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Dragnet (1947)

Dragnet poster
Directed by
Leslie Goodwins
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective works to solve a murder case. He follows clues through the city to find the killer.

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What happens

Dragnet is a 1947 American crime film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Mary Brian, Douglass Dumbrille, Virginia Dale, Don C. Harvey, and Ralph Dunn. The screenplay was written by Barbara Worth and Harry Essex. The original music score was composed by Irving Gertz. It is also known as Dark Bullet and A Shot in the Dark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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