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Release Date:
4 September 1954 (USA)
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This was the hottest case to hit the department! more
Plot:
Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member. full summary | full synopsis
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A Disappointment
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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 Gerard |
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The Original Dragnet (USA) (reissue title)
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88 min
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Color (Warnercolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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The first theatrical film based on a television show.
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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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Sgt. Joe Friday: You've got the Cadillac - drive over and get it!
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Referenced in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
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Foggy Night in San Francisco
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1954's DRAGNET is well-cast with Jack Webb's stock company, plus a pre-PALADIN, Richard Boone and pre-CHESTER on GUNSMOKE, Dennis Weaver. However, the plot takes WAY too long to get to an ultimately UNsatisfying conclusion. I am a fan of Jack's but I believe this was his first crack at directing a feature and, unfortunately, it shows. Many scenes drag on for too long (the bar room brawl seems interminable) and as a result, the story just plods along. The running time is listed at only 88 minutes, but it SEEMS longer. The crisp, clean pace of Webb's radio and TV DRAGNET episodes is lost in this full-length treatment.