Category: Procedural

EP1982: Dragnet: The Big 17

Jack Webb

Teenagers are going wild and committing violent crimes without explanation.

Original Air Date: September 6, 1951

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EP1978: The Line Up: Kastro’s Cop Killing Karnage Case

William Johnstone

Guthrie looks for the master planner behind a bank robbery a police officer was killed in.

Original Air Date: April 1, 1952

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EP1976: Dragnet: The Big Crazy

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero are looking for a missing woman whose husband is all but admitting to her murder, but they can find no evidence he did it.

Original Air Date: August 30, 1951

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EP1972: The Line Up: The Mirthless Moonshiners Methyl Murders

William Johnstone

People are dying or going blind due to bad illegal liquor and it’s up to Guthrie and Karger to track down the source.

Original Air Date: March 18, 1952

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EP1970: Dragnet: The Big In-Laws

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero look into a series of truck hijackings.

Original Air Date: August 23, 1951

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EP1966: The Line Up: The Jolted Justice Job Case

William Johnstone
Lieutenant Guthrie investigates the stabbing of an elderly man.

Original Air Date: November 1, 1951

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EP1964: Dragnet: The Big Winchester

Jack Webb
An elderly man is found dead of an apparent suicide but the first officer on scene suspects murder.

Original Air Date: August 16, 1951

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EP1960: The Line Up: The Red Shirt Case

William Johnstone
An ex-con claims to have seen a murder but the only thing he seems able to clearly remember is the killer’s red shirt.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1951

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EP1958: Dragnet: The Big Screen

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero investigate crooked TV repairmen.

Original Air Date: August 9, 1951

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EP1954: The Line-Up: The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case

William Johnstone

The day before a gangland murder trial, the key witness is killed and Guthrie has to figure out how to still get a conviction.

Original Air Date: April 24, 1951

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EP1946: Dragnet: The Big Sophomore

Jack Webb
Working out of Juvenile division, Friday and Romero investigate a series of petty thefts.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1951

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EP1942: The Line-Up: The Molly About Seven Case

William Johnstone

A gangland killer is identified in the line-up, but Guthrie and Groeb have to scramble to identify him when the witness is killed.

Original Air Date: February 27, 1951

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EP1940: Dragnet: The Big Set-Up

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero investigate a series of high dollar home burglaries.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1951

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EP1936: The Line-Up: Suspect Poisoned

William Johnstone
A suspect is identified in the line-up and then during questioning, he collapses dead of poisoning.

Original Air Date: August 10, 1950

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EP1934: Dragnet: Big Love

Jack Webb

A man’s wife and her two-year-old daughter has disappeared and the man isn’t telling the whole truth.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1951

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