Dragnet — 1949
40 episodes broadcast in 1949.
June 3, 1949
(no official title)
Friday and Romero hunt the gunmen who shot down two police officers.
June 10, 1949
Homicide
A robber who beats and holds up waitresses draws Friday onto a violent trail.
A barroom holdup ends in gunfire, and Friday goes after the trigger-happy stickup men.
June 24, 1949
Homicide
Friday works the killing of Helen Corday, bludgeoned to death with a pipe.
A bandit posing as a policeman preys on motorists until Friday closes in.
Friday races to stop a man threatening to blow up City Hall.
A Missing Persons detail sends Friday searching for the vanished Juanita Lasky in a Christmas story.
July 28, 1949
Big Missing
Friday chases the crew behind a string of narcotics thefts from local hospitals.
A woman is slain and mutilated, and Friday hurries to catch a killer before he strikes again.
August 11, 1949
Homicide
Sixteen jewel thefts point Friday toward an elusive burglar.
Friday runs down a three-man crew responsible for eighteen holdups.
Organized car-burglary gangs strike across the city, and Friday moves to break them.
September 1, 1949
Myra, the Redhead
When Eric Kelby's wife disappears, Friday's inquiry turns up a grim discovery.
Friday hunts a kidnapper known only as 'The Wolf.'
The killing of a police officer sends Friday on a relentless pursuit.
A mass killer is loose in the city, and Friday works against the clock to stop him.
Friday goes after a gang of truck hijackers.
October 1, 1949
Tom Laval
Two officers are gunned down, and Friday takes up the hunt for their killer.
October 13, 1949
Big Buy
A large cache of stolen heroin reaches the streets, and Friday works to trace it.
October 20, 1949
Big Lamp
A safecracker has been at work for seven months before Friday picks up the trail.
October 27, 1949
Big Drink
Friday investigates the brutal slaying of a woman.
November 3, 1949
Casco and Breen
A pair of forgers flood the city with worthless checks, and Friday tracks them down.
November 10, 1949
Big Bar
A savage killer roams the streets while Friday works a violent robbery case.
November 17, 1949
Harry Girard
Friday pursues a confidence man who has swindled citizens out of $200,000.
Friday investigates the murder of a sixty-two-year-old woman.
November 24, 1949
Mother-in-law Murder
Friday confronts an organized juvenile gang behind a wave of crimes.
Eight thousand dollars in jade is stolen, and Friday works the theft.
December 8, 1949
Jade Thumb Rings
Friday investigates the murder of Laura Barclay.
A nine-year-old boy vanishes just before Christmas, and Friday races the clock to bring him home.
December 22, 1949
Twenty-two Rifle for
A rash of armed holdups keeps Friday on the robbers' trail.
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