This film is billed as a comedy, a parody of the old Dragnet tv series. It misses on a couple of counts. It is much more sexualized, as they enter a striptease bar which earns the movie a PG13 rating. Definitely not for kids. The plot is a bit complicated as well, with multiple crimes having been committed. Dan Adkroyd and Tom Hanks star as Friday and Streebek. Friday is the strait officer, and Streebek is more liberal in his demeanor. However Friday falls for a woman, Connie Swail (Alexandra Paul) they rescue from a satanic ritual and an organization called PAGAN headed by Whirley (Christopher Plummer). Whirley is a prominent preacher who hopes to con a rich businessman of $1,000,000. He also kidnaps Swail and is headed away in an airplane with the money after having killed everyone with gas. Friday and Streebek turn the tables. Harry Morgan has a cameo as the Captain. This movie does not seem up to the same quality as other Hanks movies.
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