Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuTwo homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member.Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member.Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member.
- Deputy D.A. Adolph Alexander
- (as Victor Perrin)
- Ray Pinker
- (as Olan Soulé)
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Oh, it started off with a bang as a man was murdered in a field, but then the rest of it is mostly detail work which gets pretty boring after 40 minutes! Some of the dialog is good: nice '40s-type film noir stuff.
What I missed was the humor of the TV show, in which Webb and his partner, Officer Frank Smith, would interview a number of crackpots and those interviews would be funny. Most of the characters in this movie did not invoke laughs. It needed a bit more action, too, for a crime movie.
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.
Expensive color film and fine film editing. First-class musical scoring is seamlessly blended into the movie.
"Dragnet" is a meticulously planned movie project. Looks like every scene was thought out well in advance of the actual production. Webb must have been a very hard-working movie craftsman.
Stylistically, Webb's brisk handling of actors and clipped, monotonous dialog is not appealing to my tastes, but directing style is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. His style is OK for television shows but less so in a full-length movie. However, this is a good crime movie and Webb at least gives it a kind of watchable uniqueness.
Modern TV's "Law and Order" breaks no new ground. This "Dragnet" movie has the cops and detectives, then the District Attorney, then some sort of judicial hearing, etc. And of course "Law and Order" doesn't have those big chrome dinosaurs.
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- WissenswertesThe first theatrical film based on a television show.
- PatzerThe murder scene is an open lot bounded by Loma Vista, 3rd, Wentworth and Rachel. These are actual streets in the LA area but do not intersect or form a block. Obviously the geography is intentionally inaccurate, which is also the case with that referred to hundreds of films and television programs. In such instances, if an actual address is used the occupant would have grounds of legal action if the location were to attract unwanted visitors.
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Max Troy: This gonna take long?
Sgt. Joe Friday: You've got the time.
Max Troy: Mine's worth money, yours isn't!
Sgt. Joe Friday: Send in a bill.
Max Troy: I asked you a question!
Sgt. Joe Friday: You're here to answer 'em, not ask 'em!
Max Troy: Now, listen to me, Cop. I pay your salary.
Sgt. Joe Friday: All right, sit down. I'm gonna earn it.
Max Troy: You already have, the kind of money you make. What do they pay you to carry that badge around, 40 cents an hour?
Sgt. Joe Friday: You sit down! That badge pays 464 dollars a month. That's what the job's worth. I knew that when I hired on. $67.40 comes out with withholding. I give $27.84 for pension and 12 bucks for widows and orphans. That leaves me with $356.76. That badge is worth a dollar 82 an hour so Mister, better settle back into that chair because I'm about to blow about 20 bucks of it right now.
- VerbindungenFeatured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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- Budget
- 500.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit
- 1 Std. 28 Min.(88 min)