The Best Episodes Directed By Jack Webb

Every TV Episode Directed by Jack Webb Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Jack Webb Ratings Summary

The best episode directed by Jack Webb is "The Human Bomb", rated 10/10 from 2 user votes. It was "written by N/A". "The Human Bomb" aired on 12/16/1951 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Big Actor".

  • The Human Bomb
    10.0/10 2 votes

    #1 - The Human Bomb

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/16/1951

    A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Actor
    10.0/10 2 votes

    #2 - The Big Actor

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/1952

    Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Cast
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #3 - The Big Cast

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/1952

    The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Phone Call
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #4 - The Big Phone Call

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/22/1952

    Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Casing
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #5 - The Big Casing

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/5/1952

    A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Boys
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #6 - The Big Boys

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/21/1954

    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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Hit-Run Killer
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #7 - The Big Hit-Run Killer

    Season 3 Episode 29 - Aired 3/18/1954

    A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Girl
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #8 - The Big Girl

    Season 3 Episode 31 - Aired 4/1/1954

    Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big False Make
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #9 - The Big False Make

    Season 3 Episode 39 - Aired 5/27/1954

    Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Producer
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #10 - 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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Fraud
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #11 - 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.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Crime
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #12 - The Big Crime

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/1954

    Four-year-old twin girls are abducted from the local park.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Pair
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #13 - The Big Pair

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/1954

    An old man and his granddaughter are burglarized, leaving them broke and starving.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • Clinic on 18th Street
    10.0/10 1 votes

    #14 - Clinic on 18th Street

    Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1974

    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. Note: This episode, in which Reed and Malloy appear only briefly, was intended to be the pilot for a new Mark VII series focusing on the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, and was directed by Webb himself. However, no such series came to be.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: Joseph Calvelli

  • The Big Sorrow
    8.0/10 1 votes

    #15 - The Big Sorrow

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1952

    Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Light
    8.0/10 1 votes

    #16 - The Big Light

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1953

    Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Children
    8.0/10 1 votes

    #17 - The Big Children

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 2/11/1954

    Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big September Man
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #18 - The Big September Man

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/1952

    A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Hate
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #19 - The Big Hate

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/1953

    Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Trunk
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #20 - The Big Trunk

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/7/1954

    Three men are taken into custody for the murder of a former vaudeville actress who owned a large steamer trunk. The three men maintain innocence.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Shoplift
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #21 - The Big Shoplift

    Season 3 Episode 28 - Aired 3/11/1954

    Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Frame
    7.0/10 1 votes

    #22 - The Big Frame

    Season 3 Episode 34 - Aired 4/22/1954

    A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Show
    5.0/10 1 votes

    #23 - The Big Show

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/1953

    A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Mother
    4.0/10 1 votes

    #24 - The Big Mother

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1952

    A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
    4.0/10 1 votes

    #25 - The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1952

    Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

    Director: Jack Webb

    Writer: N/A