Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
The best episode of "Dragnet" season 3 is "The Big White Rat", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by Jack Webb and written by N/A. "The Big White Rat" aired on 9/3/1953 and is rated NaN point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Big Revolt".
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
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A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
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Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
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Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
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A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
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Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
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A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
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Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
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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.
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Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
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Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
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A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.
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Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
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Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
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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.
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Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
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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.
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Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.
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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.
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Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
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Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
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Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
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An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
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