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Dragnet (1987)

Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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Sgt. Joe Friday's nephew, whose anachronistic views reflect the time period of the original series, is involuntarily assigned to a smart-alecky, street-wise partner, Pep Streebeck. Their contrasting styles clash at first, although they gradually bond over their first case as a team, an investigation of a series of bizarre crimes in Los Angeles. The two cops follow the trail to an Orange County-based cult calling itself P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness And Normalcy). Friday and Streebeck focus their investigation on one of the cult's henchmen, a brutish limosine driver named Emil Muzz.

That night, Pep's informer tells them that a local milk factory is actually the hideout of the P.A.G.A.N.s' evil gas makers. Pep and Joe commandeer a police tank and use it for a destructive raid of the factory, which turns out to really be producing only milk; Friday and Streebeck fail to learn that the real gas factory is next door.

Friday and Streebeck disguise themselves as Pagans and sneak into a secret PAGAN ceremony, where they rescue the unwilling sacrificial virgin Connie Swail. Friday and Swail fall in love; Friday's antiquated version of a date with Connie is to take her to his grandmother's birthday party, which Streebeck crashes. At the restaurant, Connie identifies a fellow patron, the televangelist Reverend Jonathan Whirley, as the PAGAN leader. This puts Friday and Streebeck in a difficult position, since Whirley is not only a highly respected community leader, but he is also currently dining with Friday's captain and the police commissioner, who are personal friends of the Reverend. Despite Whirley's political influence, Friday tries to publicly arrest Whirley, which motivates the commissioner to suspend Friday and Captain Gannon to order Streebeck off the case.

In retaliation for the attempted arrest, the Pagans kidnap Friday and Swail and take them to the estate of pornography magnate Jerry Caesar, whose employ has become so infiltrated by Pagans that his mansion has become their de facto headquarters. Backed by the S.W.A.T. team, Streebeck leads a rescue attempt, resulting in a massive shoot-out between PAGAN and police forces. Streebeck manages to rescue Friday, but Whirley takes Connie hostage and escapes to the airport, where he is able to make a getaway with his private jet. Whirley is finally forced to surrender when Friday and Streebeck pursue in a police jet.

An epilogue reveals that Friday is back on the force and again friends and partners with Streebeck. The epilogue also reveals that Friday and Swail are continuing to pursue their romance.

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Screenplay: , , Tom Mankiewicz , Alan Zweibel
Studio: Universal Pictures
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Tagline: They're so bad at being bad... but so much worse at being good!
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Sgt. Joe Friday's nephew, whose anachronistic views reflect the time period of the original series, is involuntarily assigned to a smart-alecky, street-wise partner, Pep Streebeck. Their contrasting styles clash at first, although they gradually bond over their first case as a team, an investigation of a series of bizarre crimes in Los Angeles. The two cops follow the trail to an Orange County-based cult calling itself P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness And Normalcy). Friday and Streebeck focus their investigation on one of the cult's henchmen, a brutish limosine driver named Emil Muzz.

That night, Pep's informer tells them that a local milk factory is actually the hideout of the P.A.G.A.N.s' evil gas makers. Pep and Joe commandeer a police tank and use it for a destructive raid of the factory, which turns out to really be producing only milk; Friday and Streebeck fail to learn that the real gas factory is next door.

Friday and Streebeck disguise themselves as Pagans and sneak into a secret PAGAN ceremony, where they rescue the unwilling sacrificial virgin Connie Swail. Friday and Swail fall in love; Friday's antiquated version of a date with Connie is to take her to his grandmother's birthday party, which Streebeck crashes. At the restaurant, Connie identifies a fellow patron, the televangelist Reverend Jonathan Whirley, as the PAGAN leader. This puts Friday and Streebeck in a difficult position, since Whirley is not only a highly respected community leader, but he is also currently dining with Friday's captain and the police commissioner, who are personal friends of the Reverend. Despite Whirley's political influence, Friday tries to publicly arrest Whirley, which motivates the commissioner to suspend Friday and Captain Gannon to order Streebeck off the case.

In retaliation for the attempted arrest, the Pagans kidnap Friday and Swail and take them to the estate of pornography magnate Jerry Caesar, whose employ has become so infiltrated by Pagans that his mansion has become their de facto headquarters. Backed by the S.W.A.T. team, Streebeck leads a rescue attempt, resulting in a massive shoot-out between PAGAN and police forces. Streebeck manages to rescue Friday, but Whirley takes Connie hostage and escapes to the airport, where he is able to make a getaway with his private jet. Whirley is finally forced to surrender when Friday and Streebeck pursue in a police jet.

An epilogue reveals that Friday is back on the force and again friends and partners with Streebeck. The epilogue also reveals that Friday and Swail are continuing to pursue their romance.

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