Jack Webb
Joe Friday
Series SeasonSeason 5 episodes1955
Dragnet
Season 5
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Episode 130 min1955-09-02
The Big Pipe
A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
Episode 230 min1955-09-09
The Big Chet
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Episode 330 min1955-09-16
The Big No Rain
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Episode 430 min1955-09-23
The Big Lift
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
Episode 530 min1955-09-30
The Big Confession
A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.
Episode 630 min1955-10-07
The Big Gap
A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and then asked the pawn shop owner to sell him a gun.
Episode 730 min1955-10-14
The Big Look
A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
Episode 830 min1955-10-21
The Big Glasses
A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder. When he is questioned, Shroder claims his wife left him and that, out of shame, he sold their house and put her items in storage.
Episode 930 min1955-10-28
The Big Bird
Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
Episode 1030 min1955-11-04
The Big Laugh
A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
Episode 1130 min1955-11-11
The Big Smoke
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
Episode 1230 min1955-11-18
The Big Bounce
Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.
Episode 1330 min1955-11-25
The Big Shot
A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
Episode 1430 min1955-12-02
The Big Locker
Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
Episode 1530 min1955-12-09
The Big Note
An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
Episode 1630 min1955-12-16
The Big Genius
Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
Episode 1730 min1955-12-30
The Big Reminisce
During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
Episode 1830 min1956-01-06
The Big Tour
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Episode 1930 min1956-01-13
The Big Sisters
An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
Episode 2030 min1956-01-20
The Big Ruling
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Episode 2130 min1956-01-27
The Big Fall Guy
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
Episode 2230 min1956-02-03
The Big Set
A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.
Episode 2330 min1956-02-10
The Big Child
A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
Episode 2430 min1956-02-17
The Big Slug
A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
Episode 2530 min1956-02-24
The Big Daughter
Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
Episode 2630 min1956-03-02
The Big No Suicide
Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
Episode 2730 min1956-03-09
The Big Siege
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
Episode 2830 min1956-03-16
The Big Mama
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Episode 2930 min1956-03-23
The Big Revision
Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
Episode 3030 min1956-03-30
The Big Ex-Blonde
Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
Episode 3130 min1956-04-06
The Big Bobo
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
Episode 3230 min1956-04-13
The Big Rush
Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
Episode 3330 min1956-04-20
The Big Setup
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
Episode 3430 min1956-04-27
The Big Deal
Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
Episode 3530 min1956-05-04
The Big Wish
A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
Episode 3630 min1956-05-11
The Big Hat
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
Episode 3730 min1956-05-18
The Big Housemaid
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Episode 3830 min1956-05-25
The Big Gift
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Episode 3930 min1956-06-01
The Big Salvage
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