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80 From the 80s - Dragnet

Dragnet

‘Just the facts’

Studio: Universal :::::::::: Release Date: 26th June 1987

Director: Tom Mankiewicz :::::::::: Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks

Budget: $20M :::::::::: 2015 Equivalent: $42.5M

U.S Box Office: $57.3M :::::::::: 2015 Equivalent: $121.7M

Summer. 1987. Joe Friday is an old school, by-the-book cop and something is rotten in the City of Angels. Working with new laid back partner, Pep Streebeck, he has to investigate a series of bizarre crimes orchestrated by P.A.G.A.N - People Against Goodness And Normalcy.  It doesn't take Joe long to realise that if wants to deal out justice, he's going to have to take a leaf out Streebeck's book, even if it means putting his precious job on the line.