Dragnet

Name: Dragnet
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Rating: 7.3

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Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Mystery

First Aired: 1954-09-04Length: 45 MinStatus: Ended

Dragnet 1967-1970 was the second run of the Dragnet series. It began in January of 1967, and ran to September of 1970. The lead character, Sgt. Joe Friday, was played by Jack Webb, who also directed and produced the series. The show's focus is on two detectives, Sgt. Joe Friday, and Officer Bill Gannon, played by Harry Morgan. The two track down criminals all throughout the city of Los Angeles, California. The original "Dragnet" was the grandfather of ALL of today's police drama shows. This was the first time a cancelled network TV series was successfully revived. In late 1965, Universal and NBC hired Webb to revive "Dragnet" as a made-for-TV movie. This was filmed in early 1966, but didn't air until January 1969. Titled "World Premiere: Dragnet," the well-made film has Friday and Gannon linking the slayings of photographer's models to the disappearance of a war widow, while Gannon prepares to retire. (Source: thetvdb.com)

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Season 4 (show/hide)
26	D.H.Q. - The Victims	1970-04-16
Joe and Bill investigate a series of victims. An elderly man has been stabbed to death in his hotel room. An elderly is assaulted and her purse stolen. A store is robbed and the owner is stabbed. Rights are given to the criminals, but there are no rights for the victims. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Charles R. Brewer, Chuck Bowman, Chuck Daniel, David Bond, Ed Deemer, Herb Vigran, Howard Culver, Michael Bow, Ralph Moody, Virginia Capers, William Boyett
25	Burglary - Baseball	1970-04-09
A furniture store has been burglarized overnight and the thief took $1900 from a locked safe. The store's secretary find a lead and Joe uses it to track down a "baseball fan". Guest stars: Chuck Daniel, G.D. Spradlin, Jack Sheldon, Jill Donohue, Stuart Nisbet, Virginia Gregg, William Boyett
24	Robbery - The Harassing Wife	1970-04-02
Joe and Bill investigate a holdup at a small neighborhood grocery store. Joe gets a tip from a woman that the robber was her husband. The husband is cleared. Another supermarket robbery occurs and the wife again accuses her husband. He is cleared again. The wife continues to insist after every robbery that her husband did it. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Don Ross, Herb Ellis, James McEachin, Julie Bennett, Marco Antonio, Peggy Webber, Sidney Clute
23	I.A.D. - The Receipt	1970-03-26
Two of the department's veteran homicide detectives are accused of stealing $800 from a dead man. Joe and Bill investigate and try to find a missing receipt that would clear the detectives. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Don Ross, Len Wayland, Marco Antonio, Marshall Reed, Virginia Gregg
22	D.H.Q. - Night School	1970-03-19
Joe is enrolled in night school and is taking a sensitivity class. The class does not know Joe is a cop until Joe busts one of his classmates for possession of Marijuana. The professor threatens to give Joe an F for the bust. He puts removing Joe up for a vote by the class. An unexpected classmate comes to Joe's aid. Guest stars: Harry Bartell, J.C. Curtiss, Leonard Stone, Marion Charles, Robert Clarke, Shannon Farnon, Sidney Clute, Tim Donnelly
21	Forgery - The Ranger	1970-03-12
Friday and Gannon question a Park Ranger about some stolen checks. Guest stars: Judy McConnel, Stacy Harris
20	Missing Persons - The Body	1970-03-05
Joe and Bill investigate the identity of a dead 23 year old woman found under the Venice Pier. They check missing person reports to try to identify the woman, and they use a ring she was wearing and a piece of paper found on the body to track down the identity. Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Ben Wright, Don Ross, Howard Culver, John Nolan, Luana Patten, Olan Soule, Virginia Gregg
19	Burglary - The Dognappers	1970-02-26
Dogs are disappearing from cars parked at the El Centro shopping center. Joe and Bill suspect that the dogs are being stolen to get a reward for the dogs return. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Bert Holland, Don Ross, James Minotto, Luana Anders, Tim Donnelly
18	Narco - Pill Maker	1970-02-19
A narcotic called "uppers" is being sold to juveniles. Joe and Bill must find who is making the pills and shut the operation down. Guest stars: Don Ross, Felton Perry, Lew Brown, Maudie Prickett, Sam Edwards, Stacy Harris
17	A.I.D. - The Weekend	1970-02-12
Bill's wife is out-of-town, and Bill invites Joe home for the weekend. They have dinner and play poker with some friends. A woman selling magazines shows up, and Joe and Bill suspect a scam. Guest stars: Herb Ellis, Jack Sheldon, Judy McConnell, Rhoda Williams
