Dragnet (1987)
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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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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Genre:Action, Comedy, Crime
Written By:Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz
In Theaters:6/26/1987
Box Office:$66,700,000
Runtime:106 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures, Applied Action, Permut Presentations, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Cast
Tom Mankiewicz
Director
Dan Aykroyd
Sgt. Joe Friday
Tom Hanks
Pep Streebeck
Christopher Plummer
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Harry Morgan
Captain Gannon
Alexandra Paul
Connie Swail
Jack O'Halloran
Emil Muzz
Elizabeth Ashley
Jane Kirkpatrick
Dabney Coleman
Jerry Caesar
Kathleen Freeman
Enid Borden
Bruce Gray
Mayor Peter Parvin
Lenka Peterson
Granny Mundy
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