Episode
Dragnet: The Senior Citizen
Overview
A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place. Friday and Gannon go undercover in a laundry truck to discover the perp.
Details
- Series
- Dragnet
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1967-10-26
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Senior Citizen is Episode 7 in Dragnet 1968 of Dragnet. It aired on 1967-10-26. The runtime is 30 min.
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