Dragnet
Dragnet: Season 3

Air Date

September 3, 1953

Episodes

39 episodes

Dragnet

Season 3

Episodes

1. The Big White Rat

September 3, 1953
30 min

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

2. The Big Revolt

September 10, 1953
30 min

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

3. The Big Bull

September 17, 1953
30 min

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

4. The Big Betty

September 24, 1953
30 min

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

5. The Big Sophomore

October 1, 1953
30 min

A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.

6. The Big Pill

October 8, 1953
30 min

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

7. The Big Lie

October 15, 1953
30 min

8. The Big Fake

October 22, 1953
30 min

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

9. The Big Dream

October 29, 1953
30 min

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

10. The Big Guilt

November 5, 1953
30 min

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.

11. The Big Will

November 12, 1953
30 min

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.

12. The Big In-Laws

November 19, 1953
30 min

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

13. The Big Lilly

November 26, 1953
30 min

14. The Big Kill

December 3, 1953
30 min

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

15. The Big Lover

December 10, 1953
30 min

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

16. The Big Thief

December 17, 1953
30 min

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

17. The Big Little Jesus

7.0
December 24, 1953
30 min

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.

18. The Big Eavesdrop

December 31, 1953
30 min

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

19. The Big Trunk

7.0
January 7, 1954
30 min

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.

20. The Big Youngster

January 14, 1954
30 min

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

21. The Big Boys

10.0
January 21, 1954
30 min

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.

22. The Big Ham

January 28, 1954
30 min

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

23. The Big Chance

February 4, 1954
30 min

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

24. The Big Children

8.0
February 11, 1954
30 min

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

25. The Big Poison

February 18, 1954
30 min

An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.

26. The Big Quack

February 25, 1954
30 min

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

27. The Big Winchester

March 4, 1954
30 min

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

28. The Big Shoplift

7.0
March 11, 1954
30 min

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

29. The Big Hit-Run Killer

10.0
March 18, 1954
30 min

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

30. The Big Drink

March 25, 1954
30 min

31. The Big Girl

10.0
April 1, 1954
30 min

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

32. The Big Mattress

April 8, 1954
30 min

Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.

33. The Big Pug

April 15, 1954
30 min

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

34. The Big Frame

7.0
April 22, 1954
30 min

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

35. The Big Plant

April 29, 1954
30 min

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.

36. The Big Check

May 6, 1954
30 min

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

37. The Big Threat

May 13, 1954
30 min

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

38. The Big Dare

May 20, 1954
30 min

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

39. The Big False Make

10.0
May 27, 1954
30 min

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.