16	Burglary - The Son	1970-02-05
A victim of a burglary calls and tells Joe she forgot to report one of the items that was stolen. A pawn shop reports receiving one of the stolen items and it leads to a drug dealer. He's not the thief, but Joe has him tailed and the dealer leads them to an unexpected person. Guest stars: Don Ross, Dorothy Morris, Fred Holliday, Fredricka Myers, Howard Culver, John Gilgreen, Lew Brown, Luana Patten, Robert Brubaker, Robert Heinz, Sam Edwards
15	Homicide - Who Killed Who?	1970-01-29
There is a multiple homicide at a rooming house. When Joe and Bill arrive, they find two dead in the lobby near a broken TV set and the manager has been shot and is near death. The manager mumbles the words "oft one" to Joe as he is taken away to the hospital. Bill and Joe start searching for clues and what the managers word mean. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Byron Bradley, Chuck Bowman, Dennis McCarthy, Don Ross, Ed Deemer, Herb Vigran, Jime B. Smith, Marchall Reed
14	Burglary - Helpful Woman	1970-01-22
A woman befriends elderly people and then steals from them. Joe and Bill contact a radio personality and ask to have him talk about the scam. The radio broadcast turns up a lead, and a stakeout is set up where Bill poses as an invilid. Guest stars: Ann Morgan Guilbert, Art Balinger, Dick Whittinghill, Don Ross, Dorothy Morris, Ed Deemer, Julie Bennett, Lillian Powell, Nydia Westman, Ralph Moody
13	Narco - Missing Hypo	1970-01-08
A teenage Hype from a nice home has missed his parole officer meeting. Joe and Bill are asked to locate the teenager before he starts up his habit. Guest stars: Don Ross, James McEachin, Kelly Sebring, Len Wayland, Marshall Reed, Mickey Sholdar, Vic Perrin, Virginia Vincent
12	Bunco - $9,000	1969-12-11
Charlie Feeney, a wino police informant, calls Joe and claims he was swindled out of $9,000. The problem is the money wasn't his. Feeney turns the money over to someone claiming to be a private detective whose client is a big Las Vegas gambler. Joe and Bill track down the phony detective and start looking for the rightful owner of the money. Guest stars: Buddy Lester, Clark Howat, Dave Willock, Davis Roberts, Nydia Westman, Sidney Clute, Stanley Adams
11	Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius	1969-12-04
Burglaries are happening and the thieves are leaving a red cloth at each crime scene. Joe and Bill respond to another break in at a chemical company and a safe company. Joe and Bill stake out the chemical company and catch an unexpected pair of thieves. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Buddy Foster, David Gruner, Don Ross, Howard Culver, Len Wayland, Michael Tanner
10	Internal Affairs - Parolee	1969-11-27
The warden of a Colorado prison has notified the department that an inmate is about to be paroled, but there is a hold from LA because of an outstanding warrant. Joe and Bill investigate whether there is still a case after 15 years. Guest stars: Alice Backes, Clark Howat, Howard Culver, John Dennis, Louise Lorimer, Robert Brubaker, Tom Basham
9	Burglary Auto - Courtroom	1969-11-20
Joe and Bill are in court as arresting officers of three burglars. One of the prosecution witnesses is out of town and has developed car trouble and can’t return in time. Can a case still be made against the three burglars without the witness’ testimony? Guest stars: Dick Whittinghill, Don Ross, Lew Brown, Maudie Prickett, Morris Erby, Olan Sodle, Sonja Dunson, Stacy Harris
8	D.H.Q. - Missing Person	1969-11-13
Joe and Bill investigate a missing high school student. They find that both the student and her older sister are missing. However, the apartment manager and neighbor say that there is no younger sister. Joe and Bill must find the truth. Guest stars: Andrea King, Bert Holland, Dee Carroll, Don Ross, Eve Brent, Howard Culver, Jill Banner, Joy Ellison, Peggy Webber, Rhoda Williams
7	Homicide - Cigarette Butt	1969-10-30
Joe and Bill investigate a dead body found in a rundown apartment building. A half eaten peanut butter sandwich and a knife are found at the scene of the crime. A neighbor says that he saw a man and woman running out of the apartment. The man and woman come back and tell Joe and Bill that it was self defense. Joe looks for evidence that will prove or disproves the alibi. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Byron Bradley, Charles Brewer, D.J. Anderson, Don Ross, Henry Corden, Than Wyenn, Vic Perrin
6	Juvenile - The Little Pusher	1969-10-23
