The Big Blast: Dragnet

Jack Webb and Barton Yarborough star as Joe Friday and Ben Romero -- just a couple of cops doing their job. Follow them step-by-step through twenty true-to-life cases, drawn from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Their dialogue was never clichéd or exaggerated, and their cases never relied on jumped-up action sequences to deliver impact. Whether they were on the trail of a car thief with violent tendencies, a fast-moving gang of safecrackers, a kidnapper, a mail thief, or a murderer, their job was the same: get 'em.

Episodes Include: The Big Ben 03-15-51; The Big Trunk 03-22-51; The Big Friend 04-05-51; The Big Threat 04-12-51; The Big Speech 04-19-51; The Big Saint 04-26-51; The Big Casing 05-03-51; The Big Drills 05-10-51; The Big Blast 05-17-51; The Big Mailman 05-24-51; The Big Bindle 05-31-51; The Big Imposter 06-07-51; The Big Want Ad 10-04-51; The Big Story Man 10-18-51; The Big Hands 11-22-51; The Big Affair 11-29-51; The Big Canaries 12-06-51; The Big Overtime 12-13-51; The Big Red - Part 1 01-03-52; The Big Red - Part 2 01-10-52