Dragnet

S01E06: The Bank Examiner Swindle

Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.

Overview

Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.

Episodes

S01E01 The LSD Story

January 12, 1967 30 min
Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Gannon encounter a freaked-out young LSD user calling himself "Blue Boy"; before long, Blue Boy is "turning on" schoolchildren with the mysterious new drug.

S01E02 The Big Explosion

January 19, 1967 30 min
A neo-Nazi psycho has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. Friday and Gannon have to find it.

S01E03 The Kidnapping

January 26, 1967 30 min
Friday and Gannon help an employee rescue her kidnapped boss.

S01E04 The Interrogation

February 9, 1967 30 min
A new officer has been arrested for robbing a liquor store while on an undercover assignment.

S01E05 The Masked Bandits

February 16, 1967 30 min
Four bandits wearing red masks commit a series of robberies.

S01E06 The Bank Examiner Swindle

February 23, 1967 30 min
Two con men, posing as bank examiners, are bilking the elderly out of their life savings.

S01E07 The Hammer

March 2, 1967 30 min
An elderly apartment manager is found to have been beaten to death with a hammer.

S01E08 The Candy Store Robberies

March 9, 1967 30 min
Friday and Gannon try to figure out a pattern to a series of candy store hold-ups.

S01E09 The Fur Job

March 16, 1967 30 min
Gannon goes undercover as a buyer in order to trap fur theives.

S01E10 The Jade Story

March 23, 1967 30 min
Over $200,000 worth of Imperial Jade is reported stolen in a burglary, and Friday and Gannon are on the case.

S01E11 The Shooting

March 30, 1967 30 min
A police officer is shot while making a routine check on a pair of paroled convicts that are parked near a liquor store.

S01E12 The Hit and Run Driver

April 6, 1967 30 min
Friday and Gannon use newspapers, radio and TV to seek the public's help in identifying a hit and run driver.

S01E13 The Bookie

April 13, 1967 30 min
Friday goes undercover with the Department's chaplain in order to break up a gambling ring.

S01E14 The Subscription Racket

April 20, 1967 30 min
Friday learns about a scam artist with a novel twist: he uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor to solicit magazine subscriptions.

S01E15 The Gun

April 27, 1967 30 min
A Japanese widow is senselessly murdered, leaving her small daughter an orphan. Friday has a hard time controlling his emotions while seeking the killer.

S01E16 The Big Kids

May 4, 1967 30 min
A gang of juvenile thieves have been stealing petty items in order to gain membership into an exclusive club.

S01E17 The Bullet

May 11, 1967 30 min
A dead man has been found in a locked room, along with a gun that could not have been the murder weapon.

Cast

Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan
Officer Bill Gannon
Jack Webb
Jack Webb
Sergeant Joe Friday

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