Archive for the ‘Dragnet’ Category

The Big Ray

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate an apparent accidental death, but a statement from the deceased’s 9-year old son leads them to believe it might be a murder.

Original Air Date: September 4, 1952

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My Favorites Dragnets (1960s) #40: DHQ: The Victims

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

We kick off my countdown off my 40 favorite Dragnets.

#40 on my lis actually the last episode of Dragnet. Dragnet left the air on a bit of a sour note as Joe and Bill work a night of Burglary and Homicide cases.

While not quite the dramatic quality of the Dragnet radio installment, “The Big Trio,”  “The Victims” packs a punch as it tells the story of people victimized by criminals who are given rights, while the victims and their families are left to pick up the pieces. This episode helps you understand the feelings of citizens under siege from criminals. It is the stories portrayed here that caused Americans in the 1970s  to relate and gravitate to anti-hero vigilantes like Dirty Harry and the Punisher.

The episode was also notable for a scene in which Sergeant Friday chewed out a young police officer who considered his job “boring” because it wasn’t as exciting as life in the detective bureau. Friday, played by a 50 year-old Jack Webb gave the young gun a well-deserved chewing out that emphasized the importance of the job of the work by officers in the Black and White units. True words as Webb would continue to tell the story of Officers Jim Reed and Pete Malloy on Adam-12 five years after Dragnet went off the air.

The Big Test

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

A young man comes into the Homicide Division to report the murder of his friend in Mexico.  But is he telling the truth?

Original Air Date: August 28, 1952

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The Big Paper

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Friday and Smith investigate a serial paper hanger.

Original Air Date: August 21, 1952

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The Big Drive

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of a young man.

Original Air Date: August 14, 1952

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The Big Impression

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Friday and Smith search for a man who robbed a jewelry salesman of $130,000 in jewels.

Original Air Date: August 7, 1952

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The Big Signet

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Joe Friday and Frank Smith undertake an arduous search to find the man who brutally beat an eldery man.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1952

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The Big Hate

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

A woman is found dead with a younger man. Joe Friday must find out what really happened.

Original Air Date: July 10, 1952

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The Big Trio

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Joe Friday and Frank Smith work the shift out of traffic division and deal with tragedy ahead of the 4th of July weekend.

Original Air Date: July 3, 1952

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The Big Roll

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Friday and Smith search for a missing man and the two men who robbed and beat him.

Original Air Date: June 26, 1952

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The Big Jules

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Joe Friday goes undercover to bust a big-time Heroine supplier.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1952

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The Big Donation

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Joe Friday and Frank Smith seek to find two con men who are tricking supporters of a home for crippled children into giving them the cash meant for the Children’s home.

Original Air Date: June 12, 1952

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The Big Little Jesus

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a local church.

Original Air Date: December 22, 1953

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The Big Whiff

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of a woman that looks like a suicide. 

Original Air Date: June 6, 1952

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The Big Fourth

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Friday and Smith  investigate a series of kidnapping where babies are kidnapped only to be returned later, but missing one item of clothing.

Original Air Date: May 29, 1952

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