Wrongly accused of killing a bargirl he was seen with earlier, a korean war vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model. The kl studio classics bluray of highway dragnet is a sharp and smart encoding said to be a 4k scan of this minor but historically notable allied artists picture, that was surely relegated to second feature use before being sold to television. The film stars richard conte, joan bennett and wanda hendrix. Loose from his fox contract, richard conte wasnt scoring roles in big pictures, and neither was young actress wanda hendrix, who had gained very good publicity in ride the pink horse. The chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product. Highway dragnet bluray disc details highdef digest. Dragnet was straight up lapd propaganda, on national tv for. Wrongly accused of killing a bargirl he was seen with earlier, a korean war vet flees from the police in the company of. Highway dragnet 1954 is available on bluray from kino lorber. The latest news on all things 4k ultra hd, bluray and gear. Highway dragnet 1954 posters the movie database tmdb.
In this film noir classic, an exmarine jim henry richard conte, cry of the city, thieves highway, wrongly accused of killing a barmaid, hitches a ride with a photographer mrs. Highway dragnet 1954 cast and crew an exmarine richard conte accused of murder hitches a ride with a photographer joan bennett and her model wanda hendrix. Dragnet, one of tvs most famous and innovative shows from the 1950s comes to colorful life in a classic fulllength feature. He hitches a ride from glamormagazine photographer, who is travelling crosscountry with her principal model.
The yellow tomahawk 1954 lesley selander by fred cdobbs. Jun 12, 2018 released by allied artists, highway dragnet 1954 is a short bmovie thriller directed by nathan juran. So the producers put the two titles together in an effort to reach a wider audience. An exmarine jim henry richard conte, wrongly accused of killing a barmaid, hitches a ride with a photographer mrs. Theyve been releasing dvds and blurays of a variety of independently producedreleased films from midcentury hollywood. Highway dragnet 1954 wow is this an up and down production. See the article in its original context from february 20, 1954, page 0 buy reprints. This may or may not have worked, but it was a clever marketing idea. Highway dragnet is directed by nathan juran and written by herb meadow, u. Hells half acre 1954 hells island 1955 hidden fear 1957 the hidden room aka obsession 1949 hideout 1949 high wall 1947 highway 301 1950 highway dragnet 1954 hollywood story 1951 homicide 1949 hounded aka johnny allegro 1949 the hour of 1952 the house across the street 1949 the houston story 1956 the hunted 1948 i am the law 1938. Jun 20, 2017 dragnet s patrolmen and their politics were unimpeachable.
Ben alexander also portrayed frank smith in the 1954 dragnet movie, and in fiftytwo episodes of the 19511959 television series. Download some old time radio shows today and enjoy the wonderful world of radio from half a century ago. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. The road is long and lonely, disappearing over the horizon. Dennis weaver aparece num papel menor como um detetive capitao. Dragnet 1954 internet movie firearms database guns in. It tells the story of a former marine of korean war, who hitches a ride with female fashion photographer and her young assistant to escape from the police in a. Highway dragnet 1954 richard conte, joan bennett film. Overview of highway dragnet, 1954, directed by nathan juran, with richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix, at turner classic movies. There are no lights, and horror creeps up from behind.
Dragnet 1954 internet movie firearms database guns. Highway dragnet 1954 official sites, and other sites with posters, videos, photos and more. Dragnet was the first film to spin off from the series in fact, the first big screen version of any tv show and it sticks to the smallscreen formula of emphasizing police procedure over mystery, as friday and smith seek to uncover the murderer revealed at the beginning of the picture of a twobit gangster. Highway dragnet is best known to modern movie buffs as the first film to carry roger cormans name in the credits. In 19571958, the department arrested 1,200 whites for gambling and 10 times as many. Dragnet was the 1954 feature film adaptation of the popular television crime series that had premiered in 1951. Most of it is rather good, with a handful of supporting actors around the dependable leading role played by richard conte. Jan patachek, a refugee from eastern europe, is threatening to kill himself, rather than go to jail for forgery.
It stars richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix and reed hadley. Home crime highway dragnet 1954 dvd richard conte joan bennett. Feb 12, 20 crime drama is a 1954 american crime drama film directed by nathan juran, based on story by u. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Laugh along with amos n andy, enjoy life with luigi, or have some edge of the seat thrills with dragnet, box or i love a mystery. The following weapons were used in the film dragnet 1954. Our anthology highway of horrors features episodes with carrelated fright tales from inner sanctum, x minus one, big town, dragnet, suspense, and more.
Highway dragnet is a 1954 crime drama film directed by nathan juran, based on story by u. One drink, and for 65 cents i bought a martini mixed with dynamite. Highway dragnet kino lorber edu kino classics, kino. Highway dragnet 1954 is a crime, drama movie starring richard conte and joan bennett. Jack webb also played joe friday on the radio series but his sidekick was played by barton yarborough who also appeared on this tv series but not as fridays partner. Highway dragnet 1954 an exmarine richard conte accused of murder hitches a ride with a photographer joan bennett and her model wanda hendrix. When the television show returned in 1967, harry morgan played fridays new partner, officer bill gannon. Dragnet was straight up lapd propaganda, on national tv. Joe friday and officer frank smith the following weapons were used in the film dragnet 1954. Our anthology highway of horrors features episodes with carrelated fright tales from inner sanctum, x minus one, big town, dragnet, suspense, and more the inner sanctum friends of the squeaky door hear the story of til death do us part. The film was adapted from the radio series of the same name, and is part of the wider dragnet media franchise. Highway dragnet is a 1954 film noir crime film directed by nathan juran from a story by u. Cummings, a freelance magazine photographer and a recent widow following her husband committed suicide, along with her version, susan, are within a mission to cover hotels california and nevada.
Lapd sergeants joe friday and frank smith follow the trail of evidence to shifty. That radio series ran until 1957 so both versions of dragnet aired concurrently from 1951 to 1957. Highway dragnet opens with a downandout former fashion model whos seen better days at least according to richard contes character. Jack webb and ben alexander appeared in the film as sgt. Dragnet premiered two years after the 1949 premiere of a dragnet radio show. This film, based on the popular dragnet tv series, involves the murder of former syndicate member dub taylor. Dragnet is a 1954 american crime film directed by jack webb and written by richard l.
Cummings joan bennett, the woman in the window, scarlet street and her model susan willis wanda hendrix, prince of foxes, ride the pink horse while. Webb was reportedly careful not to dramatize too many cases in which the culprits are from the same racial group, but in reality the lapd disproportionately targeted people of color. Highway dragnet is a 1954 film noir b film crime film directed by nathan juran from a story by u. The film stars webb, ben alexander, richard boone, ann robinson, stacy harris, virginia gregg and vic perrin. The correctlooking widescreen image is perfect, allowing us to check out every aspect of the production.
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