Dragnet (1951)

A circus man reports that a tiger escaped from his truck and is now on the loose in Los Angeles.

A frightened wife tells Friday and Smith that she's worried her husband is planning to pull a hold-up.

A group of police women act as decoys to draw a stick-up man out into the open.

A man forges checks to keep himself and his wife in an expensive lifestyle, but he goes too far when he buys a slick convertable.

A teenage boy under arrest admits to police that his brother is planning to rob a loan company.

Friday and Smith are looking for a robber with an unusual tattoo.

Friday and Smith investigate a gambling racket.

Friday and Smith investigate reports of counterfeit money appearing all over the city.

A distraught father reports that his teenage daughter is missing, and things look more bleak when her murdered pet is discovered in her roo…

A watch salesman reports that he was robbed by two men whom he drank with the night before.

A father works as a day burglar so he can buy presents for his kids, now living with his ex wife.

Friday and Smith investigate a rash of burglaries.

A woman reports that her husband has failed to come home after going out with is business partner.

A bandit carrying a sawed-off shotgun is robbing hotels in the down town area.

A man is reported missing, by two different women, the description matches, but the names are different. He is married to these two and has…

A tourist leaves her purse in the back of a cab and it's up to Friday and Smith to track it down.

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robber/arsonist that takes nothing of value and then sets the house on fire.

Friday and Smith reopen a closed case because a tip leads them to believe they have the wrong person.

Friday and Smith investigate the former employee of a tie manufacturing company.

A howling dog leads to the unearthing of the battered body of an old woman in her garden.

Friday and Smith investigate the hit and run of a little girl.

Friday and Smith try to prove that a salvage yard operator is using his business to fix up stolen cars.

An auction house is held up and the only clue to the bandits lies in a dropped matchbook.

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a thief whose victims are attending weddings and funerals.

Friday and Smith are on the trail of three masked men responsible for over thirty robberies.

A bakery owner and his daughter are shot down during a robbery.