The BEST episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 4
Every episode of Dragnet (1951) season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 4!
"This is the city, Los Angeles, California. I work here, I carry a badge." The granddaddy of all TV cop shows which ran on NBC from 1951-1959. Jack Webb starred as Sgt. Joe Friday, a plainclothes detective who solved crimes for the Los Angeles Police Department. Ben Alexander played Friday's partner, Officer Frank Smith. The story lines were taken from real life case files of the LAPD and the names were always changed to protect the innocent.
#1 - The Big Family
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/13/1955
#3 - The Big Bar
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/14/1954
A holdup man is sticking up bars. After he takes the money he kills many of his victims. Sargeant Friday has few leads other than that the holdup man likes a certain song on the jukebox and likes to drink scotch and water.
#6 - The Big Office
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/16/1954
Friday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - The Big Fraud
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/2/1954
A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.
#9 - The Big Producer
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/1954
A man claims to be a big Hollywood producer, but Friday and Smith discover that he's merely the leader of a pornography ring.
#10 - The Big Rescue
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/6/1955
A group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - The Big TV
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/3/1955
The detectives search for a missing mother and child at the behest of her mother-in-law, unaware that the girl's husband has died in action and is not overseas as the woman had claimed.
#12 - The Big Shock
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 1/20/1955
Friday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - The Big Rod
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/30/1954
A pregnant woman is run down by teens out joyriding leaving Sgt Friday and his fellow officer Smith to track down those responsible. They find that kids are uncooperative, refusing to inform on their friends.
#14 - The Big Bindle
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/9/1954
Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - The Big Bible
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/2/1954
A man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - The Big Gangster (1)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/28/1954
An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - The Big Mug
Season 4 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/26/1955
Two hold-up men are robbing and beating pedestrians in the down town area.
#19 - The Big Dig
Season 4 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/19/1955
#20 - The Big Watch
Season 4 - Episode 37 - Aired 5/12/1955
Bandits are offering rides to hitch-hiking soldiers, then robbing and beating them.
#21 - The Big Student
Season 4 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/5/1955
#22 - The Big Gone
Season 4 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/28/1955
The owner of a flower shop kills a man who is trying to rob him, but the corpse mysteriously vanishes.
#23 - The Big Heel
Season 4 - Episode 34 - Aired 4/21/1955
#24 - The Big Mustache
Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 4/14/1955
#25 - The Big Sucker
Season 4 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/7/1955
A con artist is swindling jewelers using fake diamonds.