Joe and Bill are working Juvenile Narcotics Division and find a 12 year old under the influence of narcotics. They go to the boy’s school and conduct a class for teachers on how to identify narcotics. They discover that a ninth grader is selling the narcotics in school and find that his father is the source of the drugs. Guest stars: Don Dubbins, Eve McVeagh, Ira Cook, James McEachin, John Nolan, Robert Brubaker, Robert Clarke, Rodolfo Hoyos, Sarah Selby, Wendy Howard
5	Burglary - Mister	1969-10-16
An old woman has all her possessions including her cane stolen by her grandson, "Mister Daniel Lumis". Joe and Bill try to locate Lumis and find a trail of bigamy and thievery. Guest stars: Alma Platt, Amzie Strickland, Jack Sheldon, John Hudson, Michele Grumet, Virginia Vincent
4	D.H.Q. - Medical	1969-10-09
Joe and Bill are working a medial detail at a hospital. They handle an old man who's hobby is sitting in hotel lobbies, question a man who brings in a dead woman, investigates a man who had writing a letter threatening to blow up a radio station and try to get a dieing declaration from a shooting victim. Guest stars: Cyril Delevanti, Del Moore, Ed Deemer, Grace Albertson, King Moody, Marco Antonio, Morris Erby, Olan Soule, Sydney Soule
3	S.I.U. - The Ring	1969-10-02
Joe and Bill are working the Special Investigation Unit. Informant “Black 10” asks for a meeting with Joe and Bill and gives them a tip about a bartender who is fencing stolen jade ring. Joe and Bill set up a sting to recover the ring and other stolen jewelry. Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Jimmie B. Smith, Julie Bennett, Larry Levine, Loiise Lorimer, Stephanie Shayne
2	Homicide - The Student	1969-09-25
A sniper shoots a man and a woman as they are leaving a printing plant. Joe and Bill narrow down the suspects to a college student who is part time employee of the printing plant and a fan of the writings of the French writer Baudelaire. Guest stars: Clark Howat, Emily Banks, Herb Vigran, James McEachin, Jill Banner, Kevin Coughlin, Peggy Webber, Virginia Gregg
1	Personnel - The Shooting	1969-09-18
Joe and Bill are assigned to the Medical Services Division. Two policemen have been shot. Joe and Bill must notify the wives. Guest stars: Dennis McCarthy, Harry Bartell, John Sebastian, Marc Hannibal, Marco Antonio, Robert Swan, Veronica Cartwright, Virginia Gregg, William Boyett

Season 3 (show/hide)
27	Intelligence - DR-34	1969-04-17
Joe is invited to a night school alumni party. Joe goes and is approached by one of the alumni to join the Fielder Militia, a right wing group. They want Joe to help one of the Militia’s members get a Federal firearms license. Joe works with the ATM to join the Militia to locate Militia’s cache of illegal automatic weapons. Guest stars: Clark Howat, Len Wayland, Peter Duryea, Stacy Harris
26	Frauds - DR-36	1969-04-10
Someone is embezzling from Summers Department Store by opening up false credit card accounts at the store. Joe and Bill figure it is an inside job and question employees in the credit department. Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Bert Holland, Chanin Hale, Chet Stratton, David Carlile, Natalie Masters, Sam Edwards
25	Juvenile - DR-35	1969-04-03
An infant girl is found in a garbage can; Joe and Bill use the child's blanket to track down the mother. Guest stars: Dee Carroll, Don Ross, Heather Menzies-Urich, Jack Sheldon, Michele Grumet, Mickey Sholdar, Peggy Webber, Speedy Zapata, Stacy Harris, Virginia Vincent
24	Juvenile - DR-32	1969-03-27
A child has been bitten by a dog and the child is allergic to the ant rabies shot. Joe and Bill have less than two hours to locate the dog. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Ed Deemer, Harry Bartell, Howard Culver, Lou Wagner, Morris D. Erby, Shannon Farnon, Stuart Nisbet, Virginia Gregg
23	Forgery - DR-33	1969-03-20
An actress' pay checks have being stolen and someone have cashed them. Joe and Bill visit the actress' apartment and find her roommate the prime suspect. They try to track the roommate down, but are unsuccessful until her husband contacts them. Guest stars: Angel Tompkins, Clark Howat, Don Ross, Gary Crosby, James Oliver, Jill Banner, Julie Bennett, Malila Saint Duval, Maxine Greene
22	Vice - DR-30	1969-03-13
The Captain assigns Joe and Bill to find the location of a high stakes poker operation that has been preying on visitors. Bill and Joe pose as farmers and check into a hotel where an agricultural convention is occurring. Guest stars: Bobby Troup, Chanin Hale, G.D. Spradlin, Ira Cook, John Gilgreen, John Sebastian, Len Wayland
21	Burglary - DR-31	1969-03-06
A costumed thief calling himself "The Crimson Crusader" has been stealing comic books, movie posters and publicity photos of various superheroes. Guest stars: John Nolan, Mickey Sholdar, Robert Brubaker, Stuart Nisbet, Tim Donnelly, Vince Williams
20	Juvenile - DR-19	1969-02-27
