That's perhaps the first Charles Barton's movie I saw since a while. I know he made lots of Abbot and Costello stuff, in the 40's. Anyway, he only made comedies. For Universal studios, I guess.
That one is from Paramount studios. It's not a comedy, but not a real film noir either. Only a good little policemen flick. It begins like a film adapted from a Joseph Wambaugh's novel - New Centurions, for instance.
There were many movies around that scheme. Police force confronted with different affairs. This one shows a rookie - Mc Murray - who meets a "charming" family who is actually a bunch of crooks, bank robbers who use a high tech car - for its time - with automatic changing car plates, smoke screen in case of pursuit, and high frequency radio to catch police messages !!!
You've guessed that it's a fast paced and entertaining film I am talking about. As were the other crime and gangsters films Paramount produced during that time, late 30's. See the movies starring the young Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, Akim Tamiroff, J Caroll Naish, movies directed by the likes of Robert Florey or Louis King.
I'll make comments about them later. I have all of them in my library. But this one is worthwhile. Take it if you can.
That one is from Paramount studios. It's not a comedy, but not a real film noir either. Only a good little policemen flick. It begins like a film adapted from a Joseph Wambaugh's novel - New Centurions, for instance.
There were many movies around that scheme. Police force confronted with different affairs. This one shows a rookie - Mc Murray - who meets a "charming" family who is actually a bunch of crooks, bank robbers who use a high tech car - for its time - with automatic changing car plates, smoke screen in case of pursuit, and high frequency radio to catch police messages !!!
You've guessed that it's a fast paced and entertaining film I am talking about. As were the other crime and gangsters films Paramount produced during that time, late 30's. See the movies starring the young Anthony Quinn, Lloyd Nolan, Akim Tamiroff, J Caroll Naish, movies directed by the likes of Robert Florey or Louis King.
I'll make comments about them later. I have all of them in my library. But this one is worthwhile. Take it if you can.