Dragnet (Season 6)

The Big Cat (Episode 1)

Air date: 1956-09-27

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.

The Big Misses (Episode 2)

Air date: 1956-10-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.

The Big Beer (Episode 3)

Air date: 1956-10-18

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Net (Episode 4)

Air date: 1956-10-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

The Big Convertable (Episode 5)

Air date: 1956-11-01

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.

The Big Limp (Episode 6)

Air date: 1956-11-08

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.

The Big Tattoo (Episode 7)

Air date: 1956-11-15

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.

The Big Odd (Episode 8)

Air date: 1956-11-22

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.

The Big Bill (Episode 9)

Air date: 1956-11-29

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.

The Big Search (Episode 10)

Air date: 1956-12-06

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her room.

The Big Talk (Episode 11)

Air date: 1956-12-13

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.

The Big Doting Mother (Episode 12)

Air date: 1956-12-20

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Handcuffs (Episode 13)

Air date: 1956-12-27

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Father (Episode 14)

Air date: 1957-01-03

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.

The Big Switch (Episode 15)

Air date: 1957-01-10

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Steal (Episode 16)

Air date: 1957-01-17

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.

The Big Manikin (Episode 17)

Air date: 1957-01-24

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.

The Big No Tooth (Episode 18)

Air date: 1957-01-31

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.

The Big Skip (Episode 19)

Air date: 1957-02-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has apparently skipped out on both. Friday searches for him at various places.

The Big Fin (Episode 20)

Air date: 1957-02-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.

The Big Game (Episode 21)

Air date: 1957-02-21

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Coins (Episode 22)

Air date: 1957-02-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.

The Big Close (Episode 23)

Air date: 1957-03-07

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.

The Big Tie (Episode 24)

Air date: 1957-03-14

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.

The Big Cup (Episode 25)

Air date: 1957-03-21

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.

The Big Truck (Episode 26)

Air date: 1957-03-28

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.

The Big Saint (Episode 27)

Air date: 1957-04-04

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.

The Big Match (Episode 28)

Air date: 1957-04-11

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.

The Big Help (Episode 29)

Air date: 1957-04-18

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Celebration (Episode 30)

Air date: 1957-04-25

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.

The Big Cry Baby (Episode 31)

Air date: 1957-05-02

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Lesson (Episode 32)

Air date: 1957-05-09

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.

The Big Soldier (Episode 33)

Air date: 1957-05-16

Runtime: 30 min

The Big Make (Episode 34)

Air date: 1957-05-23

Runtime: 30 min

Overview: A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.