Joe and Bill are asked to investigate allegation of child abuse by his mother. The story deals with the difficulty of having a child removed from an abusive home. Guest stars: Cathleen Cordell, Edward Faulkner, Elizabeth Knowles, Frankie Kabott, Len Wayland, Logan Harbough, Ron Pinkard, Stacy Harris, Vinton Hayworth
19	Frauds - DR-28	1969-02-20
Joe and Bill investigate someone who has fraudulently obtained disability checks. This person has been renting apartments and only using them as a mail drop. Joe and Bill meet with a group of apartment owners to ask for their help. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Don Ross, Florence Lake, Herb Vigran, Howard Culver, Jack Sheldon, John Gilgreen, Sidney Clute
18	The Joy Riders	1969-02-13
A 15-year-old car thief is given a tour of the jail in an attempt to impress him of the consequences for choosing crime. Unfortunately, it doesn't work - the young man later kills someone with a shotgun. Guest stars: Charles Brewer, Dee Carroll, Don Ross, Ed Deemer, Heather Menzies-Urich, John McCook, Lou Wagner, Michael Burns, Mickey Sholdar, Peggy Webber, Robert Clarke, S. John Launer
17	Administrative Vice - DR-29	1969-02-06
Joe has a new partner, Lt. Chris Drucker while Bill recovers from the flu. Joe and Chris are trying to catch bookies. Drucker is really working for the bookies and has been tipping them off when a raid is planned. Drucker tries to bribe Joe to help him. Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Clark Howat, Elaine Devry, John Dennis
16	Narcotics - DR-21	1969-01-30
The Captain ask Joe and Bill to investigate having dogs trained to sniff out narcotics. They contact a dog trainer to train dogs for the job. Joe and Bill do a demonstration for Judges to prove the effectiveness of using a dog to detect marijuana. Guest stars: Buddy Lester, Clark Howat, Don Dubbins, Don Stewart, Jack Sheldon, Lew Brown, Marshall Reed, Robert Patten, S. John Launer, Vinton Hayworth
15	B.O.D. - DR-27	1969-01-23
Joe and Bill are assigned to the Business Office Division. A priest is in the division to observe its operation. Joe and Bill work a series of problems from a potential tidal wave, a wino, protesters, a suicide, and a lost boy. Guest stars: Bob Carricart, David Bond, Ed Deemer, Grant Williams, Judd Laurance, Len Wayland, Nydia Westman, Pamela McMyler, Robert Carricart, Roy Glenn, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Tim Donnelly, Vic Perrin
14	Homicide - DR-22	1969-01-09
Joe and Bill are called to an apartment where the manager has found a young woman bound and dead. The 91 year old manager of the apartment building is a suspect until joe find out that the old man was chief of detectives in Chicago. Finger prints lead Joe and Bill to a couple. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Burt Mustin, Don Ross, Jill Banner, Len Wayland
13	Community Relations - DR-17	1969-01-02
Joe and Bill are sent to a Community Relations conference at Lake Arrowhead with other police officers. Their task is to discuss ways of improving community relations, and in the process find a few officers that have bigoted views. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Don Ross, John Hudson, Leonard Stone, Marshall Reed, Morris D. Erby, Ray Montgomery, Robert Cleaves, Sid McCoy, Walter Brooke, William Boyett
12	Internal Affairs - DR-20	1968-12-12
Joe and Bill investigate a charge of police brutallity against a patrolman. The patrolman was attempting to stop someone from driving drunk when things got out of hand and the drunk tears the patrolman's uniform. This is a crossover episode with Adam-12, taking place in Rampart Station and featuring appearances by Officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed. Guest stars: Anne Whitfield, Art Gilmore, Clifford Sales, Hal England, Jack Sheldon, John McCook, Kent McCord, Linda Weeks, Martin Milner, Penny Gaston, Peter Duryea, Tracy Vance
11	Narcotics - DR-16	1968-12-05
Someone is selling LSD to teens. Joe and Bill are asked to speak to a local High School group that want to form an anti drug club "Smart Teens". They plan to create posters and Joe gets a Disney artist to draw them. But will the kids follow through? Guest stars: Alex Wilson, Clark Howat, Heather Menzies-Urich, Howard Culver, Judy Jennsen, Russ Caldwell, Thomas Bellin, Wink Roberts
10	Public Affairs - DR-14	1968-11-28
Joe and Bill have been asked by a store owner to help him form a crime prevention group of neighborhood story owners. Most of the story owners are not convinced they need such a group until two robberies occur. Guest stars: Del Moore, Herb Vigran, Howard Culver, John Hudson, Virginia Gregg
9	Training - DR-18	1968-11-21
