Dragnet
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Dragnet may refer to:
  • A type of fishing net
    Fishing net
    A fishing net or fishnet is a net that is used for fishing. Fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread. Modern nets are usually made of artificial polyamides like nylon, although nets of organic polyamides such as wool or silk thread were common until recently and...

  • Dragnet (policing)
    Dragnet (policing)
    A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness. The term derives from a fishing technique of dragging a fishing net across the sea bottom, or through a...

    , a coordinated search, named for the fishing net

Dragnet media series

  • Dragnet (series)
    Dragnet (series)
    Dragnet is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners...

    , a radio and television series starring Jack Webb
    Jack Webb
    John Randolph "Jack" Webb , also known by the pseudonym John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet...

    , broadcast in multiple versions between 1947 and 1970
    • Dragnet (theme music), from the series
  • Dragnet (1954 film), a film spin-off of the TV series
  • Dragnet 1966, a made for TV movie that was the pilot for the 1967 TV series but not broadcast until 1969
  • Dragnet (1987 film)
    Dragnet (1987 film)
    Dragnet is a 1987 film comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, directed by Tom Mankiewicz, based on the television crime drama of the same name starring Jack Webb. The screenplay is written by Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel and Mankiewicz. The original music score is by Ira Newborn...

    , a parody of the TV series starring Dan Aykroyd
  • Dragnet (2003 TV series), a remake of the TV series starring Ed O'Neill

Other media

  • Dragnet (1947 film)
    Dragnet (1947 film)
    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 is written by Barbara Worth and Harry Essex...

    , starring Henry Wilcoxon
  • Dragnet (album)
    Dragnet (album)
    Dragnet is the second album by The Fall, released on 26 October 1979. It was recorded 2nd-4th August of that year.The album was recorded less than 8 months after its predecessor, Live at the Witch Trials, establishing at an early stage two key patterns of the group's work; that of high productivity...

    , by The Fall
  • A poem by Patti Smith in Witt (book)
    Witt (book)
    Witt is a poetry collection by Patti Smith, published in 1973.- Contents :# "Notice"# "Witt"# "October 20"# "Dragnet"# "Dream of Rimbaud"# "To Remember Debbie Denise"# "Sonnet"# "Mock Death"# "What Makes Ruda Ivory"# "Rape"...

  • The Dragnet, a 1928 silent film
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