Dragnet overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
Dan Aykroyd must have practiced for months to perfect his Jack Webb inflections for Dragnet. Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz's directorial debut (also written by Mankiewicz, along with Aykroyd, and Alan Zweibel) is a gentle spoof of the legendary '50s television police drama -- pitting '50s conservatism smack up against the attitudes of the '80s. Basically, the film is another 48 Hours or Beverly Hills Cop clone. Aykroyd stars as Joe Friday, the nephew of the original Friday. But with his brown suit, fedora, and lockjaw, he could just as well be the incarnation of Jack Webb. He is involuntarily assigned a smart alecky, street-wise partner, Pep Streebeck (Tom Hanks), and they are appointed to investigate a series of religious cult murders in L.
see full synopsis
Movie Details:
- Director: Tom Mankiewicz
- Studio: Applied Action, Universal
- Year: 1987
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: PG13
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Comedy
- Filmed in: Color
