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Dragnet (1954)
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User Rating: 6.3/10 (201 votes)
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Directed by
Jack Webb

Writing credits
Richard L. Breen
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Release Date:
4 September 1954 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime / Drama more
Tagline:
7:55 P.M. All days off were cancelled. All officers placed on standby. This was the hottest case to hit the department. more
Plot Outline:
Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member. more
Plot Keywords:
Based On TV Series / Sequel / Detective / Police / Los Angeles California more
User Comments:
Excellent movie adaption of TV series. more
Cast(Cast overview, first billed only)

	Jack Webb	... 	Sgt. Joe Friday
	Ben Alexander	... 	Officer Frank Smith

	Richard Boone	... 	Capt .James E. Hamilton
	Ann Robinson	... 	Officer Grace Downey
	Stacy Harris	... 	Max Edward Troy
	Virginia Gregg	... 	Mrs. Ethel Starkie
	Vic Perrin	... 	Adolph Alexander, Asst. Chief Deputy D.A. (as Victor Perrin)
	Georgia Ellis	... 	Belle Davitt
	James Griffith	... 	Jesse Quinn
	Dick Cathcart	... 	Roy Cleaver

	Malcolm Atterbury	... 	Lee Reinhard
	Willard Sage	... 	Chester Davitt
	Olan Soule	... 	Ray Pinker, Forensic Chemist

	Dennis Weaver	... 	Police Captain R.A. Lohrman
	Monte Masters	... 	Fabian Guard
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Original Dragnet (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 / USA:Approved (PCA #17096, General Audience) / West Germany:12 / Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
City Hall - 200 N. Spring St., Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Company:
Mark VII Ltd. more
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
The movie followed the then current tendency of radio and TV shows to work in the sponsor's products wherever possible. Liggett & Meyers Tobacco was the TV/radio series' main sponsor, and though it is doubtful they had any financial involvement with the movie, packs of their Chesterfield cigarettes can be seen throughout the movie. Every public place in the movie also featured a Chesterfield vending machine. more
Quotes:
Max Troy: You got nothing to take to court! You got a phone number, it don't prove up. I could write down Eisenhower and it don't prove up for twenty cents. That's all the evidence you got, you take it downtown and they won't let you in the washroom with it! Now get off my back and hand me that ashtray!
Sgt. Joe Friday: You've got the Cadillac - drive over and get it!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Se7en (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Theme From Dragnet (Danger Ahead) more