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24 April 1953 (USA) moreTagline:
MGM's fastest drama on two wheels. morePlot:
The adventures of motorcycle cops, from their academy days, to chasing crooked truckers. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Movie cops soon to become TV cowboys moreCast
(Credited cast)| Ralph Meeker | ... | Chuck O'Flair | |
| Elaine Stewart | ... | Jane Anderson | |
| Sally Forrest | ... | Mary Hartley | |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Sgt. Jumbo Culdane | |
| Robert Horton | ... | Russ Hartley | |
| James Craig | ... | Lt. Redmon | |
| Jeff Richards | ... | Harry Whenlon | |
| Robert Burton | ... | Police Capt. Bill Williams | |
| Jonathan Cott | ... | Thug Driving Truck | |
| William Campbell | ... | Murderer | |
| Fred Graham | ... | Motor Squad Duty Sgt. Payne |
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The first half of this modest 69-minute movie tells, in semi-documentary fashion, of the training of rookie cops in early 1950s Los Angeles. Needless to say, all these rookies are white males but it's the "dated" quality of the movie which lends it a curiosity value as an artifact of its time. Police buffs should enjoy looking over the equipment, the uniforms, the training techniques, the investigation methods, etc.
A let's-catch-the-cop-killers plot takes over in the second half. It's minor stuff but affords an opportunity to look over a cast soon to find greater success in TV westerns. There's Robert ("Wagon Train") Horton and Jeff ("Jefferson Drum") Richards and -- in a small part -- Chuck ("The Rifleman") Connors. Rounding out the cast of cops are Ralph Meeker and Keenan Wynn. There's a certain "fetish" appeal in seeing these men in boots and leather jackets and motorcycle pants, and Meeker, Horton, and Richards also do a "beefcake" scene by a lake where they appear in swimsuits. (Richards must have tipped the wardrobe department to give him the snuggest-fitting suit.)
A few scenes appear to be shot on actual L.A. streets but much of it is recognizable as the MGM back-lot. Somewhere, on one of those hills, Robert Horton would soon be stripped to his shorts and tortured by North Korean guards in "Prisoner of War."
Director Fred Wilcox later helmed the classic "Forbidden Planet."