EP 1AvailableNow playingThe Human Bomb
30m·12/16/1951·10.0
A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
Dragnet
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDb6.5
- Released
- 12/16/1951
- Duration
- 0h 30m
- Genre
- Drama, Crime
- Country
- United States of America
- Cast
- Jack Webb, Ben Alexander
Overview
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableNow playingEP 2AvailableThe Big Actor
30m·1/3/1952·10.0
Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
EP 3AvailableThe Big Death
30m·1/17/1952·0.0
Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.
EP 4AvailableThe Big Mother
30m·1/31/1952·4.0
A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
EP 5AvailableThe Big Cast
30m·2/14/1952·10.0
The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
EP 6AvailableThe Big Speech
30m·2/28/1952·0.0
A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.
EP 7AvailableThe Big Parrot
30m·3/13/1952·0.0
A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.
EP 8AvailableThe Big Moody
30m·3/27/1952·0.0
No description available.
EP 9AvailableThe Big Blast
30m·4/10/1952·0.0
A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.
EP 10AvailableThe Big Trial
30m·4/24/1952·0.0
Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.
EP 11AvailableThe Big September Man
30m·5/8/1952·7.0
A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
EP 12AvailableThe Big Phone Call
30m·5/22/1952·10.0
Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
EP 13AvailableThe Big Casing
30m·6/5/1952·10.0
A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
EP 14AvailableThe Big Lamp
30m·6/19/1952·0.0
Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.
Cast
Joe Friday
Jack Webb
Frank Smith