Joe and Bill are instructors at the Police Academy. They are teaching a class of women cadets. Joe is asked to assist a woman reporter who is writing a story about women in the police force. On of the cadets is being pressured to resign by her boy friend and Joe must convince her to stay. Guest stars: Clark Howat, Don Stewart, Eve Brent, Judith Jordan, Susan Seaforth Hayes, Virginia Gregg
8	Public Affairs - DR-12	1968-11-14
Joe and Bill are assigned to help arrange a press conference for the President of the United States at LAX Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Bill Baldwin, Byron Morrow, Chuck Bowman, Clark Howat, Douglas Kennedy, Ed Deemer, Edward Faulkner, Lew Brown, Olan Soule, Robert Clarke, Vince Williams
7	Robbery - DR-15	1968-11-07
Joe and Bill are working the robbery desk. They handle a variety of complaints about a truck hijacking, a bank robbery and a robbery of a neighborhood market. A woman complains about "thieving birds" and another thinks her wallet had been stolen, but misplaced it in her coat. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Carlos Romero, Chet Stratton, Don Ross, Don Stewart, Elaine Devry, Jeff Burton, John Nolan, Jon Shank, King Moody, Lillian Bronson, Robert Patten, William Boyett
6	Homicide - DR-06	1968-10-24
Joe and Bill review the progress report of a homicide (thus the name of the episode). Joe has invited Bill and his wife to his apartment for dinner. The dinner is constantly interrupted by neighbors asking for advice and complaining about a loud party. One neighbor calls to say that someone is breaking into the coin boxes in the laundry room. Joe and Bill grab their guns and investigate. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Dee Carroll, Del Moore, Julian Burton, Randy Stuart, Sam Edwards, Stuart Nisbet, Virginia Vincent
5	Police Commission - DR-13	1968-10-17
There is a police crackdown on dishonest tow truck operators. Joe and Bill are assigned to investigate 6 complaints against the same tow truck company. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Eve McVeagh, John Dennis, John Sebastian, Larry Pennell, Marco López, Nydia Westman, Pilar Del Rey, Vince Williams
4	Management Services - DR-11	1968-10-10
Joe and Bill are called back to work because of an emergency. It's April 4, 1968, and Dr Martin Luther King has been assassinated less than an hour ago. They are assigned to the police emergency control center to monitor potential unrest in the LA area Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Bill Baldwin, Clark Howat, Clifford Sales, Ed Deemer, Jeff Malloy, Lew Brown, Marc Hannibal, Robert Patten, S. John Launer, Vince Williams, Yvonne Lime
3	Community Relations - DR-10	1968-10-03
Joe and Bill attend a meeting of the East LA Graduates Union, attempting to recruit recent minority high school graduates into the police academy. A black patrol officer joins their efforts until his house in vandalized and he decides to resign from the force. Joe tries to change his mind. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Don Marshall, Don Newsome, Joel Fluellen, John C. Johnson, Mittie Lawrence, Rafer Johnson, Reveta Bowers, William Elliott
2	Juvenile - DR-05	1968-09-26
Joe and Bill are working the night watch of Juvenile division. They handle a run away boy from New York, an underage marriage, an abandoned baby, a boy on drugs, and a girl accused of stealing money. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Clark Howat, Clifford Sales, David Carlile, Ed Deemer, Eve Brent, Gary Tigerman, Jeff Malloy, Jenny Sullivan, Joy Ellison, Merry Anders, Robert Clarke, Stefan Arngrim
1	Public Affairs - DR-07	1968-09-19
Joe and Bill appear on the TV talk show "Speak Your Mind" debating the topic "The Police, Who Needs Them?" with a professor and a hippie (played by Howard Hessman, though listed in the credits as Don Sturdy). Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Charles Brewer, Chuck Bowman, Dennis McCarthy, Dick Anthony Williams, Don Ross, Howard Hesseman, Lou Wagner, Penny Gaston, Sidney Clute, Speedy Zapata, Stacy Harris

Season 2 (show/hide)
28	The Big Problem	1968-03-28
Community relations is the theme, as Friday and Gannon try to narrow the gap between the Department and the citizens it is sworn "to protect and to serve." The gap is especially wide between African-Americans and the primarily Caucasian LAPD, as demonstrated when a young - and slightly militant - black man barracades himself in his apartment rather than submit to a traffic warrant. Guest stars: Celia Lovsky, Charles Brewer, Clark Howat, Ed Deemer, Georg Stanford Brown, John McCook, Maidie Norman, Richard Van Vleet, Roy Glenn, Tom Reddin, Victor Millan
27	The Gambler	1968-03-21
Over $100,000 has been embezzled from an industrial company. An investigation of the employees leads Friday and Gannon to a habitual gambler. Guest stars: Buddy Lester, Don Ross, Julian Burton, Robert Brubaker, Sharon Harvey, Vic Perrin, Virginia Gregg, Virginia Vincent
