Dragnet is a 1987 film comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, directed by Tom Mankiewicz, based on the television crime drama of the same name starring Jack Webb. The screenplay is written by Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel and Mankiewicz. The original music score is by Ira Newborn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Just the Facts." At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 46% composite score. LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday's nephew and namesake , whose anachronistic views reflect those of his late uncle, is involuntarily assigned to a smart-alecky, street-wise partner, Pep Streebek . Their contrasting... styles clash at first, Friday disapproving of his young partner's attitude, hair, and wardrobe, but they gradually bond over their first case as a team, an investigation of a series of bizarre thefts involving items as disparate as a tanker full of chemicals, police, fire and medic vehicles, a wedding dress, a lion's mane, and the entire monthly print run of the pornographic magazine "Bait". The cops follow the trail to an Orange County-based cult calling itself P.A.G.A.N. .
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| Release date: | June 26, 1987 |
| Directed by: | Tom Mankiewicz |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bernie Brillstein, Robert K. Weiss, David Permut |
| Editor: | Richard Halsey |
| Music by: | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Jack Webb, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Mankiewicz, Alan Zweibel |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Dragnet |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action |