Category: NBC

EP2847: Dragnet: Production 6 (a.k.a Red Light Bandit)

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero hunt for a brutal bandit who robs and beats people while impersonating a police officer.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1949

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EP2846s: Dragnet: The Big Red Parts One and Two

Jack Webb

Following a tip from an informant, Friday goes undercover to bust up a new narcotics ring.

Original Air Dates: January 3 and 10, 1952

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EP2846: Dragnet: The Big Wish

Jack Webb
A boy comes into Juvenile division asking for help to break an addiction.

Original Air Date: August 10, 1954

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EP2841: Candy Matson: Devil in the Deep Freeze (Listener’s Choice (Standard Division #14)

Natalie Masters

Candy is hired by a restaurant owner who found a dead man in his freezer wearing a devil’s costume.

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EP2840: Dragnet: The Big Stand

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a man on a street corner.

Original Air Date: August 3, 1954

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EP2834: Dragnet: The Big Match

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith have one clue to the identity of a robber of an auction house: a partially spent matchbook.

Original Air Date: July 27, 1954

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EP2829: Easy Money: The Gem Switch (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

Larry Haines


A small jewelry store has a $5,000 ruby disappear and be replaced with a duplicate. Mike Trent thinks he knows how to get it back–with the aid of a third hand.

Original Air Date: December 19, 1954

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EP2828: Dragnet: The Big Heel

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries where costume jewelry has been stolen. They believe a juvenile is behind it and the only clue is an unusual shoeprint.

Original Air Date: July 20, 1954

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EP2822: Dragnet: The Big Rescue

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith’s investigation of a robbery is complicated when one of the robbers is broken out along with a murder suspect.

Original Air Date: July 13, 1954

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EP2816: Dragnet: The Big Search

Jack Webb

Frank and Joe search for a kidnapped teenage girl.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1954

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EP2810: Dragnet: The Big Chick

Jack Webb

Friday goes undercover to find out who’s behind low grade heroin that’s been hitting the streets.

Original Air Date: June 29, 1954

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EP2804: Dragnet: The Big Customer

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith search for a pair of robbers.

Original Air Date: June 22, 1954

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EP2798: Dragnet: The Big Cat

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith for a jaguar missing from a traveling carnival

Original Air Date: June 15, 1954

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EP2793: The Abbotts: The White Hot Flame (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

A doctor dies in a plane crash over England, but Pat suspects foul play and pretends to be injured to investigate a hospital.

Original Air Date: March 13, 1955

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EP2792: Dragnet: The Big Student

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith investigate a bank robbery.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1954

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