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The Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 4

Every episode of Dragnet Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dragnet Season 4!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Dragnet Season 4 Episode 1 - The Big Producer
    7.5/10(138 votes)

    #1 - The Big Producer

    S4:E1

    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:Unknown

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  2. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 2 - The Big Fraud
    8.2/10(65 votes)

    #2 - The Big Fraud

    S4:E2

    A group of con artists are posing as cops and victimizing out-of-town businessmen in fashionable hotels.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 3 - The Big Crime
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    #3 - The Big Crime

    S4:E3

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

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 4 - The Big Pair
    7.7/10(78 votes)

    #4 - The Big Pair

    S4:E4

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

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 5 - The Big Escape
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - The Big Escape

    S4:E5

    A case hits too close to home for Friday when his old army buddy robs a liquor store and shoots his partner. Friday believes his friend wants to go straight after doing time, but things get worse when his friend breaks jail.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 6 - The Big Kid
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #6 - The Big Kid

    S4:E6

    When Friday and Smith learn that a showdown between two teenage gangs is about to take place within 48 hours, they do their utmost to prevent it.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 7 - The Big Missing
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Big Missing

    S4:E7

    Friday and Smith are looking for a missing businessman.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 8 - The Big Bar
    7.2/10(81 votes)

    #8 - The Big Bar

    S4:E8

    A holdup man is sticking up bars. After he takes the money he kills many of his victims. Sergeant Friday has few leads other than that the holdup man likes a certain song on the jukebox.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 9 - The Big Present
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #9 - The Big Present

    S4:E9

    Friday and Smith are looking for a burglar who leaves a milk bottle at the scene of the crime. They suspect a juvenile might be involved.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 10 - The Big Gangster (Part 1)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Big Gangster (Part 1)

    S4:E10

    An attempt is made on the life of a gang leader. Friday and Smith must find the shooters before his followers seek revenge.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 11 - The Big Gangster (Part 2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - The Big Gangster (Part 2)

    S4:E11

    Friday and Smith must find the men who murdered a gang boss before an open gang war starts.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 12 - The Big New Years
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #12 - The Big New Years

    S4:E12

    On New Year's Eve, Friday and Smith are working out of Central Receiving Hospital.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 13 - The Big Want Ad
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Big Want Ad

    S4:E13

    Friday and Smith investigate a man who is conning people by using the want ads.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 14 - The Big Affair
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Big Affair

    S4:E14

    Friday and Smith discover that the key to finding a hold-up artist lies in his married girlfriend.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 15 - The Big Bible
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Big Bible

    S4:E15

    A man locks himself in his study and threatens suicide if his wife leaves him.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 16 - The Big Bindle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Big Bindle

    S4:E16

    Friday goes under cover to bust a drug ring that is operating out of a high-class hotel.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 17 - The Big Office
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Big Office

    S4:E17

    Friday and Smith are assigned to the business office, where they must deal with the paperwork on a busy weekend.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 18 - The Big Rod
    8.1/10(78 votes)

    #18 - The Big Rod

    S4:E18

    An expectant mother is run down and killed by two teenagers in a hot rod.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 19 - The Big Rescue
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - The Big Rescue

    S4:E19

    A group of bandits arm themselves and break their comrades out of jail.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 20 - The Big Family
    8.3/10(59 votes)

    #20 - The Big Family

    S4:E20

    Local businessman John Keith Jarrett disappears and evidence of suicide is discovered. Friday and Smith check on the surviving members of his family and find them not the least concerned about their father's death, with his son a tennis bum, his daughter promiscuous, and his wife drunken. The case gets even murkier when a report comes in of a traffic incident upstate involving a camper in which the driver was using Jarrett's license.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 21 - The Big Shock
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Big Shock

    S4:E21

    Friday and Smith go after a burglar who plans to break into a bank through an underground tunnel.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 22 - The Big Screen
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Big Screen

    S4:E22

    Friday and Smith team up with a newspaper reporter so they can investigate television repairmen who may be overcharging their customers.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 23 - The Big TV
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #23 - The Big TV

    S4:E23

    The detectives search for a missing mother and child at the behest of her mother-in-law, unaware that the girl's husband has died in action and is not overseas as the woman had claimed.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 24 - The Big Dog
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #24 - The Big Dog

    S4:E24

    An old man sits on his front porch with a shotgun, threatening to kill the man who poisoned his dog.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Dragnet Season 4 Episode 25 - The Big Underground
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Big Underground

    S4:E25

    Friday and Smith use a stolen check as a lead to a series of used car lot robberies.

    Director:Jack Webb
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Big Producer" is the best rated episode of "Dragnet" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 138 votes. Directed by Jack Webb and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/26/1954. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Fraud".