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Titolo originale: Dragnet
Regia: Tom Mankiewicz |
Anno: 1987
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Azione Commedia Crime
Tag: molotow cocktail | buddy cop | health food | speech impediment | reverend | ice sculpture | orange county, california | female police commissioner | homage | yugo |
Cast: Dan Aykroyd | Tom Hanks | Christopher Plummer | Harry Morgan | Alexandra Paul | Jack O'Halloran | Elizabeth Ashley | Dabney Coleman | Kathleen Freeman | Bruce Gray | Lenka Peterson | Julia Jennings | Lisa Aliff | Joe Altmark | Nina Arvesen | Fred Asparagus | Peter Aykroyd | Larry Bilzarian | Jim Boeke | Sandra Canning | William Chalmers | Donald Craig | Karen Criswell | Josh Cruze | Susan Deemer | Juliana Donald | Ava Fabian | Kimberly Foster | Rubén Garfias | Bert Hinchman | Peter Leeds | Lisa London | Kent MacLachlan | Maurice Marsac | Marshall Maurice Mitchell | Stuart Quan | Dona Speir | Bill Wittman | Meg Wyllie | David Armstrong | Shannon Tweed |

Due poliziotti anomali, uno tutto di un pezzo e pignolo, l'altro anticonformista e spregiudicato, se la devono vedere con un losco individuo e con un reverendo. Parodia dei polizieschi TV. I 2 protagonisti funzionano e il ritmo tiene. La Los Angeles brulicante di sette religiose è insolita.

Approfondimenti

The idea for doing a comedic version of Dragnet (1951) came about when one of the producers was chan [...] D
When Friday and Streebeck are visiting the Los Angeles Zoo and view the habitat of the missing anaco [...] D
Captain Gannon informs Friday at the beginning that Frank Smith had "quit, bought a goat farm, and m [...] D
Aykroyd is a former reserve commander for the police department in Harahan, Louisiana, working for C [...] D
When Friday is waiting for Streebek in the strip club, the song "Just the Facts" (sung by Patti LaBe [...] D
The motor-bike that Tom Hanks rides is a BMW K75, often referred to as a "flying brick". D
The famous catchphrase "Just the facts ma'am" was never actually said by Jack Webb/Joe Friday, but b [...] D
Italian censorship visa # 83201 delivered on 30 December 1987. D
Joe Friday quotes the dress code to Pep at the beginning of the film pretty accurately. D
Connie Swail's house was later used as Susan Mayer's house in the television series Desperate Housew [...] D
Of the Joe Friday character, Dan Aykroyd has said: "I've had a fascination with Joe Friday since I w [...] D
When Joe Friday is doing his opening narrations as he sits down at his desk, he says "My partner is [...] D
One song of the film's soundtrack, "Dance or Die", was initially pitched in 1983 as the theme song f [...] D
When Pep Streebek (Tom Hanks) sees Connie Swail's house, he mockingly asks, "Can the Beaver come out [...] D
When Joe Friday first sits down at his desk, a pack of Chesterfield cigarettes is on top of the news [...] D
Harry Morgan reprised his role as Bill Gannon, which he had played twice before in "Dragnet" shows, [...] D
"Field & Cream" is obviously a parody of the hunting and sportsman's magazine "Field & Stream" D
Joe and Connie are never shown kissing in the movie. D
Near the end of the film, dump trucks bearing the name Sosna Dumping Company are seen. David Sosna i [...] D
Dan Aykroyd's character talks about Los Angeles and how could things be permitted in the same city i [...] D
In real life, Dan Aykroyd is a huge fan of Jack Webb, the original Joe Friday, and as a tribute to h [...] D
Christopher Plummer's Great-great-great grandfather was Reverend and the founder of the Presbyterian [...] D
Albert Brooks was offered the part of Pep Streebeck. D
Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks have Donna Dixon in common. She is married to Dan Aykroyd. She was Tom Han [...] D
Dabney Coleman describes the accent he used in this movie as South-eastern ala "Tennessee Williams" [...] D
Peter Leeds, Kathleen Freeman, and Harry Morgan were the only original or earlier cast members from [...] D
This theatrical feature film is the fifth of seven film and television installments of "Dragnet" aft [...] D
The photograph of Captain Gannon's wife behind his desk is the same photograph as Colonel Potter's w [...] D
The classic Dragnet opening narration, which reappears in the film - "Ladies and gentlemen, the stor [...] D
Jack Webb, who played the original Joe Friday, died in 1982, about five years prior to this film's d [...] D
The Learjet used in the film is registration N464CL. The same plane was used in a 1983 Magnum P.I. e [...] D
Detective Streebek's television watch was real. SEIKO invented it in 1983. It had a black-and-white [...] D
Links to the two classic television series include a cameo by Harry Morgan, and a photo of Jack Webb [...] D
It is stated that one of Bait Mate April's favorite movies is Tutti insieme appassionatamente (1965) [...] D
Aykroyd originally wanted Jim Belushi to play Pep Streebek. D
Near the end of the picture, when the Reverend Whirley is being taken away on the airport runway, Jo [...] D
Dan Aykroyd has said of this movie: "I believe that good comedy should have a base in realism. I thi [...] D
The scene where Tom Hanks sees the house and says, "It's Nightmare on Elm St, that would make him Fr [...] D
Kathleen Freeman played Sister Mary Stigmata in "The Blues Brothers (1980)", head of the Orphanage o [...] D