Category: NBC

EP2390:Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith try to find a stolen statue of the child Jesus before Christmas Eve mass.

Original Air Date: December 22, 1953

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EP2386: Rocky Fortune: The Plot to Murder Santa Claus

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as an assistant store detective and occasional fill in for Santa Claus. He gets into a fight with the store Santa and comes under suspicion when the store’s Santa is murdered.

Original Air Date: December 22, 1953

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EP2385: Night Beat: Five Days off for Christmas

Frank Lovejoy

Randy gets time off for Christmas, which reminds him he has no one to spend Christmas with. When a boy tries to give him an envelope and is run over by a car, Randy has to find the boy’s mother.

Original Air Date: December 21, 1951

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EP2384: Dragnet: The Big Mask, Part Two

Jack Webb

After arresting a copycat, Friday and Smith continue their search for the masked bandit, who confounds them further by changing up his methods.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1953

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EP2380: Rocky Fortune: Murder Among the Statues

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as assistant and night watchman to a shop that sells plaster statue reproductions.

Original Air Date: December 1, 1953

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EP2379: Night Beat: Railroaded

Frank Lovejoy

Randy becomes convinced that a 19-year old woman was railroaded into a conviction for manslaughter of a politician’s wife.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1952

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EP2378: Dragnet: The Big Mask, Part One

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies of grocery stores committed by a masked man.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1952

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EP2374: Rocky Fortune: Murder on the Aisle

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired to play bodyguard to an alcoholic theater critic. When the critic is murdered, Rocky has to find out who did it or be fingered for the crime.

Original Air Date: November 24, 1953

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EP2373: Night Beat: The Marvelous Machine

Frank Lovejoy

A once-promising scientist visits the scene of a murder Randy is covering.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1952

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EP2372: Dragnet: The Big Eavesdrop

Jack Webb

While waiting for a contact, Friday and Smith overhear a drunk confessing to murder.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1952

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EP2368: Rocky Fortune: Some Cat’s Killed the Canary

Frank Sinatra
Rocky takes a job filling in as a bass player and stumbles on the body of a dead woman.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1953

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EP2367: Night Beat: The Jockeys Were Brothers

Frank Lovejoy

A star jockey’s younger brother returns to Chicago. Little Brother is determined to prove himself a better jockey and will do anything to prove it.

Original Air Date: May 29, 1952

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EP2366: Dragnet: The Big Mole

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1952

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EP2362: Rocky Fortune: Messenger for Death

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is working for a messenger service and a client offers him a $100 tip for delivering a package that she doesn’t want opened.

Original Air Date: November 10, 1953

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EP2361: Night Beat: Target for a Week

Frank Lovejoy

Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1952

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