Dragnet: Season 3 - 39 Episode s
3x1 - The Big White Rat
September 3, 1953
Friday and Smith respond to and investigate reports of a drug ring.
3x2 - The Big Revolt
September 10, 1953
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
3x3 - The Big Bull
September 17, 1953
Smith takes a personal interest when a strong-arm bandit threatens his family if he doesn't back off the case.
3x4 - The Big Betty
September 24, 1953
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
3x5 - The Big Sophomore
October 1, 1953
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
3x6 - The Big Pill
October 8, 1953
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
3x7 - The Big Lie
October 15, 1953
3x8 - The Big Fake
October 22, 1953
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
3x9 - The Big Dream
October 29, 1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
3x10 - The Big Guilt
November 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.
3x11 - The Big Will
November 12, 1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a rich man.
3x12 - The Big In-Laws
November 19, 1953
Friday and Smith try to capture a ring of truck hijackers.
3x13 - The Big Lilly
November 26, 1953
3x14 - The Big Kill
December 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.
3x15 - The Big Lover
December 10, 1953
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
3x16 - The Big Thief
December 17, 1953
Robbers phone doctors for house calls then assault them and steal their drugs.
3x17 - The Big Little Jesus
December 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.
3x18 - The Big Eavesdrop
December 31, 1953
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
3x19 - The Big Trunk
January 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.
3x20 - The Big Youngster
January 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.
3x21 - The Big Boys
January 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.
3x22 - The Big Ham
January 28, 1954
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a young girl that is initially ruled a suicide but turns out to be murder.
3x23 - The Big Chance
February 4, 1954
Signs point to foul play when a highway patrolman disappears from his car along a deserted road.
3x24 - The Big Children
February 11, 1954
Three children are found abandoned, filthy and starving. Friday and Smith charge the mother with neglect.
3x25 - The Big Poison
February 18, 1954
An elderly couple suddenly disappears from a fashionable neighborhood.
3x26 - The Big Quack
February 25, 1954
A man posing as a doctor burgles the house of a woman who is mentally disturbed.
3x27 - The Big Winchester
March 4, 1954
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
3x28 - The Big Shoplift
March 11, 1954
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
3x29 - The Big Hit-Run Killer
March 18, 1954
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
3x30 - The Big Drink
March 25, 1954
3x31 - The Big Girl
April 1, 1954
Friday and Smith hunt down the bandit queen; a tall, gorgeous woman who is on a rampage of robberies and shootings.
3x32 - The Big Mattress
April 8, 1954
Friday and Smith investigate a corrupt cop.
3x33 - The Big Pug
April 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.
3x34 - The Big Frame
April 22, 1954
A man's body is found in the gutter and the only clue is a pair of skid marks found nearby.
3x35 - The Big Plant
April 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.
3x36 - The Big Check
May 6, 1954
A check forger is victimizing small businessmen in a particular neighborhood.
3x37 - 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.
3x38 - 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.
3x39 - 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.