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Director
  
Josef von Sternberg

Story by
  
Oliver H.P. Garrett

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Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent film (English intertitles)

Writer
  
Jules Furthman
,
Herman J. Mankiewicz

Release date
  
May 26, 1928 (1928-05-26)

Based on
  
Nightstick  by Oliver H. P. Garrett

Screenplay
  
Jules Furthman, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Charles Furthman

Cast
  
George Bancroft
(Two-Gun Nolan),
Evelyn Brent
(The Magpie),
William Powell
(Dapper Frank Trent),
Fred Kohler
(Gabby Steve),
Leslie Fenton
(Shakespeare)

Similar movies
  
Related Josef von Sternberg movies

The Drag Net, also known as The Dragnet, is a 1928 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Josef von Sternberg from an original screen story and starring George Bancroft and Evelyn Brent.

This feature is now considered a lost film.

Cast

  • George Bancroft - Two-Gun Nolan
  • Evelyn Brent - The Magpie
  • William Powell - Dapper Frank Trent
  • Fred Kohler - 'Gabby' Steve
  • Francis McDonald - Sniper Dawson
  • Leslie Fenton - Shakespeare
  • References

    The Drag Net Wikipedia
    The Drag Net IMDb