Dragnet: Season 3

Episode 1: The Big White Rat 1953-09-03 | 30 min Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring. Episode 2: The Big Revolt 1953-09-10 | 30 min A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him. Episode 3: The Big Bull 1953-09-17 | 30 min Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case. Episode 4: The Big Betty 1953-09-24 | 30 min Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches. Episode 5: The Big Sophomore 1953-10-01 | 30 min A teenage boy steals food for his starving family. Episode 6: The Big Pill 1953-10-08 | 30 min Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores. Episode 7: The Big Lie 1953-10-15 | 30 min Episode 8: The Big Fake 1953-10-22 | 30 min A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money. Episode 9: The Big Dream 1953-10-29 | 30 min Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress. Episode 10: The Big Guilt 1953-11-05 | 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. Episode 11: The Big Will 1953-11-12 | 30 min Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man. Episode 12: The Big In-Laws 1953-11-19 | 30 min Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers. Episode 13: The Big Lilly 1953-11-26 | 30 min Episode 14: The Big Kill 1953-12-03 | 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. Episode 15: The Big Lover 1953-12-10 | 30 min Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money. Episode 16: The Big Thief 1953-12-17 | 30 min Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs. Episode 17: The Big Little Jesus 1953-12-24 | 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. Episode 18: The Big Eavesdrop 1953-12-31 | 30 min Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner. Episode 19: The Big Trunk 1954-01-07 | 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. Episode 20: The Big Youngster 1954-01-14 | 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. Episode 21: The Big Boys 1954-01-21 | 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. Episode 22: The Big Ham 1954-01-28 | 30 min Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder. Episode 23: The Big Chance 1954-02-04 | 30 min Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road. Episode 24: The Big Children 1954-02-11 | 30 min Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect. Episode 25: The Big Poison 1954-02-18 | 30 min An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood. Episode 26: The Big Quack 1954-02-25 | 30 min A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed. Episode 27: The Big Winchester 1954-03-04 | 30 min An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident. Episode 28: The Big Shoplift 1954-03-11 | 30 min Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac. Episode 29: The Big Hit-Run Killer 1954-03-18 | 30 min A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi. Episode 30: The Big Drink 1954-03-25 | 30 min Episode 31: The Big Girl 1954-04-01 | 30 min Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings. Episode 32: The Big Mattress 1954-04-08 | 30 min Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop. Episode 33: The Big Pug 1954-04-15 | 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. Episode 34: The Big Frame 1954-04-22 | 30 min A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby. Episode 35: The Big Plant 1954-04-29 | 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. Episode 36: The Big Check 1954-05-06 | 30 min A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood. Episode 37: The Big Threat 1954-05-13 | 30 min A man is beaten and robbed, then the thieves intimidate him and his family so he'll refuse to testify against them. Episode 38: The Big Dare 1954-05-20 | 30 min A single mother is stabbed to death in her home. The list of suspects includes her teenage son and her many boyfriends. Episode 39: The Big False Make 1954-05-27 | 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.