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  1. Movies
  2. Dragnet

Dragnet

1969
1h 40m
Crime
TV Movie

Status

Released

Release

1969

Runtime

1h 40m

Storyline

"Only the names have been changed"

Also known as "Dragnet 1966," this TV movie was originally the pilot for the 1967 relaunch of the original 1950s "Dragnet" radio show and TV show (which also had its own movie in 1954, from the same creative team). However, the pilot wasn't actually aired until 1969. In this feature-length entry, Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking down Johnson and the young ladies, the detectives wind up with two different descriptions of the suspect, one of which closely resembles a dead body found in a vacant lot. But the dead man, later identified as Charles LeBorg of France, proves not to be J. Johnson, when a third young model disappears.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Jan 27, 1969
Languages
English
Director
Jack Webb
Jack Webb
Production
Mark VII Ltd.
Mark VII Ltd.
Universal Television
Universal Television
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

24 Cast Members

Jack Webb

Jack Webb

Joe Friday

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Bill Gannon

Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin

Don Negler

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

Eve Kruger

Gene Evans

Gene Evans

Hugh Brown

John Roseboro

Dave Bradford

Bobby Troup

Bobby Troup

George Freeman

Tom Williams

Melvin Gannon

Jack Ragotzy

Carl Rockwell

Roger Til

WIlliam Smith

Jean-Michel Michenaud

Claude LeBorg

Bruce Watson

Bruce Watson

Freddie

Herbert Ellis

Herbert Ellis

Rico 'Ricky' Markell

Eddie Firestone

Eddie Firestone

Max Shelton

Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

Eve Sorenson

Kent McCord

Kent McCord

Brewster, Desk Clerk

Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell

Jim Murdoch

Thordis Brandt

Thordis Brandt

Carol Freeman

Sam Edwards

Sam Edwards

Rodman

Jimmie Horan

Jimmie Horan

Bob

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