Dragnet 1967
The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
- 1967-1970
- 4 seasons
- NBC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-14
The classic police drama is updated for the 1960s. No-nonsense Sgt. Joe Friday and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, tackle traditional police cases and face new challenges such as LSD, race riots, and public service TV shows.
Season 4 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
Personnel: The Shooting
Thu, Sep 18, 1969 30 mins
Friday and Gannon are working day watch and must go to the hospital when a veteran police officer and his young partner are seriously wounded in a liquor store holdup where they deal with very different reactions of the wives.
Episode 2
Homicide: The Student
Thu, Sep 25, 1969 30 mins
The detectives investigate an especially creepy college freshman suspected of the sniper-rifle deaths of two people, for no apparent reason other than the sport of killing.
Episode 3
S.I.U.: The Ring
Thu, Oct 2, 1969 30 mins
An informant known as Black Ten turns Friday and Gannon onto a known burglar who is trying to sell an expensive ring that had been reported as stolen. They enlist the aid of a policewoman just out of the academy to help them undercover.
Episode 4
D.H.Q.: Medical
Thu, Oct 9, 1969 30 mins
Friday and Gannon work the hospital round. They are called to talk to a mentally-challenged man who threatens to blow up a radio station.
Episode 5
Burglary: Mister
Thu, Oct 16, 1969 30 mins
A woman reports her husband robbed her grandmother's home, taking everything, even the cane for the blind grandmother. The husband demands respect, saying everyone has to call him Mr Lumis.
Episode 6
Juvenile: The Little Pusher
Thu, Oct 23, 1969 30 mins
Friday and Gannon are working out of the narcotics division when they get a call about a 12 year old walking aimlessly on a busy freeway. The kid is taken to the hospital and when they search his pockets they find a stash of barbiturates as well as marijuana. After meeting with his parents they then go to his school and meet with the principal who sets up a special meeting with the faculty, where they display the various forms of drugs that they deal with. The next day they get a call back to the school after a boy high on marijuana attacks one of his teachers. They then find out that he got the drugs from a student named Freddie who eventually tells the detectives that he got the drugs from his parents, who run a boarding house. They stage a raid on the house where they find a group of hippies living in very unsanitary conditions. However, they eventually find Freddie's sister who took one too many pills.
Episode 7
Homicide: Cigarette Butt
Thu, Oct 30, 1969 30 mins
Self-defense or murder one? The title object plays a key part in determining which occurred when a man shot his girlfriend's lover during an argument.
Episode 8
D.H.Q.: Missing Person
Thu, Nov 13, 1969 30 mins
When a girl mysteriously disappears from school, Friday and Gannon try to find her and they find out that there are more questions than answers. One question is 'was she abducted by a man named Harper'.
Episode 9
Burglary Auto: Courtroom
Thu, Nov 20, 1969 30 mins
Friday and Gannon are in the courtroom testifying in a case in which the probable cause for them to conduct a search of the suspect's car is in question. The probable cause is to be provided by a witness who is late arriving to court.
Episode 10
Internal Affairs: Parolee
Thu, Nov 27, 1969 30 mins
A man is eligible for parole from a Colorado prison. There's only one problem, there is an outstanding felony warrant on him in LA fourteen years ago. The Colorado authorities will not release him until they are informed on the disposition of the warrant. Friday and Gannon must re-investigate the case to see whether the case is prosecutable.
Episode 11
Burglary Auto: Juvenile Genius
Thu, Dec 4, 1969 30 mins
There have been a number of business burglaries the latest of which is a chemical supply firm. If properly combined, chemicals that were taken can be made into explosives such as TNT and gun cotton. One missing chemical will act as a catalyst in the explosives and Friday and Gannon must find the suspects before the thieves realize it.
Episode 12
Bunco: $9,000
Thu, Dec 11, 1969 30 mins
An old Vaudevillian finds 9 one thousand dollar bills on the street. He uses one to buy his friends drinks at a dive. The next morning a private detective claims that the money was lost by a big time gambler and pressures him to give it back. he does and discovers that the detective was a con man.
Episode 13
Narco: Missing Hypo
Thu, Jan 8, 1970 30 mins
An addict on parole who's succeeding with his rehabilitation disappears and his parole officer asks the detectives for help finding him before he gets back on the habit.
