Archive for the ‘Dragnet TV’ Category

The Big Thief (TV)

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Joe Friday and Frank Smith search for a young couple holding up doctors who pay house calls at hotels.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1953

The Big Little Jesus (TV)

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Friday and Smith search for a stolen statue of the Baby Jesus  on Christmas Eve for a church that desperately needs it.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1953

The Big Will (TV)

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

A will left behind by a murdered man could provide the clue to the murderer’s identity.

Season 3, Episode 11

Original Air Date: November 12, 1953

The Big Dance (TV)

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Friday and Smith search for two young hold up men.

Season 2, Episode 33

Original Air Date: June 23, 1953

The Big Barrette (TV)

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman who seemed to have no enemy.

Original Air Date: June 18, 1953 (Season 2, Episode 32)

The Big Lease (TV)

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Joe Friday and Frank Smith search for a missing landlord.

Season 2, Episode 27

Original Air Date: May 14, 1953

The Big Hate (TV)

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

A 25 year old man is found with a 52 year old woman dead in his arms. Friday and Smith have to figure out what happened and the suspect’s not talking.

Season 2, Episode 14

Original Air Date: February 12, 1953

The Big Lamp (TV)

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

A burglar is acquitted.  Friday and Jacob think he’s back to his old tricks.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1952

Season 1, Episode 14

The Big Mother (TV)

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs search for a kidnapped baby.

Original Air Date: January 31, 1952

The Big Actor (TV)

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Friday and Romero investigate the theft of narcotics from a Catholic Hospital.

Season 1, Episode 2 

Original Air Date: January 3, 1952

Dragnet: The Human Bomb (TV)

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

In the premier episode of Dragnet, Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and Ben Romero (Barton Yarborough) try to stop a man from blowing up City Hall.

Season 1, Episode 1

Original Air Date: December 16, 1951

The Big Betty (TV)

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Joe Friday and Frank Smith try to break up a bunco racket that preys on the families of the recently deceased.

Original Air Date: September 24, 1953

Season 3, Episode 4

The Big Hands (TV)

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

A woman is found strangled and Friday and Smith must discover who she was and who killed.

Season 2, Episode 28

Original Air Date: May 21, 1953

The Big Thief (TV)

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Joe and Frank try and capture a young couple that lure doctors to their hotel room, and then beat and rob them.

Season 3, Episode 16

Original Air Date: December 17, 1953

A .22 Rifle for Christmas (TV)

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Joe Friday and Frank Smith search for two boys, one of which had opened his Christmas present-a .22 rifle.

Original Air Date: December 18, 1952

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