The Crime Patrol
Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup prior gambling losses. Taunted by his ring opponent, Bob wins the fight. Realizing that his profession and underworld characters connected to it are causing him problems, Bob decides to join the police force. After taking nurse Mary Prentiss (Geneva Mitchell) to a drive-in restaurant where the total bill is a depression-era cheap eighty-two cents, Bob and his fellow officers round-up a gang of fur thieves in a warehouse shoot-out.
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Bob Neal (Ray Walker) agrees to lose a fight so gangster Vic Santell (Wilbur Mack) can make some money. He wins the fight and Vic tries to have Bob beaten up for his double cross; he fails and is arrested. After his mother (Virgina True Boardman) asks the Police Commissioner (Herbert Corthell, who played Mr. Bronson in Renfrew of the Royal Mounted) to, he goads Bob into a bout with Patrolman Davis (Russ Clark). After getting knocked out, he meets and promptly falls in love with nurse Mary Prentiss (Geneva Mitchell). He decides to join the Force for the physical training. Finally, after semi-successfully juggling his job on the Force with his shady connections, Bob is forced to play both sides at once in an armed gang with Mary, Davis, and his fellow patrolman hostage. You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page. [Synopsis by uniQ.]
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- Director
- Eugene Cummings
- Starring
- Ray Walker, Geneva Mitchell, Herbert Corthell, Hooper Atchley, Wilbur Mack, Russ Clark, Max Wagner, Virginia True Boardman
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