The BEST episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 3
Every episode of Dragnet (1951) season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragnet (1951) season 3!
"This is the city, Los Angeles, California. I work here, I carry a badge." The granddaddy of all TV cop shows which ran on NBC from 1951-1959. Jack Webb starred as Sgt. Joe Friday, a plainclothes detective who solved crimes for the Los Angeles Police Department. Ben Alexander played Friday's partner, Officer Frank Smith. The story lines were taken from real life case files of the LAPD and the names were always changed to protect the innocent.
#1 - The Big Plant
Season 3 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/29/1954
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.
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Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 3/18/1954
A woman and her grandson are run down by a bakery truck, but the driver has an airtight alibi.
#6 - The Big Shoplift
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/11/1954
Friday and Smith are surprised to find a wealthy house wife is a shoplifter, until they discover that she is a kleptomaniac.
#8 - The Big Betty
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/1953
Friday and Smith track down a confidence ring who are selling defective watches.
#9 - The Big False Make
Season 3 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/27/1954
A store manager identifies a robbery suspect, but Friday and Smith think that the suspect is the wrong man.
#10 - The Big Winchester
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/4/1954
An elderly man appears to have killed himself with a rifle, but the cops soon learn that it was no accident.
#12 - The Big Ham
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 1/28/1954
Ross is an actor on the way up, but then his girlfriend is found dead in his apartment. A suicide note is found, but things start to point to it being a homicide.
#16 - The Big Eavesdrop
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/31/1953
Friday and Smith overhear a suspicious conversation while on a coffee break in a diner.
#17 - The Big Lover
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/10/1953
Friday and Smith investigate a con man that marries rich women just for their money.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - The Big Lilly
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/26/1953
Following an unknown tip, detectives Smith (Ben Alexander) and Friday (Jack Webb) investigate the death of a woman, Hazel Rockman. Her next-door neighbor and landlady offer contradictory and evasive evidence to her death, suggesting that she either took her own life or was murdered by her husband. Once the detectives establish the cause of Hazel's death, they must run against time to save her husband from committing suicide.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - The Big Will
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/12/1953
Joe and Frank investigate the murder of a man who has recently changed his will.
#20 - The Big Dream
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/1953
Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a girl who came to Los Angeles with a dream of being an actress.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - The Big Lie
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/1953
In this episode, Edith Curtis (Virginia Brissac) contacts the police and calmly informs them that her son has been killed. Detectives Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) are puzzled by the woman's calm demeanor and embark on an investigation into her troubled past in an attempt to uncover the truth.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - The Big Pill
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/1953
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a gang that is robbing local drugstores.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - The Big Sophomore
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/1953
A teenage boy steals food for his starving family.
#24 - The Big Revolt
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/1953
A woman reports her husband missing and Friday and Smith are assigned to find him.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The Big Fake
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/1953
A police rookie is accused of assaulting a citizen and stealing his money.
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