Dragnet (1987 film)
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| Directed by | Tom Mankiewicz |
| Produced by |
Bernie Brillstein David Permut Robert K. Weiss |
| Written by |
Dan Aykroyd Alan Zweibel Tom Mankiewicz |
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| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | William D. Gordeon Richard Halsey |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $66,673,516 |
Dragnet is a 1987 American buddy cop comedy film written and directed by Tom Mankiewicz in his directorial debut, and starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks. The film is based on the television crime drama of the same name starring Jack Webb. The screenplay, both a parody of and homage to the long-running television series, was written by Dan Aykroyd and Alan Zweibel. The original music score is by Ira Newborn.
Aykroyd plays Joe Friday (nephew of the original series star) while Hanks plays Pep Streebek, his new partner. Harry Morgan reprises his role from the television series as Bill Gannon, now a captain and Friday and Streebek's boss.
LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday's nephew and namesake (Aykroyd), whose anachronistic views reflect those of his late uncle, is involuntarily assigned a smart-alecky, streetwise new partner, Pep Streebek (Hanks). Their contrasting styles clash at first, Friday disapproving of his young partner's attitude, hair, and wardrobe, but they gradually bond over their first case as a team, an investigation of a series of bizarre thefts involving items as disparate as a tanker full of chemicals; police, fire and paramedic vehicles; a wedding dress; a wood tree bat; an anaconda; a lion's mane; and the entire monthly print run of Bait, a pornographic magazine owned by Jerry Caesar (Dabney Coleman).
They follow the trail to an Orange County-based cult calling itself P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness And Normalcy). After further investigation, Friday and Streebek focus on one of the cult's henchmen, a brutish limousine driver for Jerry Caesar named Emil Muzz (Jack O'Halloran), who then reveals to Friday and Streebek the location of the next P.A.G.A.N. gathering during a gruesome interrogation by Streebek and a table drawer.
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