Dragnet

1954

Action / Crime / Drama / Film-Noir

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1226 1.2K

mobster homicide detective

Plot summary

Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.

Director

Jack Webb Photo
Jack Webb

Top cast

Fred Kelsey Photo
Fred Kelsey as Passerby
John Roy Photo
John Roy as Guard
Vic Perrin Photo
Vic Perrin as Deputy D.A. Adolph Alexander
Malcolm Atterbury Photo
Malcolm Atterbury as Lee Reinhard
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817.47 MB
1268*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.48 GB
1888*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

Dragnet worked better as a TV show...

... where the story told had a shorter running time. Jack Webb's interviewing and telling off of suspects just seems to drag - pardon the expression -when it's done in a 90-minute feature film.A small-time hood, Miller Starkie, is mowed down by a shotgun blast, and detectives Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and Frank Smith (Ben Alexander) are on the case. They interview a variety of other small-time hoods that might have possibly had something to do with the killing. They also get policewoman Grace Downey to go under-cover and infiltrate the nightclub of mobster Max Troy. But the case has an ironic ending.This case was particularly interesting because the victim was a career criminal and the most likely suspects were also career criminals. At one point, when Joe Friday asks a witness to come to a line-up of suspects, the witness points that out as a reason he does not want further involvement. The witness says that with this entire thing possibly being underworld stuff, he is afraid for his safety. Friday gives him a public service announcement as an answer, but nothing that would soothe his nerves.Dragnet was at the tail end of its lifespan as a radio show when this film was released-the radio show aired from 1949 to 1955 - and its radio heritage shows. For example, the dialogue says more than it has to say about what's going on, as if you can't see anything, and every time something particularly important is said, the score is emphatic, telling the viewer what they should be feeling in this particular instance - sadness, sympathy, shock, etc.If you like Dragnet in either its radio or TV incarnation, you'll probably find this worth your while.
Reviewed by pmtelefon 8 / 10

Jack Webb will always be the man

Jack Webb was a one of a kind filmmaker. Whether it was in the movies or on television he was, in his own way, a genius. His was work is easy to spot. He had a style all his own. "Dragnet" is not Webb at his best but it's still good. I watch it for the straight detective story that it is but there are quite a few funny moments to. The "Naked Gun" movies have ruined this movie a little for me. The dated "hi-tech" stuff is pretty funny now. Those moments don't take any enjoyment away from the movie. They actually add to the fun. "Dragnet" is always a welcome visit.
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