The Big Break - 1953
Friday leads a team in a raid on the house of a very dangerous armed robber, which results in a bloody shootout.
Dragnet 12 – The Big Phone Call - 1952
Friday and Jacobs question a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler’s outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.
Dragnet 13 – The Big Casing - 1952
Friday and Jacobs are called to the apartment of a man who phoned in the fatal shooting of his wife. He claims it was suicide, but upon looking at the crime scene and talking to neighbors they begin to wonder if it was murder.
Dragnet 14 – The Big Lamp - 1952
A career criminal walks from court due to lack of evidence, but everyone know he’s guilty. Once out, Sgt. Friday and his partner decide to bust him for good.
Dragnet 15 – The Big Jump - 1952
A man threatens to jump from a 9th-floor building ledge by ten o’clock.
Dragnet 16 – The Big Sorrow - 1952
Just hours after the sudden death of his partner Ben Romero, Joe must set aside his emotions to help track down a pair of desperate escaped convicts who are headed towards Los Angeles.
Dragnet 18 – The Big Seventeen - 1952
Upper middle-class teenagers in Los Angeles are going crazy. They trash a movie theater, beating up the manager and pushing a young man through a plate glass window. Sergeant Friday must get to the bottom of what is causing this to happen.