Dragnet — 1950
52 episodes broadcast in 1950.
Friday joins the manhunt after convict Max Tyler breaks out of prison.
January 5, 1950
Big Escape
Friday works to crack an active narcotics ring in the first half of a two-part case.
Friday closes in on the narcotics ring as the two-part case reaches its end.
Friday hunts the killer of two small girls.
A girl hitchhiker shoots a motorist, and Friday runs her down.
Friday goes after Wallace, a smooth confidence man working the city.
A cop is killed out of revenge, and Friday works the case.
Friday tracks an ex-murderess who has broken parole.
Friday hunts four young hoodlums wanted for a string of robberies.
With a gangland war looming, Friday moves to head it off in the first of a two-parter.
Friday works to stop the gang war as the two-part case concludes.
Friday traces a supply of obscene books reaching juveniles.
A thief has been victimizing Army officers, and Friday moves to stop him.
Friday works the case of Sheila Gordon, struck down in traffic.
The murder of a police officer sends Friday after a fugitive con man.
A bandit posing as a policeman preys on the public until Friday intervenes.
Friday hunts a teenage boy slashing young women.
An elderly woman is beaten in a robbery, and Friday goes after her attacker.
A body is found in a churchyard, and Friday works the homicide.
Friday looks into a rookie officer accused of assault.
A woman is shot dead in a hotel room, and Friday investigates.
A woman is beaten in a robbery as the show marks its first anniversary.
The owner of a fur store is murdered, and Friday works the killing.
A phony policeman abducts a woman, and Friday hunts him down.
A dead man is found in a gutter, and Friday untangles a traffic case.
Friday races to stop a man trying to blow up City Hall.
Friday takes on Cheney, the 'gentleman bandit,' in the first of a two-part case.
The gentleman-bandit case reaches its conclusion.
A woman is stabbed to death, and Friday works the homicide.
An actor is caught stealing narcotics, and Friday takes the case.
Friday looks into a spree of green-paint vandalism by juveniles.
A highway patrolman goes missing, and Friday searches for him.
Friday works to shut down a check-forgery racket.
An elderly couple vanish, and Friday's inquiry turns toward homicide.
A shop owner and his daughter are shot, and Friday hunts the gunman.
A pair of thieves loot homes across the city until Friday closes in.
Friday goes undercover after being hired to kill a woman.
A salesman is shot dead by a bandit, and Friday works the case.
A burglar posing as a doctor works the city, and Friday runs him down.
Friday tracks an old woman passing bad checks.
Drug peddlers are on the loose, and Friday moves against them.
A man receives threatening letters, and Friday's case turns deadly.
A newborn baby is kidnapped, and Friday races to recover the child.
A man, his wife, and their parrot are found dead, and Friday works the puzzle.
Friday goes after swindlers peddling worthless watches.
Fifteen markets are robbed, and Friday hunts the crew behind them.
Friday breaks up a racket using lewd photos and fake scout troops.
Friday closes in on robbery suspect George Hoffman.
A nine-year-old boy vanishes just before Christmas, and Friday races the clock to bring him home.
December 21, 1950
Twenty-two Rifle for
A wealthy businessman goes missing, and Friday takes the case.
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