Dragnet (film, 1987)

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comedy film crime film film

Dragnet (film, 1987) is a comedy crime film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks that parodies and modernizes the classic Dragnet police procedural for a 1980s audience.

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Label Occurrences
"Dragnet" (1989) reboot 1
Dragnet (film, 1987) canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Dragnet (radio series) ⓘ
surface form: Dragnet (radio and television series)
character Connie Swail ⓘ
LAPD Sergeant Joe Friday ⓘ
surface form: Joe Friday

Pep Streebek ⓘ
Reverend Jonathan Whirley ⓘ
cinematographyBy Matthew F. Leonetti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Tom Mankiewicz ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Richard Halsey ⓘ
featuresActorAsCharacter Alexandra Paul as Connie Swail ⓘ
Christopher Plummer as Reverend Jonathan Whirley ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd as Joe Friday ⓘ
Harry Morgan as Bill Gannon ⓘ
Tom Hanks as Pep Streebek ⓘ
featuresOrganization Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
crime ⓘ
hasTheme crime investigation ⓘ
police procedural parody ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy Ira Newborn ⓘ
notableSong City of Crime ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies Dragnet (radio series) ⓘ
surface form: Dragnet (radio and television series)
partOfFranchise Dragnet (television series) ⓘ
surface form: Dragnet franchise
producer David Permut ⓘ
Robert K. Weiss ⓘ
rating PG-13 ⓘ
releaseDate 1987-06-26 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runningTime 106 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Alan Zweibel ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Tom Mankiewicz ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
starring Alexandra Paul ⓘ
Christopher Plummer ⓘ
Dan Aykroyd ⓘ
Harry Morgan ⓘ
Tom Hanks ⓘ
title Dragnet ⓘ

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Dragnet (television series) → hasAdaptation → Dragnet (film, 1987) ⓘ
Ed O’Neill → notableTVSeries → Dragnet (film, 1987) ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Dragnet" (1989) reboot