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Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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Episode 1
A volatile teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes a party armed with a live hand grenade.
Directed by Jack WebbWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Jan-Michael Vincent
Episode 2
Joe tries to stop a burglary at an all night launderette and ends up exchanging fire with the suspect. 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.
Guest stars Art Balinger
Episode 3
Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The detectives set a trap as Gannon pretends to be a manufacturer from Lincoln Nebraska.
Guest stars Art Gilmore, Stacy Harris, Alfred Shelly, Don Ross
Episode 4
A nervy bank robber uses innocent women to help commit his crimes. Friday and Gannon are nearly sidetracked when one of the victims lies about her involvement and later proves to have a criminal record of her own.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Art Gilmore, Herbert Anderson, Kent McCord, Marian Collier
Episode 5
Bill invites Joe to dinner and a football game at his home in Eagle Rock. The only problem: Gannon's neighbors keep interrupting the visit with petty, and not-so-petty, problems.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 6
Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before Maxwell loses his badge for good.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Art Balinger, John Lupton, Len Wayland, Robert Patten, Alfred Shelly, Lane Bradford
Episode 7
A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to discover the perp.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Robert Patten, Eve McVeagh, Natalie Masters
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.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 9
An ex-con named Steve Deal contacts Friday and Gannon when a classified ad that he placed, offering to do "anything" for money, results in an offer to commit murder. Friday goes undercover as Deal.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Art Balinger, Don Dubbins, Anthony Eisley, Virginia Gregg, Alfred Shelly
Episode 10
A woman real-estate agent is missing and turns up dead in a vacant home. The detectives suspect her ex-boyfriend. Then credit card bills for purchases made after the woman's death start appearing.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 11
Friday and Gannon are on the case to find ... a purse-snatching dog? Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief.
Guest stars Alma Platt
Episode 12
A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't charge her with false advertising, so they prosecute her for operating a lottery.
Directed by Jack WebbWritten by Norman LessingGuest stars John Stephenson, Virginia Gregg, Art Gilmore, Byron Keith, Lovyss Bradley, Alma Platt
Episode 13
Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitling the bearer to preferential treatment from the police.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 14
An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw the officer accept the money, but he insists it was for the payback of a loan made years ago.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars John Stephenson, Art Balinger, Art Gilmore, Alfred Shelly
Episode 15
A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars John Stephenson, Bobby Troup, Herb Vigran, William Challee
Episode 16
Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order to force him to name his connection, Friday and Gannon ask the press to sit on the story for a few hours.
Guest stars Lorraine Gary, John Sebastian, Elaine Devry
Episode 17
Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 18
Friday and Gannon confront "Brother" William Bentley at his Temple of the Expanded Mind. They think he is using his new age religion as a front to push drugs to the nearby elementary school.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 19
Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars John Stephenson, Keye Luke, Alfred Shelly
Episode 20
A teenage runaway, intent on becoming a star, has instead wound up in pornographic films. Acting on behalf of the girl's aunt, Friday and Gannon try to find the young "starlet."
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 21
Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community.
Guest stars Virginia Gregg, Don Dubbins, Lillian Bronson, Alma Platt
Episode 22
When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son.
Guest stars Marco López
Episode 23
An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon have a surprise for him: taped conversations and a voice analysis device.
Where to watch DragnetEpisode 24
Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood "to say goodbye." With the help of the man's sister, the two detectives trace the impending suicide to a hotel with over 1,200 rooms.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Art Balinger, John Stephenson, Luana Anders, Don Ross, Herb Vigran, Marco López, Dee Carroll
Episode 25
Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on a remote island off the California coast.
Guest stars Kevin Coughlin
Episode 26
Friday and Gannon are screening applicants for the Police Academy. One seems to have all the right qualifications, except that six months are missing from his application.
Directed by Jack WebbGuest stars Susan Seaforth Hayes, Herbert Anderson, Dennis McCarthy, Roy Engel, Ed Deemer
Episode 27
Over $100,000 has been embezzled from an industrial company. An investigation of the employees leads Friday and Gannon to a habitual gambler.
Guest stars Virginia Gregg, Virginia Vincent, Don Ross
Episode 28
Community relations is the theme, as Friday and Gannon try to narrow the gap between the Department and the citizens it is sworn "to protect and to serve." The gap is especially wide between African-Americans and the primarily Caucasian LAPD, as demonstrated when a young - and slightly militant - black man barracades himself in his apartment rather than submit to a traffic warrant.
Guest stars Charles Brewer
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Jack WebbJoe Friday
Harry MorganGannon
John StephensonNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Herb VigranDesk Clerk
Marshall ReedOfficer Whitney
Robert PattenOfficer Young
NBCUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
