Dragnet

30min

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

Production Companies

Universal Television

Dragnet Productions

Mark VII Ltd.

Episodes

Cast

The LSD Story

1. The LSD Story

30min

12th Jan 1967

Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; before long, Blue Boy is "turning on" schoolchildren with the mysterious new drug.

The Big Explosion

2. The Big Explosion

30min

19th Jan 1967

A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.

The Kidnapping

3. The Kidnapping

30min

26th Jan 1967

Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.

The Interrogation

4. The Interrogation

30min

9th Feb 1967

A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.

The Masked Bandits

5. The Masked Bandits

30min

16th Feb 1967

Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.

The Bank Examiner Swindle

6. The Bank Examiner Swindle

30min

23rd Feb 1967

Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.

The Hammer

7. The Hammer

30min

2nd Mar 1967

An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.

The Candy Store Robberies

8. The Candy Store Robberies

30min

9th Mar 1967

Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.

The Fur Job

9. The Fur Job

30min

16th Mar 1967

Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.

The Jade Story

10. The Jade Story

30min

23rd Mar 1967

Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.

The Shooting

11. The Shooting

30min

30th Mar 1967

A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.

The Hit and Run Driver

12. The Hit and Run Driver

30min

6th Apr 1967

Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.

The Bookie

13. The Bookie

30min

13th Apr 1967

Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.

The Subscription Racket

14. The Subscription Racket

30min

20th Apr 1967

Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions.

The Gun

15. The Gun

30min

27th Apr 1967

A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer.

The Big Kids

16. The Big Kids

30min

4th May 1967

A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.

The Bullet

17. The Bullet

30min

11th May 1967

A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon.

First air date

12th Jan 1967

Last air date

16th Apr 1970

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks