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Dragnet · S2 · E15

The Big Shakedown

  • TV-PG
  • Feb 20, 1953
  • 30 min

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

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About this episode

Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

Season 2

33 episodes
  1. 1The Big Jump

    30 minSep 11, 1952

    A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.

  2. 2The Big Sorrow

    30 minSep 25, 1952

    Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.

  3. 3The Big Elevator

    30 minOct 9, 1952

    Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.

  4. 4The Big Seventeen

    30 minNov 6, 1952

    Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.

  5. 5The Big Trio

    30 minNov 20, 1952

    Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.

  6. 6The Big Imposter

    30 minDec 4, 1952

    A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.

  7. 7The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas

    30 minDec 18, 1952

    Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.

  8. 8The Big Cop

    30 minJan 2, 1953

    Friday has to catch a bad cop who has been dealing with the mob.

  9. 9The Big Grandma

    30 minJan 8, 1953

    An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.

  10. 10The Big Whiff

    30 minJan 15, 1953

    A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.

  11. 11The Big Show

    30 minJan 22, 1953

    A seven-week-old baby is found abandoned in a bus station.

  12. 12The Big Safe

    30 minJan 29, 1953

    Friday and Smith are investigating a missing office safe.

  13. 13The Big Church

    30 minFeb 5, 1953

    A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.

  14. 14The Big Hate

    30 minFeb 12, 1953

    Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.

  15. 15The Big Shakedown

    30 minFeb 20, 1953Now viewing

    Friday is looking for a crooked cop.

  16. 16The Big Rose

    30 minFeb 26, 1953

    Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.

  17. 17The Big Building

    30 minMar 5, 1953

    A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.

  18. 18The Big Run

    30 minMar 12, 1953

    Two elderly women are struck down by a hit-and-run driver.

  19. 19The Big Break

    30 minMar 19, 1953

    Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.

  20. 20The Big Light

    30 minMar 26, 1953

    Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.

  21. 21The Big Waiter

    30 minApr 2, 1953

    An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.

  22. 22The Big Test

    30 minApr 9, 1953

    A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.

  23. 23The Big Lay-Out

    30 minApr 16, 1953

    A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.

  24. 24The Big Fire

    30 minApr 23, 1953

    A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.

  25. 25The Big Ray

    30 minApr 30, 1953

    A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.

  26. 26The Big Frank

    30 minMay 7, 1953

    While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.

  27. 27The Big Lease

    30 minMay 14, 1953

    An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man's house, doesn't add up.

  28. 28The Big Hands

    30 minMay 21, 1953

    Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.

  29. 29The Big Fourth

    30 minMay 28, 1953

    Several babies are stolen in the city.

  30. 30The Big Market

    30 minJun 4, 1953

    A bandit starts robbing people at local markets.

  31. 31The Big Friend

    30 minJun 11, 1953

    Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.

  32. 32The Big Barrette

    30 minJun 18, 1953

    Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.

  33. 33The Big Dance

    30 minJun 25, 1953

    Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.

Guest stars

Frances Bavier
Paul Bryar