Dragnet
“This was the hottest case to hit the department!”
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
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Cast
27 people
Jack Webb
Sergeant Joe Friday
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
The Men
Ramsay Williams
Wesley Cannon (as Ramsey Williams)
Guy Hamilton
Walker Scott
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Ben Alexander
Officer Frank Smith
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Man in the Shadow
Richard Boone
Capt .James E. Hamilton
Known for
Big Jake
The Hobbit
Ann Robinson
Officer Grace Downey
Known for
War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
Stacy Harris
Max Edward Troy
Known for
Bloody Mama
The Mountain
Virginia Gregg
Mrs. Ethel Starkie
Known for
Operation Petticoat
The Hanging Tree
Vic Perrin
Deputy D.A. Adolph Alexander
Known for
Spider-Woman
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
Georgia Ellis
Belle Davitt
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James Griffith
Jesse Quinn
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Killing
Dick Cathcart
Roy Cleaver
Also in
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Battle Stations
Jack Webb Director · Richard L. Breen Screenplay Walter Schumann Composer
Budget $500K · United States release September 4, 1954 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$500,000
Production
Mark VII
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 18, 1954
Premiere · Chicago, Illinois
United States · September 4, 1954
Theatrical
United States
August 20, 1954 · Premiere · New York City, New York
France
May 13, 1955 · Theatrical
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