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 25 – The Big Show - 1953
Ben Alexander
Nicholas Benton Alexander III (June 27, 1911 – July 5, 1969) was an American motion picture actor, who started out as a child actor in 1916. He is best remembered for his role as Officer Frank Smith in the Dragnet franchise.
Dragnet 74 – The Big Winchester - 1954
A beat cop discovers that there’s more than meets the eye to an apparent suicide by an elderly man. Friday and Smith find themselves looking for a murderer.
Dragnet 75 – The Big Shoplift - 1954
Friday investigates a series of recent shoplifting crimes. The evidence starts to point to an unlikely suspect.
Dragnet 78 – The Big Girl - 1954
The detectives try to track down a tall, beautiful woman who has been terrorizing the city by robbing men, beating them up and in some cases shooting them. Their job is made more difficult by the fact that there are many inconsistencies in the victims’ reports.
Dragnet 71 – The Big Children - 1954
Sgt. Friday and Smith responding to the report of 2 small children, going door-to-door, begging for food. The catch? The kids are known as residents in a very high class neighborhood, living right next door. This episode features another person that went on to act in Star Trek, Celia Lovsky, who played the Vulcan matriarch […]
Dragnet 66 – The Big Trunk - 1954
Three men are the suspects in the beating death of a former vaudevillian actress found in her apartment. The possible reason for her murder could be among the contents of an old steamer trunk which she kept locked in her room. Surveillance equipment is used to solve the mystery.
Dragnet 51 – The Big Betty - 1953
A gang of con artists checks the obituary section of the daily newspaper, then uses the information they gather to prey on the grief-stricken families of those who have recently died.
Dragnet 42 – The Big Hands - 1953
Friday and Smith are assigned to investigate the strangulation of an unidentified woman in a hotel room. With no leads and no clues, and no idea of who she is, they must start from scratch to find her killer.
Dragnet 68 – The Big Boys - 1954
Friday and Smith receive a bulletin about an armed four-man gang, two of whom are army deserters, who have committed a series of robberies and auto thefts in San Francisco and are on their way to Los Angeles. This episode is notable for having a young Leonard Nimoy play a small part.
