Dragnet [1954]

English Title:	The Original Dragnet
Year:	1954
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	7.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	5 Have Seen


Director	Jack Webb
Selected Cast	Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
	Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith
	Richard Boone as Captain James E. Hamilton
	Ann Robinson as Officer Grace Downey

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Dragnet [1954] - Universal - USA (2013)

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jaimeeduardo 31st Aug 2020



YankeeDisc SUBS 3rd Jul 2019		"....so not what I was looking for. I have never pursued obtaining this film for my personal collection since." Not quite so. I actually have a copy of this film on a VHS tape, an NTSC copy from the states, although that is unconfirmed as yet. I bought a lot of VHS tapes years ago from a Scottish laddie off of Ebay, and he had plenty of US NTSC titles.....nae bother to me, as my VHS video recorder could play both PAL/SECAM and NTSC VHS tapes. I shall be adding titles as I go, one of these days, on the 45worlds: DVD & Blu-ray site.



YankeeDisc SUBS 10th Jun 2016		I saw this film about 16 or so years ago on terrestrial television, and remember the unforgettable line where (I think) a detective at the office in the precinct, after there was a murder committed elsewhere in the city against a person of interest, uttered the line... "Why-de-Dye, Why-de-Dye" almost in a sing song style. I'm assuming the detective was saying "Why did he die, Why did he die", but the delivery was classic. A confusion arises over Dragnet, as I believe this was the first outing, then came the first television series, filmed in black and white, and then later on the second television series. I tried to obtain the film version, as I recall it had Richard Boone in it, as well as Olan Soule, who I believe played villains with aplomb. I did obtain two VHS videos (14 odd years ago), but they proved to be compilations of the first TV series, so not what I was looking for. I have never pursued obtaining this film for my personal collection since.



jaimeeduardo 28th May 2015		If issued several decades later, it might be titled Dragnet: The Movie. That would make it clearer.



Monolith ● 28th May 2015		My bad, I picked this up as a series. Ooops.



jaimeeduardo 28th May 2015		This is a feature film with characters from the TV series.



Monolith ● 28th May 2015		I don't know this 1954 series, but I do remember the 1967 one also starring Webb.

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