Episode 14
Burglary: Helpful Woman
Thu, Jan 22, 1970 30 mins
The police ask the press to publicize the M.O. of a woman who burglarizes elderly people in an effort to either catch her or scare her out of Los Angeles. She claims that an employment agency sent her out and when told that they never asked for help, she gains their confidence by doing things for them and steals valuables while doing it.
Episode 15
Homicide: Who Killed Who?
Thu, Jan 29, 1970 30 mins
Friday and Gannon are called in to investigate a shooting at a notorious rooming house. When they get there they find two dead and the building manager barely hanging on (eventually dying at the hospital) and giving a very cryptic clue to Friday of "oft one". Friday must then try to figure out not only who killed the three men as well as what triggered it. Friday also has to deal with the press and trying to give them as much information as he can without giving out too much before the case can be fully investigated.
Episode 16
Burglary: The Son
Thu, Feb 5, 1970 30 mins
The detectives try to solve a series of residential burglaries. One victim reported that a jewelry case was taken containing $380. A stolen double-barrel shotgun was found at a pawn shop giving the detectives their first clue as to who may have burglarized one home.
Episode 17
A.I.D.: The Weekend
Thu, Feb 12, 1970 30 mins
It's Friday evening, Bill's wife is out of town and Joe has agreed to spend the weekend with him for some R & R, starting with a little pinochle with two neighbors. The next day the partners plan to "sleep in, watch the ball game on the tube, and have a dinner fit for kings. We're gonna live like sultans for two days, without harems, of course." What could go wrong with this plan?
Episode 18
Narco: Pill Maker
Thu, Feb 19, 1970 30 mins
When a man is arrested for possession of illegal pills, he provides information that may help him at trial. The information leads Friday and Gannon to a home used as a pill making factory and the detectives must try to locate the man running the factory.
Episode 19
Auto Theft: Dog-Nappers
Thu, Feb 26, 1970 30 mins
Brought to their attention by a member of the Department of Animal Regulation, and with an okay from the Captain, Friday and Gannon investigate a rash of reports of lost dogs from a shopping center. Since only one lost dog had been previously reported from the same area, Friday and Gannon suspect criminal activity.
Episode 20
Missing Persons: The Body
Thu, Mar 5, 1970 30 mins
A woman's body is found with no identification on it. Friday and Gannon must try to identify her and their only clue is an unique ring she had on.
Episode 21
Forgery: The Ranger
Thu, Mar 12, 1970 30 mins
A forest ranger is brought in when checks and credit cards bearing other names than his own are found in his possession after he is stopped for a traffic violation. Even though he seems to be knowledgeable on the subject of forestry, his answers about the cards and checks lead Friday and Gannon to suspect he is a thief just posing as a ranger.
Episode 22
D.H.Q.: Night School
Thu, Mar 19, 1970 30 mins
Friday arrests a fellow student after their night school class and incurs the wrath of Professor Grant, who expels him after a vote of the other students at their next meeting. Friday demands a chance to plead his case to the students before a second vote is taken. Grant says he must garner 2/3 of the votes to be reinstated.
Episode 23
I.A.D.: The Receipt
Thu, Mar 26, 1970 30 mins
Friday and Gannon are assigned to investigate Norm Bivins and Earl Malone, veteran homicide investigators accused of stealing $800 from a dead man. Agnes Emerson, who handled the man's business affairs, claims she gave Bivins and Malone his personal property, including $1000. They say the amount received was $200. Unfortunately, neither side can produce a receipt.
Episode 24
Robbery: The Harassing Wife
Thu, Apr 2, 1970 30 mins
As Friday and Gannon investigate a series of robberies, a vindictive woman, Jean Sawyer, makes a pest of herself by calling headquarters repeatedly to accuse her husband of the thefts. The detectives investigate John Sawyer and find no evidence against him, but the man responsible for three of the robberies is found and arrested.
Episode 25
Burglary: Baseball
Thu, Apr 9, 1970 30 mins
The detectives work in the Burglary Division. They are called to a company where a safe has been opened and the contents stolen.
Episode 26
D.H.Q.: The Victims
Thu, Apr 16, 1970 30 mins
In this final episode, Friday and Gannon talk to a new policeman about the importance of police officers and detectives working together, and understanding the victims and criminals.