We have started a patreon page with the hopes that some of our followers would be willing to donate a small amount to keep dvdbeaver alive. The fast and the furious was the first film produced for the american releasing corporation, who would become the american international pictures company. 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. Movie title screens classic film noir the 1950s filmsite. Highway dragnet 1954 wow is this an up and down production. It stars richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix and reed hadley. Highway dragnet 1954 bluray kino lorber studio classics. The correctlooking widescreen image is perfect, allowing us to check out every aspect of the production. Highway dragnet 1954 an exmarine richard conte accused of murder hitches a ride with a photographer joan bennett and her model wanda hendrix. Most of it is rather good, with a handful of supporting actors around the dependable leading role played by richard conte. Big mole big eavesdrop twentytwo rifle for christmas big mask part 1 by remember this. Highway dragnet 1954 is available on bluray from kino lorber. So the producers put the two titles together in an effort to reach a wider audience.
Highway dragnet 1954 nathan juran, richard conte, joan. Ladies and gentlementhe story youre about to hear is true dragnet, a term which actually refers to the systematic and coordinated way searching for a wanted person, was also used to pertain to a police drama series that aired from september 1949 to february 1957 in nbc radio. Jack webb and ben alexander appeared in the film as sgt. Overview of highway dragnet, 1954, directed by nathan juran, with richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix, at turner classic movies. 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. Dragnet 1954 internet movie firearms database guns. For 30 minutes per episode, the show featured real police stories in a simple, investigatory style. 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. Highway dragnet is a 1954 crime drama film directed by nathan juran, based on story by u. Corman was one of six screenwriters contributing to this locationfilmed suspense melodrama, which stars richard conte as an exmarine on the lam from a murder charge. Theyve been releasing dvds and blurays of a variety of independently producedreleased films from midcentury hollywood. Broderick crawford, richard conte, anne bancroft film noir full movie. No longer the stuff of heroic myth making or pulp soap opera like so much of what had come before, crime was the ugly cousin who was at your house to stay. Wrongly accused of killing a bargirl he was seen with earlier.
The movies title change says something about roger corman right up front. Dragnet policing, a coordinated search, named for the fishing net dragnet media series. The fast and the furious is a 1954 american crime b movie from a story written by roger corman and screenplay by jean howell and jerome odlum. 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. We are a tiny niche, so your generosity is vital to our existence. One drink, and for 65 cents i bought a martini mixed with dynamite. Highway dragnet 1954 is a crime, drama movie starring richard conte and joan bennett. Richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix, mary beth hughes, reed hadley, iris adrian, nathan juran. It was a crime drama in a time when crime was being given a place at the table in popular american culture. 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. Dragnet 1966, a made for tv movie that was the pilot. Wrongly accused of killing a bargirl he was seen with earlier, a korean war vet flees from the police in the company of. He hitches a ride from glamormagazine photographer, who is travelling crosscountry with her principal model. Passed 1h 11min crime, drama, filmnoir, thriller january 1954 usa wrongly accused of killing a bargirl he was seen with earlier.
Highway dragnet 1954 crime, drama, filmnoir, thriller video. Highway dragnet is directed by nathan juran and written by herb meadow, u. Dragnet was the 1954 feature film adaptation of the popular television crime series that had premiered in 1951. Jan patachek, a refugee from eastern europe, is threatening to kill himself, rather than go to jail for forgery. Highway dragnet is essentially a combination of two popular police television shows of that time, highway patrol and dragnet. Dragnet, a radio and television series starring jack webb, broadcast in multiple versions between 1947 and 1970. The chesterfield commercials make health claims for the product.
Highway dragnet is an entertaining movie with richard conte in one of the three main leads. He had chosen the rather artsy title the house in the sea. Home crime highway dragnet 1954 dvd richard conte joan bennett. Highway dragnet 1954 posters the movie database tmdb.
The film was adapted from the radio series of the same name, and is part of the wider dragnet media franchise. Cummings, a freelance magazine photographer and a recent widow after her husband committed suicide, and her model, susan, are on an assignment to cover resorts california and nevada. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. 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.
Richard conte and valentina cortese in jules dassins thieves highway richard conte, film quotes. The film stars richard conte, joan bennett and wanda hendrix. The film stars webb, ben alexander, richard boone, ann robinson, stacy harris, virginia gregg and vic perrin. Dragnet, one of tvs most famous and innovative shows from the 1950s comes to colorful life in a classic fulllength feature. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Dragnet is a 1954 american crime film directed by jack webb and written by richard l. An exmarine jim henry richard conte, wrongly accused of killing a barmaid, hitches a ride with a photographer mrs. Highway dragnet 1954 nathan juran, richard conte, joan bennett, wanda hendrix, crime, drama, filmnoir may 21, 2018 mrs. Movie title screens classic film noir the 1940s and 1950s. Joe friday and officer frank smith the following weapons were used in the film dragnet 1954. 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 is best known to modern movie buffs as the first film to carry roger cormans name in the credits. Dragnet 1987 internal 720p bluray x264psychdrarbg 7. This may or may not have worked, but it was a clever marketing idea.
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