Dragnet
The film follows the equally-straight-laced and 'by the book' nephew of Joe Friday and his more laid-back partner as they are ordered to investigate a strange series of ritual killings.
14 February 1959, Waltrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
7 September 1936, San Juan, Puerto Rico
16 October 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1955, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
8 October 1940, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 January 1932, Austin, Texas, USA
16 October 1924, USA
1 March 1944, San Bernardino, California, USA
13 February 1948, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
6 July 1961, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, USA
10 February 1947, Claremore, Oklahoma, USA
11 September 1938, Akron, Ohio, USA
30 May 1917, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
15 February 1917, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]
2 July 1914, Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 October 1962, Fresno, California, USA
June 22, 2004
Strident pop-culture revisionism.January 01, 2000
Yes, it is lowbrow and sophomoric. What you'd call dumb-de-dumb-dumb fun.May 24, 2006
Annoying comedy.January 01, 2000
The script is a gold mine of one-liners.May 20, 2008
Most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising.March 04, 2004
A comedy classic, Hanks and Aykroyd are greatMay 20, 2003
Mr. Aykroyd and Mr. Hanks play well together, but the funniest performance in the film is that of Dabney Coleman, as the smut king (who lisps).May 20, 2008
Aykroyd's script has more than its share of clever, witty ideas, but the film still feels the need to descend way too often to Police Academy-style heroes-dress-up-like-idiots sequences.May 20, 2008
More innocuous than inventive.