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#1 - The Big Dream
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 10/29/1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#2 - The Big Thief
Season 3 Episode 16
Aired 12/17/1953
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#3 - 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
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#4 - The Big Chance
Season 3 Episode 23
Aired 2/4/1954
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#5 - The Big Will
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 11/12/1953
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#6 - The Big Little Jesus
Season 3 Episode 17
Aired 12/24/1953
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.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#7 - The Big Winchester
Season 3 Episode 27
Aired 3/4/1954
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#8 - 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
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#9 - 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
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#10 - The Big Ham
Season 3 Episode 22
Aired 1/28/1954
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#11 - 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
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#12 - The Big Betty
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 9/24/1953
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#13 - 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
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#14 - 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
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#15 - 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
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#16 - 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
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#17 - The Big Revolt
Season 3 Episode 2
Aired 9/10/1953
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#18 - The Big Threat
Season 3 Episode 37
Aired 5/13/1954
A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#19 - The Big White Rat
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 9/3/1953
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#20 - The Big Bull
Season 3 Episode 3
Aired 9/17/1953
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#21 - The Big Sophomore
Season 3 Episode 5
Aired 10/1/1953
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#22 - The Big Pill
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 10/8/1953
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#23 - The Big Lie
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 10/15/1953
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#24 - The Big Fake
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 10/22/1953
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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#25 - The Big Guilt
Season 3 Episode 10
Aired 11/5/1953
A man is found dead in an alley and it's up to Friday and Smith to find his killer and notify the man's wife.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: N/A
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Big Dream" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A, it aired on 10/29/1953. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Thief".