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Dragnet
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6.0LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Released: 1987-06-26106 minDir: Tom MankiewiczAction, Comedy, CrimeBudget: $20.0MBox office: $66.7M
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd as Sgt. Joe Friday
- Tom Hanks as Pep Streebeck
- Christopher Plummer as Reverend Jonathan Whirley
- Harry Morgan as Captain Gannon
- Alexandra Paul as Connie Swail
- Jack O'Halloran as Emil Muzz
Themes
- molotow cocktail
- buddy cop
- health food
- speech impediment
- reverend
- ice sculpture
- orange county, california
- female police commissioner
- homage
- yugo
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
39,227 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
49%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 427957
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- publication date
- 1987-12-17
- title
- Dragnet
- review score
- 5.2/10
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1980s crime comedy films1980s parody films1980s police comedy films1987 American films1987 comedy films1987 directorial debut films1987 English-language films1987 filmsAmerican buddy cop filmsAmerican crime comedy filmsAmerican parody filmsAmerican police detective filmsDragnet (franchise)English-language crime comedy filmsFilms about cultsFilms based on radio seriesFilms based on television seriesFilms directed by Tom MankiewiczFilms produced by Bernie BrillsteinFilms produced by Robert K. WeissFilms scored by Ira NewbornFilms set in Los AngelesFilms shot in Los AngelesFilms with screenplays by Alan Zweibel