USA, 1987
106m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
Dolby Stereo, English
An American comedy fantasy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz.
Plot Summary
An uptight cop and his more laid-back partner battle a criminal conspiracy in contemporary Los Angeles whose members have powerful connections and a large snake which they use in their rituals.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Tom Mankiewicz
© MCMLXXXVII [1987] by Universal City Studios, Inc.
An Applied Action, Bernie Brillstein production. A Tom Mankiewicz film
Executive Producer: Bernie Brillstein
Produced by: David Permut, Robert K. Weiss
Associate Producer: Don Zepfel
Written by: Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, Tom Mankiewicz
Director of Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by: Richard Halsey, William Gordean
Music by: Ira Newborn
Sound Mixer: Willie Burton
Costume Designer: Taryn DeChellis
Masks Made by: Dennis McCarthy, Lynda May Jasper-Vogel
Make-up Artists: Daniel Striepeke, Gerald O’Dell
Hair Stylist: Christine Lee
Special Effects: Cliff Wenger, Whitey Krumm, Roger Hansen, Jim Thomson, Jeff Frink
Snake Design by: David B. Miller
Special Visual Effects by: Syd Dutton and Bill Taylor of Illusion Arts, Inc.
Production Designed by: Robert F. Boyle
Casting by: Lynn Stalmaster & Associates, David Rubin
Cast
Dan Aykroyd (Friday)
Tom Hanks (Streebek)
Christopher Plummer (Whirley)
Harry Morgan (Gannon)
Alexandra Paul (Connie Swail)
Jack O’Halloran (Emil Muzz)
Elizabeth Ashley (Jane Kirkpatrick)
Dabney Coleman (Jerry Caesar)
Kathleen Freeman (Enid Borden)
Bruce Gray (Mayor Parvin)
Lenka Peterson (Granny Mundy)
Julia Jennings (Sylvia Wiss)
Lisa Aliff (April)
Joe Altmark (milkman)
Nina Arvesen (lady motor cop)
Fred Asparagus (Tito Provencal)
Peter Aykroyd (phoney CHP #2)
Larry Bilzarian (SWAT Trooper)
Jim Boeke (Nectar pagan)
Sandra Canning (baitmate)
Alternative Titles
Behálózva – Hungary
Beintøffe purker – Norway
Dos sabuesos despistados – Spain
Dragnet – benhårde strømere – Denmark
Dragnet 1987 – working title
Dragnet, la película – Peru
Dragnet: Desafiando o Perigo – Brazil
Dragnet: sólo los hechos – Colombia
Oi dyo atsides – Greece
Dziennik sierżanta Fridaya – Poland
Gaudynės – Lithuania
Haavi auki – kelmit kiinni – Finland
Joe Friday – Canada (French)
La retata – Italy
Päästke Los Angeles! – Estonia
Polícias da Pesada – Portugal
Schlappe Bullen beißen nicht – Germany, West Germany
Sıkı Polisler – Turkey (DVD)
Οι δυο ατσίδες – Greece
Клопка – Bulgaria
Полицијска посла – Serbia
Сети зла – Soviet Union
Тенета зла – Ukraine
ドラグネット 正義一直線 – Japan
警網 – Taiwan
Links
Extracts included in
100 Years of Comedy (1997)
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)
Dragnet (1987b)
Everything Is Terrible! Presents: The Great Satan (2018)
I Am Nancy (2011)
Never Sleep AgaThe Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film (2006)
References
Periodicals
- City Limits no.333 (18 February 1988) p.26
- Empire no.217 (July 2007) p.168 – illustrated article (The Top Ten: Movie parties by Nick De Semlyen)
- Films and Filming no.398 (November 1987) p.18-21
- Films and Filming no.401 (February 1988) p.31
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.55 no.650 (March 1988) p.77-78
- Screen International no.640 (20 February 1988) p.18
- Stills n29 (February 1987) p.58 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.294 no.47 (25 November 1986) p.48 – credits
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.297 no.40 (24 June 1987) p.3, 6
- Time Out no.913 (17 February 1988) pp.32; 44 – credits
- Variety 1 July 1987 p.10
- Variety 13 November 1985
Books
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.154 – credits, synopsis
