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Richard L. Breen (screenplay)
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Release Date:
4 September 1954 (USA) more
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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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Dennis Weaver Dies in Colorado
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Excellent movie adaption of TV series. more (17 total)

Cast

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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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Also Known As:
The Original Dragnet (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
88 min
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Color (Warnercolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #17096, General Audience) | West Germany:12 | Sweden:15
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Veteran Western sidekick Dub "Cannonball" Taylor appears briefly as Miller Starkie, the murder victim. more
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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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more
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Theme From Dragnet (Danger Ahead) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Excellent movie adaption of TV series., 20 June 2000
Author: lartronic from Akron, Ohio

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.

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