Detectives investigate clues to solve crimes.
EPISODE 1
The Grenade
Sergeant Friday and Officer Gannon are called to a theater to investigate an acid-throwing incident. Traced to his home, a teenage suspect runs away — carrying a live grenade.
EPISODE 2
The Shooting Board
Sergeant Friday is in real trouble when he shoots and kills, in self defense, a man he catches jimmying a coin changer who opens fire on him. But he can’t seem to find the robber’s spent bullet.
EPISODE 3
The Badge Racket
A Midwestern businessman is swindled by shakedown artists who pose as vice officers. Sergeant Friday and Officer Gannon go undercover at the same hotel, with Gannon playing the role of a manufacturer from Nebraska.
EPISODE 4
The Bank Jobs
A bank robber forces female passersby to help scoop money into a pillowcase while holding the bank’s employees at gunpoint. Sergeant Friday and Officer Gannon receive unexpected assistance from an involuntary “helper".
EPISODE 5
The Big Neighbor
Sergeant Friday and Officer Gannon can’t even enjoy a quiet football game at Gannon’s home in their off-duty hours when phone calls from Gannon’s neighbors with their petty gripes keep disturbing them.
EPISODE 6
The Big Frustration
When a l3-year veteran on the force suddenly turns to alcohol, Sergeant Friday and Officer Gannon have to give up their own off-duty time to track him down before he loses his job.
Jack Webb
Harry Morgan
Ben Alexander
Barton Yarborough
Barney Phillips
Herb Ellis
Don Ross
Clark Howat
Art Balinger
Alfred Shelly
Art Gilmore