
Jack Webb
Joe Friday


TV SERIES
Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Joe Friday

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01A man walks into City hall carrying a live bomb. He threatens to blow up the building if his brother isn't released from jail.
02Friday and Jacobs track down a drug ring through a small-time television actor who is hooked on heroin.
03Friday poses as a hired killer for a man who wants his wife dead.
04A new-born baby is stolen from a hospital nursery and the trail leads the police to a deranged mother.
05The police interrogate a suspect whom they believe to have murdered more than a dozen men.
06A doctor is beaten and robbed of prescription drugs.
07A couple are robbed and murdered, along with their pet parrot. The killer uses a time bomb to start a fire and cover up his crime.
08No episode synopsis is available.
09A divorced mother is killed in bed by a shotgun while her young boy sleeps beside her.
10Friday testifies at the trial of a man accused of a hit-and-run, but the main witness against him suddenly disappears.
11A secretary is beaten to death and the search for the killer leads police to a religious fanatic.
12Friday confronts a jeweler with tape recorded evidence that proves he hired someone to rob his own store.
13A man claims that his wife committed suicide right in front of him, but the evidence suggests otherwise.
14Friday and Jacobs are out to catch a safe burglar who has been on the loose for seven months.