Dragnet (1957)
Directed by Jack Webb
Run Time - 30 min. |
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander) investigate a robbery at a liquor store in which several case lots of valuable booze has been stolen. The two detectives are provided with some unexpected assistance when the attractive girlfriend (Norma Ward) of a young cop reveals that an acquaintance has approached her with a lucrative business offer--involving expensive liquor. Featured in the cast is radio announcer Dudley Manlove, later immortalized as the arrogant space alien Eros ("All you of Earth are idiots!") in filmmaker Ed Wood Jr.'s "masterpiece" Plan 9 From Outer Space.