| Director | Sam Newfield |
|---|---|
| Producer | Barney A. Sarecky executive Robert L. Lippert |
| Writer | Maurice Tombragel Orville Hampton |
| Based on | story by Maurice Tombragel |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
| Studio | Lippert Pictures |
| Distributor | Lippert Pictures |
| Released | May 12, 1950 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Motor Patrol (also known as Highway Patrol) is a 1950 American film directed by Sam Newfield.[1]
Plot
Two Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officers respond to a report of a traffic accident and find that a pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Detectives determine that the incident was related to a stolen car ring. An LAPD academy recruit volunteers for an undercover mission to penetrate the stolen-car ring posing as a car thief from Chicago. Eventually the crooks discover that he is a police officer.
Cast
- Don Castle as Ken Foster
- Jane Nigh as Connie Taylor
- Bill Henry as Larry Collins
- Gwen O'Connor as Jean Collins
- Onslow Stevens as Lt. Dearborn
- Reed Hadley as Robert Flynn
- Dick Travis as Bill Hartley
- Sid Melton as Omar Shelley
- Charles Victor as Russ Garver
References
- ^ "MOTOR PATROL". Monthly Film Bulletin. 18 (204): 251. 1 January 1951.
External links
- Motor Patrol at IMDb
- Motor Patrol at TCMDB
- Motor Patrol at BFI
- Motor Patrol at American Film Institute