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1987 comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz
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Dragnet is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz. The screenplay was written by Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz, and Jack Webb. The cast features Tom Hanks, Dan Aykroyd, Christopher Plummer, and Harry Morgan. Produced by Bernie Brillstein, David Permut, and Robert K. Weiss, the movie was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
The narrative is set in Los Angeles and runs for 106 minutes. It carries a PG-13 rating. The film has a budget of $20,000,000 and generated $66,700,000 in revenue. Critical assessments include a 50% review score and a 5.2/10 rating. Other metrics list a 6.0 rating from 39,227 votes and a Metascore of 62. The production companies involved were Universal Pictures, Applied Action, Permut Presentations, and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment.
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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.
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
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- Dragnet franchise
- Genre
- buddy cop film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Tom Mankiewicz
- Screenwriter
- Jack Webb
- Composer
- Ira Newborn
- Producer
- Robert K. Weiss
- Cinematographer
- Matthew F. Leonetti
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 427957
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-12-17
- title
- Dragnet
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 5.2/10
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