26	The Investigation	1968-03-14
Friday and Gannon are screening applicants for the Police Academy. One seems to have all the right qualifications, except that six months are missing from his application. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Dennis McCarthy, Don Stewart, Ed Deemer, Gene Boland, Herbert Anderson, Mercer Harris, Robert Patten, Roy Engel, Stuart Nisbet, Susan Seaforth Hayes
25	The Big Departure	1968-03-07
Petty theft from drug and hardware stores leads to a group of four teens who are determined to start their own nation on a remote island off the California coast. Guest stars: Ed Deemer, Howard Culver, Kevin Coughlin, Lindon Crow, Lou Wagner, Roger Mobley
24	The Suicide Attempt	1968-02-29
Friday and Gannon learn that a young man has called his mother from Hollywood "to say goodbye." With the help of the man's sister, the two detectives trace the impending suicide to a hotel with over 1,200 rooms. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Dee Carroll, Don Ross, Herb Vigran, Jill Donohue, Luana Anders, Quinn O'Hara
23	The Squeeze	1968-02-22
An ex-con accused of extortion is interrogated. He calmly and smugly insists that he is innocent, but Friday and Gannon have a surprise for him: taped conversations and a voice analysis device. Guest stars: John Sebastian
22	The Little Victim	1968-02-15
When a nine-month old child is beaten, Friday and Gannon investigate the parents, who are more concerned about their failing relationship than their baby son. Guest stars: Brooke Bundy, Cathleen Cordell, Elizabeth Rogers, Gavin Mooney, Jean Howell, Kiel Martin, Louise Lorimer, S. John Launer
21	The Big Clan	1968-02-08
Sgt. Friday is offered a bribe to assist a gypsy family trying to gain control of the gypsy community. Guest stars: Alma Platt, Clark Howat, Don Dubbins, Lillian Adams, Lillian Bronson, Margaret Rich, Merry Anders, Virginia Gregg
20	The Starlet	1968-02-01
Guest stars: Amzie Strickland, Jo Ann Harris, Leonard Stone, Lyle Talbot, Robert Patten, Susan Seaforth Hayes
19	The Big Amateur	1968-01-25
Citizens are full of praise for Officer Gideon C. Dengle - they want to bestow him with awards, honors and home-baked cookies. There's only one problem: there's no such officer in the LAPD. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Carol Byron, Clark Howat, David Carlile, Del Moore, Keye Luke, Ron Wilder, Stuart Nisbet
18	The Big Prophet	1968-01-11
Friday and Gannon are convinced that "Brother" William Bentley's Temple of the Expanded Mind is just a sham - a front for Bentley to sell LSD to the students of a nearby elementary school. Guest stars: Liam Sullivan
17	The Search	1968-01-04
Two small girls, ages three and five, are missing. Their mother is certain that her ex-husband, an alcoholic, has kidnapped them. However, he is now in recovery and has no knowledge of the girls' whereabouts. The search seems hopeless until Friday and Gannon, acting on information from a former neighbor, follow a hunch. Guest stars: Gail Bonney, Jean Howell, Kent McCord, Peggy Webber, Rick Warick, Robert Clarke, Sidney Clute, Vic Perrin
16	The Big Shipment	1967-12-28
Drugs are found aboard a plane that has crashed in the San Fernando Valley. The pilot is quickly traced, but in order to force him to name his connection, Friday and Gannon ask the press to sit on the story for a few hours. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Clark Howat, Elaine Devry, Fred Vincent, John Sebastian, Julian Burton, Lorraine Gary, Stephen Dunne, William Boyett
15	The Christmas Story	1967-12-21
A statue of the child Jesus was stolen from a church. Joe and Bill have to get it back by Christmas. They have less than 48 hours. Briefly appearing in this episode is Barry Williams, best known as Greg Brady on the 1970s sitcom THE BRADY BUNCH. Guest stars: Barry Williams, Bobby Troup, Byron Morrow, Fernando Vásquez, Harry Bartell, Herb Vigran, Ralph Moody
14	The Trial Board	1967-12-14
An officer accused of taking a bribe has chosen Sgt. Friday to represent him at his trial board hearing. Witnesses saw the officer accept the money, but he insists it was for the payback of a loan made years ago. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Art Gilmore, Clark Howat, Peter Duryea, Steve Carlson
13	The Phony Police Racket	1967-12-07
Friday and Gannon investigate a scam involving a phony LAPD newsletter, which comes with a card for subscribers entitling the bearer to preferential treatment from the police. Guest stars: Ben Hammer, Del Moore, Don Ross, Eddra Gale, G.D. Spradlin, Kent McCord, Nydia Westman, Robert Knapp, Stuart Nisbet, Victor Millan
12	The Pyramid Swindle	1967-11-30
