Initially intended as a pilot for the Dragnet-1967 TV series, featuring L.A. police detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners, but not aired until 1969.
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Cast
| Jack Webb | ... |
Sgt. Joe Friday
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| Harry Morgan | ... |
Officer Bill Gannon
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| Vic Perrin | ... |
Don Negler, alias J. Johnson
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| Virginia Gregg | ... |
Mrs. Eve Kruger
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| Gene Evans | ... |
Capt. Hugh Brown
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John Roseboro | ... |
Sgt. Dave Bradford
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| Bobby Troup | ... |
George Freeman
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Tom Williams | ... |
Melvin Gannon
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Jack Ragotzy | ... |
Carl Rockwell
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| Roger Til | ... |
William Smith
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| Jean-Michel Michenaud | ... |
Claude LeBorg
(as Gerald Michenaud)
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| Bruce Watson | ... |
Freddie
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Herbert Ellis | ... |
Rico 'Ricky' Markell
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| Eddie Firestone | ... |
Max Shelton
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| Elizabeth Rogers | ... |
Eve Sorenson
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| Ben Astar | ... |
Russian Ambassador (uncredited)
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| Frank Baker | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Harry Bartell | ... |
Jim Murdoch (uncredited)
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| Thordis Brandt | ... |
Carol Freeman (uncredited)
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| Robert Brubaker | ... |
Police Detective (uncredited)
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| George Bruggeman | ... |
Detective (uncredited)
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| Carol Byron | ... |
Employee at Adam and Eve (uncredited)
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| Claire Carleton | ... |
Landlady (uncredited)
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| Charles Cirillo | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Frank Coghlan Jr. | ... |
Man at Dance (uncredited)
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| George DeNormand | ... |
Man at Briefing (uncredited)
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| Sam Edwards | ... |
Rodman (uncredited)
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| Jody Gilbert | ... |
Woman at Dance (uncredited)
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| Jimmie Horan | ... |
Bob (uncredited)
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| Anthony Jochim | ... |
Trailer court manager (uncredited)
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| Jess Kirkpatrick | ... |
Watson (uncredited)
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| Ralph Manza | ... |
Eddie Garcia, Police Sketch Artist (uncredited)
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| Dennis McCarthy | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Kent McCord | ... |
Brewster - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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William Meader | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Murray Pollack | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Anthony Redondo | ... |
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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| Barbara Rhoades | ... |
Girl at Adam & Eve Social (uncredited)
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| John Sebastian | ... |
Sgt. Danny Mendez (uncredited)
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| Sarah Selby | ... |
Woman at Dance (uncredited)
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| Bernard Sell | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Alfred Shelly | ... |
Homicide Investigator (uncredited)
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| Olan Soule | ... |
Wayne - Forensics Officer (uncredited)
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| Harlan Warde | ... |
Officer Wilkins (uncredited)
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Rick Warick | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Jack Webb | ||
Written by
| Richard L. Breen | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| Burt Nodella | ... | associate producer |
| Jack Webb | ... | producer |
Music by
| Lyn Murray | ||
Cinematography by
| Walter Strenge | ||
Editing by
| Richard Belding | ||
Art Direction by
| John E. Chilberg II | ||
| Richard Kimball | ||
Set Decoration by
| Buck Henshaw | ... | (as George Henshaw) |
| John McCarthy Jr. | ... | (as John McCarthy) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Edward K. Dodds | ... | assistant director |
Additional Crew
| Pierce Brooks | ... | technical advisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1969) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
- Shout! Factory (2010) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Det.Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from his vacation to work with his partner, Off. Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking down Johnson and the young ladies, the detectives wind up with two different descriptions of the suspect, one of which closely resembles a dead body found in a vacant lot. But the dead man, later identified as Charles LeBorg of France, proves not to be J. Johnson, when a third young model disappears.
Written by Michael J. Hayde |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Pierce Brooks, the technical advisor on this film, was the Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective who originally solved the actual case on which this film was based. See more » |
| Goofs | Friday and Gannon collect a picture of each of the missing women. At the end when they match the pictures to the photographs that Negler took of his bound victims, each woman is wearing the same outfit as in her portrait. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by Dragnet (1987). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Theme From Dragnet (Danger Ahead) See more » |
| Quotes |
Sgt. Joe Friday:
[busts the kitchen door with the suspect hiding behind it and knocks him down. The crook goes for his gun, but Friday has his pointed at his nose]
Go ahead, pick it up. See more » |