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Dragnet (1987)

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Reviews Counted:6

Fresh:5

Rotten:1

Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order --... A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order -- with an emphasis on order. But with wacky hipster Pep Streebek for a partner, that's not so easy. When the mismatched twosome try to crack a case involving a crazed TV evangelist and a slimy porn mogul, law and disorder is the name of the game. [More]

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer

Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Ashley, Alexandra Paul

Director: Tom Mankiewicz

Director: Tom Mankiewicz
Screenwriter: David Ackroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz

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More innocuous than inventive.

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Most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising.

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Mr. Aykroyd and Mr. Hanks play well together, but the funniest performance in the film is that of Dabney Coleman, as the smut king (who lisps).

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The script is a gold mine of one-liners.

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Yes, it is lowbrow and sophomoric. What you'd call dumb-de-dumb-dumb fun.

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It's fun a lot of the time. Several individual shots are hilarious.

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