Movie
Dragnet
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-06-26
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures, Applied Action, Permut Presentations, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Elizabeth Ashley as Jane Kirkpatrick
- Dabney Coleman as Jerry Caesar
- Kathleen Freeman as Enid Borden
- Bruce Gray as Mayor Peter Parvin
- Lenka Peterson as Granny Mundy
- Julia Jennings as Sylvia Wiss
Crew
- Tom Mankiewicz - Director
- Dan Aykroyd - Screenplay
- Alan Zweibel - Screenplay
- Tom Mankiewicz - Screenplay
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