Dan Aykroyd
Sgt. Joe Friday
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Dragnet is a 1987 American buddy cop comedy film directed and co-written by Tom Mankiewicz in his directorial debut. Starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, the film is based on the radio and television crime drama of the same name.
Dragnet: Directed by Tom Mankiewicz. With Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Harry Morgan. The equally strait-laced and "by-the-book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
- (38K)
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Tom Mankiewicz
- 1987-06-26
The movie takes the basic ingredients of the “Dragnet” TV shows, kids them and plugs them into a bizarre plot about a cult of Los Angeles pagans who hold weird satanic rites.
No-nonsense Los Angeles detective Sgt. Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd) is partnered with the wisecracking Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks), a hip upstart cop, and the mismatched duo is ordered to investigate a...
- (36)
- Tom Mankiewicz
- PG-13
- Dan Aykroyd
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.
To his chagrin, by-the-book Los Angeles policeman Joe Friday has been assigned a flippant, street-wise new partner, Pep Streebeck. They are investigating a series of murders, which leads them to the religious cult P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness and Normalcy).
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Dragnet (1987) "Just the facts": Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd star as unlikely partners in this hysterically funny action-comedy that pays homage to the famed original police drama of the '50s and '60s. 2,396 IMDb 6.0 1 h 46 min 1987. X-Ray PG-13. Action · Comedy · Exciting · Fun. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $3.79. Buy. HD $14.69.
