Name: Dragnet (1951)
Released: 1951-12-15T16:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jack Webb

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Dragnet is an American radio, television and film series, following the exploits of dedicated Los Angeles Police Department Detective Joe Friday and his partners, created by actor and producer Jack Webb. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", a term for a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects. Dragnet is perhaps the most famous and influential police procedural crime drama in American media history.

Drama · 1951 · 26 min

Starring Jack Webb

EPISODE 1

The Human Bomb

A man threatens to blow up City Hall unless his demands are met.

25 min · Dec 15, 1951
EPISODE 2

The Big Actor

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

25 min · Jan 2, 1952
EPISODE 4

The Big Mother

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

25 min · Jan 1, 1952
EPISODE 5

The Big Cast

Friday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but Friday's relentless interrogation soon begin to crack the man's facade.

24 min · Feb 13, 1952
EPISODE 11

The Big September Man

Someone murdered a secretary late at night in her office. She was beaten to death with a metal pipe wrapped in newspaper. Could it be the drunk found three blocks away beating his head against a wall?

24 min · May 7, 1952
EPISODE 12

The Big Phone Call

Friday and Jacobs question a jeweler regarding the robbery of a colleague. The man takes offense at being questioned about the incident, but as the detectives begin to amass evidence, the jeweler's outrage quickly begins to lose credibility.

25 min · May 21, 1952