Movie
Dragnet
"Just The Facts."
LAPD 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.
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Synopsis
LAPD 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.
More about Dragnet
Cast
Dan AykroydSgt. Joe Friday
Tom HanksPep Streebeck
Christopher PlummerReverend Jonathan Whirley
Harry MorganCaptain Gannon
Alexandra PaulConnie Swail
Jack O'HalloranEmil Muzz
Elizabeth AshleyJane Kirkpatrick
Dabney ColemanJerry CaesarCredits
- Directed by
- Tom Mankiewicz
- Written by
- Dan Aykroyd, Tom Mankiewicz, Alan Zweibel
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $66.7M
Production
Universal PicturesUnited States- Applied Action
- Permut PresentationsUnited States
- Brillstein-Grey EntertainmentUnited States