A female con-artist uses an evangelistic approach to lure buyers into her pyramid scheme. The Bunco division can't charge her with false advertising, so they prosecute her for operating a lottery. Guest stars: Alma Platt, Art Gilmore, Bert Fields, Byron Keith, Byron Morrow, Chet Stratton, Robert Cornthwaite, Sam Edwards, Sidney Clute, Vinton Hayworth, Virginia Gregg
11	The Big Dog	1967-11-23
A purse-snatching dog? This is the case Friday and Gannon must solve. Making things more difficult, victims give different descriptions of the four-legged thief. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Bart Burns, Bonnie Hughes, Doodles Weaver, Jean Inness, Luana Anders, Maidie Norman, Merry Anders, Monty Margetts, Phil Arnold
10	The Missing Realtor	1967-11-16
A woman real-estate agent is missing and turns up dead in a vacant home. The detectives' one suspect - the woman's ex-boyfriend - is cleared; then credit card bills for purchases made after the woman's death start appearing. Guest stars: Dennis McCarthy, Ena Hartman, Gene Boland, Jeff Burton, Juanita Moore, Scatman Crothers
9	The Big Ad	1967-11-09
An ex-con named Steve Deal contacts Friday and Gannon when a classified ad that he placed, offering to do "anything" for money, results in an offer to commit murder. Friday goes undercover as Deal. Guest stars: Anthony Eisley, Art Balinger, Don Dubbins
8	The Big High	1967-11-02
An elderly businessman, concerned about the welfare of his grandchild, informs Friday and Gannon that his daughter and son-in-law are using marijuana regularly. The young couple make no apologies for their lifestyle, which inevitably leads to disaster. Guest stars: Brenda Scott, Ed Prentiss, James Oliver, Jeff Malloy, Kent McCord, Merry Anders, Robert Knapp, Tim Donnelly
7	The Senior Citizen	1967-10-26
A series of daring daylight house burglaries are taking place; perpetrated by an octegenarian who uses the wedding and obituary notices in the paper to select his victims. Guest stars: Burt Mustin, Clark Howat, Eve McVeagh, Natalie Masters, Robert Patten
6	The Big Frustration	1967-10-19
Sgt. Carl Maxwell, a frustrated fellow detective, goes AWOL; Friday and Gannon have three days to track him down before Maxwell loses his badge for good. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Bill Williams, Grace Albertson, John Lupton, Lane Bradford, Len Wayland, Robert Patten
5	The Big Neighbor	1967-10-12
In this lighthearted, well-written episode, Bill invites Joe to dinner and a football game at his home in Eagle Rock. The only problem: Gannon's neighbors keep interrupting the visit with petty, and not-so-petty, problems. Guest stars: Ann Morgan Guilbert, Hal Lynch, John Nolan, Kent McCord, Randy Stuart, Rhoda Williams
4	The Bank Jobs	1967-10-05
A nervy bank robber uses innocent women to help commit his crimes. Friday and Gannon are nearly sidetracked when one of the victims lies about her involvement and later proves to have a criminal record of her own. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Bee Tompkins, Chris Alcaide, David Carlile, Herbert Anderson, Kent McCord, Kipp Hamilton, Marian Collier, Sherry Boucher
3	The Badge Racket	1967-09-28
Three con artists have been swindling businessmen from out-of-town by posing as a prostitute and two policemen. The detectives set a trap as Gannon pretends to be a manufacturer from Lincoln Nebraska. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Gilmore, Bert Holland, Don Ross, Harry Lauter, Indus Arthur, Stacy Harris, Tol Avery
2	The Shooting Board	1967-09-21
Joe stops at an all night launderette to buy cigarettes and interrupts a burglar working the coin changer. When he shouts "Freeze," the criminal comes up shooting. Joe returns fire, hitting the man, who flees with the help of his girlfriend. He's later found dead. When SID tries to find the bullet fired at Joe, they come up empty and Joe faces a shooting board with no proof the man ever fired at him. A great surprise ending. Guest stars: Anita Eubank, Art Balinger, Dennis McCarthy, Gary Brown, Harry Bartell, Jeff Malloy, Leonard Stone, S. John Launer, William Boyett
1	The Grenade	1967-09-14
A surly teenager throws acid on the back of another student (played by a teen-aged Jan Michael Vincent), then crashes a party armed with a live hand grenade. Guest stars: Barbara Luddy, Cathleen Cordell, Heather Menzies-Urich, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Rubinstein, Mickey Sholdar, Robert Brubaker, Robert Cleaves

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17	The Bullet	1967-05-11
A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon. Guest stars: Carol Byron, Mabel Albertson, Olan Soule
16	The Big Kids	1967-05-04
A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club. Guest stars: Alan Dexter, Andrea King, Art Balinger, Mickey Sholdar, Peggy Webber, Richard Crane, Roger Mobley, Russell Arms
15	The Gun	1967-04-27
