Jack Webb, who played the by-the-book “Dragnet” detective Joe Friday, promised to help smooth things over with LAPD brass if he liked the book. The manuscript came back laced with hundreds of paper ...

Dragnet’ was released in 1987 and it was a continuation of the classic series which originally aired as a radio drama in the late 40s before transitioning to TV in 1951.

If not for the groundbreaking police drama pioneer "Dragnet," where would the genre ... villainy and twisty mystery. Whether its a detective, a forensic scientist or an everyday cop on the job ...

Dragnet is directed by Tom Mankiewicz (Diamonds ... Aykroyd is at his comedic best as the namesake nephew of Detective Sgt. Joe Friday. Like his uncle, he’s a blue suited, by-the-rules cop ...