The worst episodes of Dragnet
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- 01
A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
- 02
A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.
- 03
The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
- 04
A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
- 05
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
- 06
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.
- 07
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.
- 08
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.
- 09
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
- 10
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
- 11
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
- 12
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
- 13
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
- 14
A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
- 15
Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
- 16
The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
- 17
Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
- 18
A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
- 19
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
- 20
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
- 21
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
- 22
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.
- 23
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
- 24
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
- 25
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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