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Dragnet Season 3

Dragnet

Season 3

September 3, 1953 39 episodes

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The Big White Rat
E1
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E1. The Big White Rat

30m Sep 3, 1953

Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.

The Big Revolt
E2
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E2. The Big Revolt

30m Sep 10, 1953

A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.

The Big Bull
E3
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E3. The Big Bull

30m Sep 17, 1953

Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.

The Big Betty
E4
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E4. The Big Betty

30m Sep 24, 1953

Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.

The Big Sophomore
E5
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E5. The Big Sophomore

30m Oct 1, 1953

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

The Big Pill
E6
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E6. The Big Pill

30m Oct 8, 1953

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.

The Big Lie
E7
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E7. The Big Lie

30m Oct 15, 1953
The Big Fake
E8
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E8. The Big Fake

30m Oct 22, 1953

A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.

The Big Dream
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E9. The Big Dream

30m Oct 29, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.

The Big Guilt
E10
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E10. The Big Guilt

30m Nov 5, 1953

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.

The Big Will
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E11. The Big Will

30m Nov 12, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

The Big In-Laws
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E12. The Big In-Laws

30m Nov 19, 1953

Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.

The Big Lilly
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E13. The Big Lilly

30m Nov 26, 1953
The Big Kill
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E14. The Big Kill

30m Dec 3, 1953

A cop is gunned down at home by a vengeful ex con. Friday must go under cover in prison to obtain a full confession.

The Big Lover
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E15. The Big Lover

30m Dec 10, 1953

Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.

The Big Thief
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E16. The Big Thief

30m Dec 17, 1953

Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.

The Big Little Jesus
E17
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E17. The Big Little Jesus

30m Dec 24, 1953

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.

The Big Eavesdrop
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E18. The Big Eavesdrop

30m Dec 31, 1953

Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.

The Big Trunk
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E19. The Big Trunk

30m Jan 7, 1954

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.

The Big Youngster
E20
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E20. The Big Youngster

30m Jan 14, 1954

Friday and Smith catch a boy who has been vandalising private property, but they discover that the boy's problems begin at home.

The Big Boys
E21
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E21. The Big Boys

30m Jan 21, 1954

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.

The Big Ham
E22
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E22. The Big Ham

30m Jan 28, 1954

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.

The Big Chance
E23
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E23. The Big Chance

30m Feb 4, 1954

Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.

The Big Children
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E24. The Big Children

30m Feb 11, 1954

Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.

The Big Poison
E25
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E25. The Big Poison

30m Feb 18, 1954

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

The Big Quack
E26
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E26. The Big Quack

30m Feb 25, 1954

A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.

The Big Winchester
E27
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E27. The Big Winchester

30m Mar 4, 1954

An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.

The Big Shoplift
E28
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E28. The Big Shoplift

30m Mar 11, 1954

Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.

The Big Hit-Run Killer
E29
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E29. The Big Hit-Run Killer

30m Mar 18, 1954

A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.

The Big Drink
E30
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E30. The Big Drink

30m Mar 25, 1954
The Big Girl
E31
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E31. The Big Girl

30m Apr 1, 1954

Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.

The Big Mattress
E32
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E32. The Big Mattress

30m Apr 8, 1954

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

The Big Pug
E33
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E33. The Big Pug

30m Apr 15, 1954

An elderly woman is badly beaten and robbed while on her way to the bank. The trail leads to an ex prize fighter.

The Big Frame
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E34. The Big Frame

30m Apr 22, 1954

A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.

The Big Plant
E35
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E35. The Big Plant

30m Apr 29, 1954

A woman disappears and her husband is the prime suspect, but Friday and Smith will have a hard time getting past his fierce guard dogs.

The Big Check
E36
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E36. The Big Check

30m May 6, 1954

A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.

The Big Threat
E37
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E37. The Big Threat

30m May 13, 1954

A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them.

The Big Dare
E38
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E38. The Big Dare

30m May 20, 1954

A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends.

The Big False Make
E39
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E39. The Big False Make

30m May 27, 1954

Friday begins to question a local gardener, who has been arrested for holding up a grocery store. During the interrogation Friday begins to have strong doubts about the man's confession.

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