A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer. Guest stars: Anne Loos, Art Balinger, Don Ross, Herbert Anderson, Kathleen Freeman, Leonard Stone, Lois Kiuchi, Olan Soule, Sharann Hisamoto
14	The Subscription Racket	1967-04-20
Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Brian Avery, Doodles Weaver, Jerry Dexter, Larry D. Mann, Marianne Gordon, Sarah Selby
13	The Bookie	1967-04-13
Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, Bobby Troup, Luana Patten, Sidney Miller, William Reynolds
12	The Hit-and-Run Driver	1967-04-06
Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to publicize their clues to the identity of the hit and run driver. Guest stars: Audrey Dalton, Buddy Lester, Dennis McCarthy, Harlan Warde, James Seay, Julian Burton, King Moody, Morgan Jones, Olan Soule, Rhoda Williams, Robert Clarke, Stuart Nisbet
11	The Shooting	1967-03-30
A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Bert Holland, David Bond, Dick Miller, Dick Whittinghill, Don Marshall, Hal Baylor, Harry Bartell, Howard Culver
10	The Jade Story	1967-03-23
Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen. Friday and Gannon determine the burglary was an inside job. Guest stars: Annazette Chase, Clark Howat, Don Ross, Don Stewart, Eddie Firestone, Harry Hickox, Keye Luke, Virginia Gregg, William Boyett, Yoneo Iguchi
9	The Fur Job	1967-03-16
Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Clark Howat, Frank Gerstle, Henry Corden, Herbert Ellis, Joanne Medley, Jody Gilbert, John McCann, John Nolan, Merry Anders, Renny McEvoy, Robert Cleaves
8	The Candy Store Robberies	1967-03-09
Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups. The solution comes when they discover that there are two suspects. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Gilmore, Austin Green, Daniel Currie, David Bond, Don Stewart, John McCann, Merry Anders, Vince Howard, Virginia Gregg
7	The Hammer	1967-03-02
An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Ben Chandler, Brian Avery, Chet Stratton, Dick Simmons, Don Stewart, James Oliver, Jeff Scott, Jill Banner, Merry Anders, Natalie Masters, Ralph Moody, Vince Williams
6	The Bank Examiner Swindle	1967-02-23
Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Burt Mustin, Clark Howat, Don 'Red' Barry, Don Ross, Harriet E. MacGibbon, Howard Culver, Lillian Powell, Nydia Westman, Robert Knapp
5	The Masked Bandits	1967-02-16
Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies. Guest stars: Art Gilmore, David Carlile, Dirk Rambo, Karen Jensen, Robert Brubaker, Ron Russell, S. John Launer, Sam Edwards, Tani Guthrie, Tom Baker, Virginia Vincent
4	The Interrogation	1967-02-09
A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment. Guest stars: Kent McCord
3	The Kidnapping	1967-01-26
When a ransom delivery goes awry, Friday and Gannon use LA's notorious traffic to ensnare the kidnapper. Guest stars: Art Balinger, Harry Bartell, Peggy Webber, Ronnie Rondell Jr.
2	The Big Explosion	1967-01-19
A psychotic neo-Nazi is threatening to blow up the streets of L.A., and it's up to Friday and Gannon to find the bomb before chaos erupts. Guest stars: Bert Holland, Bobby Troup, Don Dubbins, Harlan Warde, John Nolan, Kent McCord, Olan Soule, Ralph Manza, Ralph Moody, Val Avery
1	The LSD Story	1967-01-12
Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon are the ultimate party crashers when they get wind that outlawed LSD is being served to teenagers. This is the famous "Blue Boy" episode. Guest stars: Alfred Shelly, Art Balinger, Eve Brent, Heather Menzies-Urich, Jerry Douglas, Johnny Aladdin, Michael Burns, Olan Soule, Robert Knapp, Shari Lee Bernath

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4	Vintage Bonus - The Big Smoke
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
3	Jack Web and Harry Morgan on The Jack Benny Second Farewell Special (1974)	1974-01-24
Jack Webb last appeared as Sergeant Joe Friday on the Jack Benny Second Farewell Special which aired on January 24, 1974. Webb and Dragnet co-star, Harry Morgan as Officer Bill Gannon performed a comedic skit with Jack Benny involving an alleged 484 PS-Purse theft. Webb's daughter Stacy recalled, "Dad was not only a lifetime fan of Jack Benny, he was also a longtime friend and considered it an honor to make an appearance on the show."
2	Jack Webb: The Man Behind Badge 714
A biography of Jack Webb through the eyes of people who knew him. This is a bonus feature included on disc 6 of the second season DVD.
1	Dragnet 1966 (Pilot)	1969-01-27
Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Guest stars: Bobby Troup, Bruce Watson, Eddie Firestone, Elizabeth Rogers, Gene Evans, Herbert Ellis, Jack Ragotzy, Jean-Michel Michenaud, John Roseboro, Roger Til, Tom Williams, Vic Perrin, Virginia Gregg

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