Tom Hanks And Dan Aykroyd's Dragnet Is Nothing Like The Crime Show That Inspired It

In 1987, Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks teamed up to star in Dragnet, an adaptation of the famous TV police procedural TV series.
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Tom Hanks’ 50% Rotten Tomatoes Comedy Finds a New Streaming Home Next Month

A Tom Hanks movie that is nearly 40 years old is launching onto a new streaming platform next month. Dragnet, the 1987 buddy cop comedy which Hanks stars in alongside Dan Aykroyd, Harry Morgan, and ...

The role Dan Aykroyd waited 40 years to play: “There’s that old friend I had”

It wasn’t until well into his career that Dan Aykroyd got to play one of his childhood heroes.
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Guest opinion: Epstein victims deserve transparency

In 1987 Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd starred in the movie “Dragnet”, a spoof of sorts on the 1960s television series. Aykroyd’s character plays the nephew of Joe Friday, the straight-laced, all-business ...