LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.
Acting
Aykroyd's uncanny Jack Webb impression is the whole movie.
Writing
Tom Mankiewicz's script savagely roasts the original series.
Costume
Hanks' sleazy undercover looks are crimes against fashion.
Director
Tom Mankiewicz
Dan Aykroyd
Sgt. Joe Friday
Tom Hanks
Pep Streebeck
Christopher Plummer
Reverend Jonathan Whirley
Harry Morgan
Captain Gannon
Alexandra Paul
Connie Swail
Jack O'Halloran
Emil Muzz
Elizabeth Ashley
Jane Kirkpatrick
Dabney Coleman
Jerry Caesar
Kathleen Freeman
Enid Borden
Bruce Gray
Mayor Peter Parvin
Lenka Peterson
Granny Mundy
Julia Jennings
Sylvia Wiss
Lisa Aliff
April
Nina Arvesen
Lady Motor Cop
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harry Morgan played Bill Gannon in the original 1967 Dragnet series and came out of retirement for this cameo.
The film brutally mocks the Satanic Panic era while ironically becoming a time capsule of 1980s moral hysteria itself.
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