The BEST episodes directed by Jack Webb
#1 - The Big Phone Call
Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 12
Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 5
The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 1 - Episode 11
A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
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Adam-12 - Season 6 - Episode 24
Malloy and Reed investigate the death of an old man wearing an unusual belt, which leads to the case being turned over to Frauds Division, who finds that Dr. Gantman, running a clinic, is treating a blind seven-year-old patient with a pituitary gland condition but his "treatment" is worthless and preventing a real treatment (removal of the gland). Later, a TV repairman who makes oscillator belts for Gantman is busted for bookmaking and agrees to testify against the doctor, but Gantman demonstrates his "treatment" in open court and fails miserably.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 17
A statue of the Child Jesus is stolen from a church. Friday and Smith must find it before the paritioners miss it on Christmas morning.
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Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 16
The Captain ask Joe and Bill to investigate having dogs trained to sniff out narcotics. They contact a dog trainer to train dogs for the job. Joe and Bill do a demonstration for Judges to prove the effectiveness of using a dog to detect marijuana.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 29
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
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Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 15
There is a multiple homicide at a rooming house. When Joe and Bill arrive, they find two dead in the lobby near a broken TV set and the manager has been shot and is near death. The manager mumbles the words "oft one" to Joe as he is taken away to the hospital. Bill and Joe start searching for clues and what the managers word mean.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 31
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 7 - Episode 28
Friday and Smith attempt to get ahold of the leaders of several street gangs in order to stop an approaching gang war.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 21
The cops must stake out a hotel lobby and deal with a drunken desk clerk as they wait for four juvenile armed robbers to show up.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 7
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
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Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 17
Joe has a new partner, Lt. Chris Drucker while Bill recovers from the flu. Joe and Chris are trying to catch bookies. Drucker is really working for the bookies and has been tipping them off when a raid is planned. Drucker tries to bribe Joe to help him.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 34
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 28
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
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Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 14
Joe and Bill are called to an apartment where the manager has found a young woman bound and dead. The 91 year old manager of the apartment building is a suspect until joe find out that the old man was chief of detectives in Chicago. Finger prints lead Joe and Bill to a couple.
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Dragnet (1951) - Season 4 - Episode 3
When two four year old twin girls turn up missing, Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith are called in. The girls are found, but were molested. The officers continue to investigate until they locate the perpetrator.
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Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 22
Joe is enrolled in night school and is taking a sensitivity class. The class does not know Joe is a cop until Joe busts one of his classmates for possession of Marijuana. The professor threatens to give Joe an F for the bust. He puts removing Joe up for a vote by the class. An unexpected classmate comes to Joe's aid.
Watch Now:Amazon#26 - The Big Seventeen
Dragnet (1951) - Season 2 - Episode 4
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
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Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 24
Joe and Bill investigate a holdup at a small neighborhood grocery store. Joe gets a tip from a woman that the robber was her husband. The husband is cleared. Another supermarket robbery occurs and the wife again accuses her husband. He is cleared again. The wife continues to insist after every robbery that her husband did it.
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Dragnet - Season 2 - Episode 8
An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster.
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Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 4
Joe and Bill are called back to work because of an emergency. It's April 4, 1968, and Dr Martin Luther King has been assassinated less than an hour ago. They are assigned to the police emergency control center to monitor potential unrest in the LA area
Watch Now:Amazon#33 - 905-Wild
Emergency! - Season 4 - Episode 22
The title refers to the code word for "wild animal loose, threatening". The show opens with Johnny and Roy on a pre-dawn call to a small grocery store for a man down, bleeding. Searching the back of the store, Johnny is confronted with a Bengal tiger! A big brush fire threatens a suburban canyon area with lots of domesticated animals and things get dicey all around for the fire department and the Animal Control guys. Rampart becomes a veterinary surgical center for a while.
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Dragnet - Season 3 - Episode 23
An actress' pay checks have being stolen and someone have cashed them. Joe and Bill visit the actress' apartment and find her roommate the prime suspect. They try to track the roommate down, but are unsuccessful until her husband contacts them.
Watch Now:Amazon#36 - D.H.Q. - Missing Person
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 8
Joe and Bill investigate a missing high school student. They find that both the student and her older sister are missing. However, the apartment manager and neighbor say that there is no younger sister. Joe and Bill must find the truth.
Watch Now:Amazon#37 - D.H.Q. - Medical
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 4
Joe and Bill are working a medial detail at a hospital. They handle an old man who's hobby is sitting in hotel lobbies, question a man who brings in a dead woman, investigates a man who had writing a letter threatening to blow up a radio station and try to get a dieing declaration from a shooting victim.
Watch Now:Amazon#38 - Burglary Auto - Courtroom
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 9
Joe and Bill are in court as arresting officers of three burglars. One of the prosecution witnesses is out of town and has developed car trouble and can’t return in time. Can a case still be made against the three burglars without the witness’ testimony?
Watch Now:Amazon#41 - The Shooting Board
Dragnet - Season 2 - Episode 2
Joe stops at an all night launderette to buy cigarettes and interrupts a burglar working the coin changer. When he shouts "Freeze," the criminal comes up shooting. Joe returns fire, hitting the man, who flees with the help of his girlfriend. He's later found dead. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him. A great surprise ending.
Watch Now:Amazon#42 - The Big Betty
Dragnet (1951) - Season 3 - Episode 4
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
Watch Now:Amazon#43 - Juvenile - The Little Pusher
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 6
Joe and Bill are working Juvenile Narcotics Division and find a 12 year old under the influence of narcotics. They go to the boy’s school and conduct a class for teachers on how to identify narcotics. They discover that a ninth grader is selling the narcotics in school and find that his father is the source of the drugs.
Watch Now:Amazon#44 - Internal Affairs - Parolee
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 10
The warden of a Colorado prison has notified the department that an inmate is about to be paroled, but there is a hold from LA because of an outstanding warrant. Joe and Bill investigate whether there is still a case after 15 years.
Watch Now:Amazon#45 - Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 11
Burglaries are happening and the thieves are leaving a red cloth at each crime scene. Joe and Bill respond to another break in at a chemical company and a safe company. Joe and Bill stake out the chemical company and catch an unexpected pair of thieves.
Watch Now:Amazon#49 - S.I.U. - The Ring
Dragnet - Season 4 - Episode 3
Joe and Bill are working the Special Investigation Unit. Informant “Black 10” asks for a meeting with Joe and Bill and gives them a tip about a bartender who is fencing stolen jade ring. Joe and Bill set up a sting to recover the ring and other stolen jewelry.
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