1: The Big White Rat
Sep 3, 1953
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
Season 3
Dragnet
39 EPISODES • 1953
Season 3 of Dragnet was released on September 3 and consists of 39 episodes.Episodes
2: The Big Revolt
Sep 10, 1953
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
3: The Big Bull
Sep 17, 1953
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
Sep 24, 1953
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
5: The Big Sophomore
Oct 1, 1953
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
6: The Big Pill
Oct 8, 1953
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
7: The Big Lie
Oct 15, 1953
8: The Big Fake
Oct 22, 1953
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
9: The Big Dream
Oct 29, 1953
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
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.
11: The Big Will
Nov 12, 1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
12: The Big In-Laws
Nov 19, 1953
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
13: The Big Lilly
Nov 26, 1953
14: The Big Kill
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.
15: The Big Lover
Dec 10, 1953
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
16: The Big Thief
Dec 17, 1953
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
17: The Big Little Jesus
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.
18: The Big Eavesdrop
Dec 31, 1953
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
19: The Big Trunk
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.
20: The Big Youngster
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.
21: The Big Boys
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.
22: The Big Ham
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.
23: The Big Chance
Feb 4, 1954
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
24: The Big Children
Feb 11, 1954
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
25: The Big Poison
Feb 18, 1954
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
26: The Big Quack
Feb 25, 1954
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
27: The Big Winchester
Mar 4, 1954
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
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.
29: The Big Hit-Run Killer
Mar 18, 1954
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
30: The Big Drink
Mar 25, 1954
31: The Big Girl
Apr 1, 1954
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
Apr 8, 1954
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
33: The Big Pug
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.
34: The Big Frame
Apr 22, 1954
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
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.
36: The Big Check
May 6, 1954
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
37: The Big Threat
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.
38: The Big Dare
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.
39: The Big False Make
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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