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4 September 1954 (USA)
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This was the hottest case to hit the department! more
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Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member. full summary | full synopsis
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Excellent movie adaption of TV series.
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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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Veteran Western sidekick Dub "Cannonball" Taylor appears briefly as Miller Starkie, the murder victim.
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Quotes:
Max Troy:
This gonna take long?
Sgt. Joe Friday: You've got the time.
Max Troy: Mine's worth money, yours isn't!
Sgt. Joe Friday: Send in a bill.
Max Troy: I asked you a question!
Sgt. Joe Friday: You're here to answer 'em, not ask 'em!
Max Troy: Now, listen to me, Cop. I pay your salary.
Sgt. Joe Friday: All right, sit down. I'm gonna earn it.
Max Troy: You already have, the kind of money you make. What do they pay you to carry that badge around, 40 cents an hour?
Sgt. Joe Friday: You sit down! That badge pays 464 dollars a month. That's what the job's worth. I knew that when I hired on. $67.40 comes out with withholding. I give $27.84 for pension and 12 bucks for widows and orphans. That leaves me with $356.76. That badge is worth a dollar 82 an hour so Mister, better settle back into that chair because I'm about to blow about 20 bucks of it right now.
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Sgt. Joe Friday: You've got the time.
Max Troy: Mine's worth money, yours isn't!
Sgt. Joe Friday: Send in a bill.
Max Troy: I asked you a question!
Sgt. Joe Friday: You're here to answer 'em, not ask 'em!
Max Troy: Now, listen to me, Cop. I pay your salary.
Sgt. Joe Friday: All right, sit down. I'm gonna earn it.
Max Troy: You already have, the kind of money you make. What do they pay you to carry that badge around, 40 cents an hour?
Sgt. Joe Friday: You sit down! That badge pays 464 dollars a month. That's what the job's worth. I knew that when I hired on. $67.40 comes out with withholding. I give $27.84 for pension and 12 bucks for widows and orphans. That leaves me with $356.76. That badge is worth a dollar 82 an hour so Mister, better settle back into that chair because I'm about to blow about 20 bucks of it right now.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Theme From Dragnet (Danger Ahead)
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This is the 1954 film version of the 1951-59 original TV series. This time it's in color, but it's not exactly the same as the show. We know who the killer is at the beginning, so it's not even a surprise. They didn't even say what happened to him in the end (you know, when they show the criminal in handcuffs, with the narrator telling what the judgement was) because he died (which they still did on the show, they'd say the suspect was deceased instead). Despite that, it's an excellent film, and well worth seeing if you're a fan. Joe still has Frank Smith as his partner, well acted by Ben Alexander and the performance by Jack Webb is classic. Track this one down for sure.