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Police auto 17

Original title: Police Car 17
  • 1933
  • Passed
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Tim McCoy in Police auto 17 (1933)
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Two police car patrolmen are making their rounds on the beat.Two police car patrolmen are making their rounds on the beat.Two police car patrolmen are making their rounds on the beat.

  • Director
    • Lambert Hillyer
  • Writer
    • Lambert Hillyer
  • Stars
    • Tim McCoy
    • Evalyn Knapp
    • Edwin Maxwell
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    42
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    • Director
      • Lambert Hillyer
    • Writer
      • Lambert Hillyer
    • Stars
      • Tim McCoy
      • Evalyn Knapp
      • Edwin Maxwell
    • 3User reviews
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    Tim McCoy
    Tim McCoy
    • Tim Conlon
    Evalyn Knapp
    Evalyn Knapp
    • Helen Regan
    Edwin Maxwell
    Edwin Maxwell
    • Big Bill Standish
    Ward Bond
    Ward Bond
    • Bumps O'Neill
    DeWitt Jennings
    DeWitt Jennings
    • Captain T. J. Hart
    Wallis Clark
    Wallis Clark
    • Lt. Dan Regan
    Harold Huber
    Harold Huber
    • Johnny Davis
    Jack Long
    • Ace Boyle
    Charles West
    Charles West
    • Harry
    • (as Charlie West)
    Jessie Arnold
    Jessie Arnold
    • Neighbor
    • (uncredited)
    Selmer Jackson
    Selmer Jackson
    • Police Radio Dispatcher
    • (uncredited)
    Tom London
    Tom London
    • Police Detective
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lambert Hillyer
    • Writer
      • Lambert Hillyer
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    7planktonrules

    Another dandy non-western for Tim McCoy

    I have been a fan of Tim McCoy's B-westerns for years. Imagine my surprise when I found several films he made for Columbia Pictures that were NOT westerns! I really wish I'd known this sooner!

    In "Police Car 17", McCoy and Ward Bond play cops. Early in the film, Tim meets a nice lady (Evelyn Knapp) and takes her home...only to learn two things. First, Helen's dating a very shady character, Johnny Davis (Harold Huber). Second, she's the daughter of Lt. Regan...a veteran cop who was retired from the force after he was shot and paralyzed by a scum-bag, Bill Bill Standish. After Helen leaves with Johnny, Tim sticks around and strikes up a friendship with Regan....and soon the radio announces that Standish has escaped from prison!! And, Standish has vowed to finish the job on Regan!! So it's up to Tim to make sure the Lt. Is safe AND that eventually Helen learn the truth about Johnny.

    This is such a B-movie...and that's not meant as an insult! It runs at 57 minutes, has a VERY high-paced and action-filled plot and is enjoyable, undemanding fun. In other words, it's the enjoyable sort of 1930s film they really don't make any more. McCoy is excellent...and I enjoyed his beating the truth out of Johnny in order to save the day...very much a 1930s view of proper police procedure!!

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      One of over a hundred Columbia features, mostly Westerns, although this one is not a Western, sold to Hygo Television Films in the 1950s, who marketed them under the name of Gail Pictures; opening credits were redesigned, with some titles misspelled, the credit order of the players rearranged, some names misspelled, and new end titles attached, thus eliminating any evidence of their Columbia roots. Apparently, the original material was not retained in most of the cases, and the films have survived, even in the Sony library, only with these haphazardly created replacement opening and end credits; happily, the original opening and closing credits DID survive in the case of this particular title.

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 1933 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Police Car 17
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 57m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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