Category: Procedural

EP1930: The Line-Up: The Paradise Motel Murder Case

William Johnstone

A man is murdered and Guthrie suspects that the perpetrator is another man who claimed to be robbed at the time of the murder.

Original Air Date: July 27, 1950

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EP1928: Dragnet: The Big Cliff

Jack Webb

A sixty-three-year-old woman dies under mysterious circumstances, the coroner can’t determine a cause of death and suspicion falls on her elderly husband.

Original Air Date: June 28, 1951

EP1922: Dragnet: The Big Run

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero search for the driver of a car that ran down two elderly women.

Original Air Date: June 21, 1951

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EP1916: Dragnet: The Big Building

Jack Webb
The wealthy wife of a dentist has disappeared and foul play is suspected.

Original Air Date: June 14, 1951

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EP1910: Dragnet: The Big Imposter

Jack Webb

A missing ten-year-old boy suddenly reappears…but is it the same boy?

Original Air Date: June 7, 1951

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EP1904: Dragnet: The Big Bindle

Jack Webb
Friday goes undercover to stop a heroin racket based in a high priced hotel.

Original Air Date: May 31, 1951

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EP1898: Dragnet: The Big Mailman

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero work with a postal inspector to find a man who has been stealing checks from mailboxes and cashing them.

Original Air Date: May 24, 1951

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EP1892: Dragnet: The Big Blast

Jack Webb
A mother is shot in bed with her seven year old sleeping right beside her.

Original Air Date: May 17, 1951

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EP1886: Dragnet: The Big Drills

jack webb
Friday and Romero investigate a string of store burglaries.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1951

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EP1880: Dragnet: The Big Casing

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero arrive on the scene of a woman’s death. Her husband says it was suicide. The evidence says otherwise.

Original Air Date: May 3, 1951

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EP1874: Dragnet: The Big Saint

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero try and find who’s behind a drop in recovered automobiles from auto theft.

Original Air Date: April 26, 1951

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EP1868: Dragnet: The Big Speech

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero hunt for a young man behind a series of narcotics robberies.

Original Air Date: April 19, 1951

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EP1862: Dragnet: The Big Threat

Jack Webb

A man was held and robbed and refused to tell Friday and Romero about it.

Original Air Date: April 12, 1951

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EP1856: Dragnet: The Big Friend

Jack Webb
A man calls the police to report his wife murdered and that his friend said he committed the crime.

Original Air Date: April 5, 1951

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EP1850: Dragnet: The Big Trunk (TV Soundtrack)

Jack Webb

Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the murder of a poor ex-actress.

Original Air Date: January 7, 1954

based on an episode original aired March 22, 1951

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