We've copies of classic crime comedy Dragnet on Blu-ray™ up for grabs.

Closing date: 20/04/2025

We've copies of the classic crime comedy Dragnet, on Blu-ray™ starring Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd, to be won.

For your chance to win, correctly answer the following question:

Tom Hanks won an Oscar for his role in a film in 1994. But what was the film called?

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terms & conditions

1. This competition is only open to UK residents, excluding BOOM's friends and family and anyone else directly associated with this promotion.

2. The prize is a copy of Dragnet on Blu-ray. We have two copies in total to give away.

3. The winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries, and only they will be contacted personally. The prize must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred. There will be no cash alternatives.

4. One entry per person - and yes, we will check. If we find that you have entered multiple times, we will disqualify you from this competition. Repeat offenders will be disqualified from entering future competitions. And we don't like robots, so we investigate multiple entries and entries suspected as being from robots will be deleted.

5. Closing date for entries is midnight on 20/04/2025.

6. Winners will be notified within 7 days by email. If a winner does not respond with their posting details 7 days after we sent them the initial notification email, their prize will be offered to another person following a subsequent further draw. This process will repeat until somebody responds and tells us where to send the prize. If you're entering, please remember to check your emails!

About Dragnet:

This is the city...and only Dan Aykroyd and Oscar winner Tom Hanks can save it in this hilarious box-office blockbuster that pays homage to the famed original police radio and TV dramas of the 50's and 60's. As part of The Fabulous 80’s series this Blu-ray includes a bonus double-sided fold-out poster of all new artwork created by Rich Davies.

Dragnet is directed by Tom Mankiewicz (Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, Superman: The Movie, Superman II) and written by Dan Aykroyd and Alan Zweibel. Zweibel is known for producing Curb Your Enthusiasm – and won 4 Emmy’s between 1975-78.

Aykroyd plays Joe Friday, nephew of the original series star of the same name. He had always been a huge fan of the 1951 Dragnet series, giving many of his previous characters the ability to recite technical jargon in the same way that Joe Friday recites laws and police procedures; such as when Elwood describes the specifications of the “Bluesmobile” in The Blues Brothers.

Aykroyd originally wanted his The Blues Brothers co-star Jim Belushi to play opposite him, but he was unavailable and Tom Hanks was cast as Pep Streebek instead. Streebeck’s TV watch was real. SEIKO invented it in 1983. It had a black-and-white display and a separate battery pack/tuner about the size of a Walkman.

Tom Hanks still knows the “City of Crime” rap song off by heart which he recorded with Dan Aykroyd to promote the film. It was played constantly on MTV throughout the summer of 1987 and Hanks broke in to the rap on The Graham Norton Show back in 2016.

Synopsis: Aykroyd is at his comedic best as the namesake nephew of Detective Sgt. Joe Friday. Like his uncle, he's a blue suited, by-the-rules cop who reluctantly joins forces with his footloose partner Pep Streebek (Hanks) to rescue the City of Angels from the machinations of a power-mad Reverend and corrupt Police Commissioner.

Dragnet is now available on Blu-ray.