Women from Headquarters

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueJoyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department. When her friend Ruby gets involved with petty crook Max Taylor, she refuses to listen to Joyce's warn... Tout lireJoyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department. When her friend Ruby gets involved with petty crook Max Taylor, she refuses to listen to Joyce's warnings and eventually marries the hoodlum. Joyce gets through the detailed training required... Tout lireJoyce Harper is an ex-Army nurse who enters police work with the L.A. Police Department. When her friend Ruby gets involved with petty crook Max Taylor, she refuses to listen to Joyce's warnings and eventually marries the hoodlum. Joyce gets through the detailed training required to become an L.A. policewoman, and she and her newly-assigned detective partner Harvey Ga... Tout lire

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An intriguing story about a much-overlooked group of 1950s working women

While this film wouldn't win any Academy Awards (the plot feels a bit rushed to be crammed into a shorter run time), there is plenty of unique drama to make this film a satisfactory evening viewing. From Joyce's rise through the police ranks to Ruby's fall into crime (an interesting, but tragic side plot), the film does at times take on a noir feel, which is aided by the more dramatic black and white cinematography. Many today do not even realize that hardworking ladies like Joyce existed in that era today, so beyond being an interesting movie, Women From Headquarters is a terrific preservation of the legacy of America's early female police officers (and is quite progressive in tone). All in all, definitely worth your time, if you have realistic expectations for a B-movie (albeit a good one).

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Republic Pictures speaks about women again

Yesterday, I reviewed a Philip Ford's film, also from Republic Pictures, made the very same year, and also involving women in men's roles; yesterday it was in jail mostly, and here gals in LAPD.... And as I explained, Philip Frd was just the equivalent of George Blair, all their movies were barely over sixty minutes, fast paced, grade Z pictures, but worth watching for movie buffs interested in such films and from this period. It is not crap, just a rare little gem, but certainly not a jewel. The story has really nothing to be told about; it was just new in those times to shw a female cop, that's all. After the inmates in petticoat, the policewomen....

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Very Good For A B Movie

A policewoman brings lifelong friend and current room mate Barbra Fuller home from a bar; her boyfriend, Norman Budd disappeared, and they want to be sure she's legal to drink. Virginia Field consesses that since she left the Service, she's grown tired of having her boss put the moves on her. So she joins the police, and soon is collecting headlines and a partner, Robert Rockwell, who wants her at home too.

There's a lot of fun in this Republic flick, with Miss Fuller getting to act the b-girl and drug dealer without upsetting the audience about her real intentions. There's also a fine exciting finale that makes this a superior B movie. With Jack Kruschen and Leonard Penn.

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The police chief played by Luther Crockett is based on real life Police Chief William A. Worton.

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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the Los Angeles Police Department. To the women who wear the badge of law enforcement we dedicate this picture.