The Big Roll

Jack Webb

Ben Alexander

The Big Thirteen

The Big Mailman

Friday and Smith investigate a woman's claim that her neighbors are abusing their child.

The Big Beating

Friday investigates a woman's disappearance after a convicted murderer is paroled into her custody.

The Big Sweet Annie

Friday and Smith investigate anonymous threats to disfigure a a famous actress.

The Big Star

The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.

The Big Oskar

The detectives are trying to solve the case of the milk bottle bandit when they catch a break and apprehend a diminutive fifteen year old.

The Big Little Boy

A mysterious telephone caller offers a man $1000 for a contract killing, and Friday must identify the caller before it's too late.

The Big Voice

Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.

The Big Jukebox

As Friday and Smith investigate a woman's death, they are disturbed to find that her daughter is more interested in discussing her collection of dolls.

The Big Doll

Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.

The Big Border

While investigating reports of teenagers involved in a gunfight, Friday and Smith are shocked to find one of the teens involved wearing a Nazi uniform.

The Big Nazi

Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.

The Big Hot Rod

Friday and Smith investigate a robbery, and their only clue to the suspect's identity is a green jade monkey.

The Big Green Monkey

Friday attempts to track down a heroin pusher.

The Big Hype

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found murdered in a churchyard on Christmas Eve.

The Big Maria

Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.

The Big Donation

Friday and Smith investigate a criminal gang that preys on all-night restaurants.

The Big Malcolm

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies in fashionable homes.

The Big Smart Girl

Friday goes undercover to investigate a bookie operation.

The Big Doctor

Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.

The Big Signet

An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.

The Big Accident

Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.

An elderly man reports a loss of money to the LAPD, then subsequently denies making the report. Friday and Smith must investigate.

An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.

The Big Sour

Friday investigates a young starlet under suspicion of check forgery.

The Big Starlet

A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.

The Big Holdup

The only clue to a murder investigated by Friday is the tape on a knife handle.

The Big Name

Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.

The Big Couple

Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.

The Big Squeeze

A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.

The Big Picture

Friday and Smith hunt "The Carnation Kid," a suspect in a series of hotel burglaries.

The Big Carnation

Friday and Smith investigate a the death of a woman found beaten in her car, and suspect that her husband is somehow involved.

The Big Operator

Friday and Smith investigate a series of food market robberies, where the bandit has been posing as a salesman.

The Big Bray

Friday and Smith's investigation of a stolen car - containing a sleeping baby - leads them to two juvenile suspects.

The Big Infant

Friday and Smith track a burglar who breaks into homes and businesses to steal gourmet food items.

The Big Appetite

Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.

The Big .38

A man reports that his fiance's former boyfriend has taken shots at him.

The Big Byron

A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund. Smith and Friday set out to stop the con man.

The Big Counterfeit

An informant's tip puts Friday on the trail of a narcotics ring.

The Big Red

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 Big Roll

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