Dragnet - Season 5 (1955)

Sgt Joe Friday and officer Smith struggle to crack a case involving a cat burglar. With all their leads going nowhere and evidence scarce the case seems to be leading to a dead end. Then their luck changes.

A young man confesses to an armed robbery of a grocery store, but his story doesn't add up to the details of the stick-up.

A man swindled out of $1,500 life savings from a familiar bunco scam, substitute jewelry for cash, jewelry is imitation.

Friday and his partner Smith race against time to stop a series of brutal beatings of women in the Hollywood area. Just when they think they have their man, things change and very quickly.

A worried woman contacts Friday and Smith when her elderly mother mysteriously disappears and suspects her father of foul play, a suspicion that proves to be correct when blood is found at her old house.

Joe and Frank investigate a series of burglaries in new housing developments where the suspect's signature is the killing of pet birds.

Friday and Smith are on the trail of a con artist who preys on lonely women with promises of marriage.

An elderly man and his invalid daughter are severely beaten during a home invasion. When the father dies and the daughter ID's one of the perps Friday and Smith start the hunt.

Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington, who died three years ago. The search takes him to a former extra who has given up show business for crime.

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a nightclub owner,

A routine check of local pawn shops leads Friday and Smith to the investigation of a jewelry theft.

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Friday and Smith search for two holdup men who rob restaurants and bars.

Friday and Smith investigate a woman suspected of murdering her two-year-old daughter.

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Two brothers have perfected a real estate scam that relieves prospective homeowners of their money. Sgt Friday must develop a plan that will send the grifters away to prison.

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An informant tips off Joe and Frank about a major narcotics shipment arriving in Los Angeles, and Joe goes undercover to trace the heroin to its source.

Friday and Smith attempt to solve a series of car thefts but are getting nowhere until they learn that the car thieves are selling the stolen cars illegally.

A teenager voluntarily turns himself into police for his drug addiction. He initially refuses to provide police with the suppliers.

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Mrs. Vesper, an old friend of detective Frank Smith, reports bring robbed and suspects a newly hired maid. The police learn of falsified references and after apprehension bizarre explanations for the thefts.

A disc jockey receives a watch - which turns out to be stolen - from a female fan. Joe and Frank must track down the thief.

Sgt. Friday and Officer Smith solve a series of burglaries at car-rental shops around Los Angeles.