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Episode Guide
The Big Gambler
Series: Dragnet
Series Progress: Episode 51 of 13139% Completed
Synopsis
Narrowing the suspects down to three after a large corporation reports a 100,000-dollar shortfall, Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and Officer Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) pound the pavement to track down the missing money. The determined detectives first interview a female employee (who seems to always be short on cash as a result of caring for her invalid mother) and then a warehouse manager short on funds due to alimony payments and a greedy girlfriend. Though the first two leads leave the lawmen scratching their heads, a third suspect provides the answers for which Friday and Gannon have been searching. When they interview purchasing agent Harry Pendleton (Vic Perrin), the suspect mentions that he moonlights at a gas station to make ends meet. Inquiring at the gas station, Friday and Gannon are shocked to learn that the manager knows of no such employee. It turns out that Pendleton is a compulsive gambler who lies about a night job in order to go to a nearby city that allows gambling. Embezzling company funds to cover his losses, Pendleton breaks down and confesses all under interrogation.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 65 hours 27 minutes (131 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge - A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 131 days
3 episodes/day: 44 days
5 episodes/day: 27 days
Episodes (131)
- S01E01 - The Human Bomb
- S01E01 - The LSD Story
- S01E10 - The Jade Story
- S01E11 - The Big September Man
- S01E11 - The Big Shooting
- S01E12 - The Big Phone Call
- S01E12 - The Hit-and-Run Driver
- S01E13 - The Big Casing
- S01E13 - The Big Bookie
- S01E14 - The Big Lamp
- S01E14 - The Subscription Racket
- S01E15 - The Big Gun
- S01E16 - The Big Kids
- S01E17 - The Bullet
- S01E02 - The Big Explosion
- S01E02 - The Big Actor
- S01E03 - The Kidnapping
- S01E04 - The Big Mother
- S01E04 - The Interrogation
- S01E05 - The Masked Bandits
- S01E05 - The Big Cast
- S01E06 - The Bank Examiner Swindle
- S01E07 - The Hammer
- S01E08 - The Candy Store Robberies
- S01E09 - The Fur Job
- S02E01 - The Big Jump
- S02E01 - The Grenade
- S02E10 - The Missing Realtor
- S02E11 - The Big Show
- S02E11 - The Big Dog
- S02E12 - The Pyramid Swindle
- S02E13 - The Phony Police Racket
- S02E14 - The Big Hate
- S02E14 - The Trial Board
- S02E15 - The Christmas Story
- S02E16 - The Big Shipment
- S02E17 - The Big Search
- S02E18 - The Big Prophet
- S02E19 - The Big Break
- S02E19 - The Big Amateur
- S02E02 - The Shooting Board
- S02E20 - The Starlet
- S02E20 - The Big Light
- S02E21 - The Big Clan
- S02E22 - The Little Victim
- S02E23 - The Squeeze
- S02E24 - The Suicide Attempt
- S02E25 - The Big Departure
- S02E26 - The Big Investigation
- S02E27 - The Big Lease
- S02E27 - The Big Gambler Viewing
- S02E28 - The Big Problem
- S02E28 - The Big Hands
- S02E03 - The Badge Racket
- S02E04 - The Bank Jobs
- S02E04 - The Big Seventeen
- S02E05 - The Big Neighbor
- S02E06 - The Big Frustration
- S02E07 - The Senior Citizen
- S02E08 - The Big High
- S02E09 - The Big Ad
- S02E09 - The Big Grandma
- S03E01 - Public Affairs - DR-07
- S03E10 - Public Affairs - DR-14
- S03E11 - Narcotics - DR-16
- S03E12 - Internal Affairs - DR-20
- S03E13 - Community Relations - DR-17
- S03E14 - Homicide - DR-22
- S03E15 - BOD - DR-27
- S03E16 - The Big Thief
- S03E16 - Narcotics - DR-21
- S03E17 - The Big Little Jesus
- S03E17 - Administrative Vice - DR-29
- S03E19 - Frauds - DR-28
- S03E19 - The Big Trunk
- S03E02 - Juvenile - DR-05
- S03E20 - Juvenile - DR-19
- S03E21 - The Big Boys
- S03E21 - Burglary - DR-31
- S03E22 - The Big Ham
- S03E22 - Vice - DR-30
- S03E23 - Forgery - DR-33
- S03E24 - Juvenile - DR-32
- S03E25 - Juvenile - DR-35
- S03E26 - Frauds - DR-36
- S03E27 - The Big Winchester
- S03E27 - Intelligence - DR-34
- S03E28 - The Big Shoplift
- S03E29 - The Big Hit and Run Killer
- S03E03 - Community Relations - DR-10
- S03E31 - The Big Girl
- S03E34 - The Big Frame
- S03E39 - The Big False Make
- S03E04 - Management Services - DR-11
- S03E04 - The Big Betty
- S03E05 - Police Commission - DR-13
- S03E06 - Homicide - DR-06
- S03E07 - Robbery - DR-15
- S03E08 - Public Affairs - DR-12
- S03E09 - Training - DR-18
- S04E01 - Personnel - The Shooting
- S04E10 - Internal Affairs - Parolee
- S04E11 - Burglary Auto - Juvenile Genius
- S04E12 - Bunco - $9000
- S04E13 - Narco - Missing Hype
- S04E14 - Burglary - Helpful Woman
- S04E15 - Homicide - Who Killed Who?
- S04E16 - Burglary - The Son
- S04E17 - IAD - The Weekend
- S04E18 - Narco - Pill Maker
- S04E19 - Burglary - The Dognappers
- S04E02 - Homicide - The Student
- S04E20 - Missing Persons - The Body
- S04E21 - Forgery - The Ranger
- S04E22 - DHQ - Night School
- S04E23 - IAD - The Receipt
- S04E24 - Robbery - The Harassing Wife
- S04E25 - Burglary - Baseball
- S04E26 - DHQ - The Victims
- S04E03 - The Big Crime
- S04E03 - SIU - The Ring
- S04E04 - The Big Pair
- S04E04 - DHQ - Medical
- S04E05 - Burglary - Mister
- S04E06 - Juvenile - Little Pusher
- S04E07 - Homicide - Cigarette Butt
- S04E08 - DHQ - Missing Person
- S04E09 - The Big Present
- S04E09 - Burglary Auto - Courtroom
- S07E28 - The Big War
- S08E04 - The Big Oskar