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Police Car 17
''Police Car 17'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Edwin Maxwell (actor), Edwin Maxwell.Fetrow, p. 511 Cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Conlon * Evalyn Knapp as Helen Regan * Edwin Maxwell (actor), Edwin Maxwell as Big Bill Standish * Ward Bond as Bumps O'Neill * DeWitt Jennings as Captain T. J. Hart * Wallis Clark as Lt. Dan Regan * Harold Huber as Johnny Davis * Wally Albright as Jimmy * Jack Long as Ace Boyle * Charles West (actor), Charles West as Harry (as Charlie West) * Jessie Arnold as Neighbor (uncredited) * Selmer Jackson as Police Radio Dispatcher (uncredited) * Tom London as Police Detective (uncredited) References Bibliography * Alan G. Fetrow. ''Sound films, 1927-1939: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1992. External links * 1933 films 1933 crime films American mystery films Films directed by Lambert Hillyer Columbia Pictures films American black-and-white films 1930s English-langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter. Biography Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of Drake College, he worked as a newspaper reporter and an actor in vaudeville and stock theater. During World War I he began working in motion pictures and became a prolific director and screenwriter, working on many silent-era Westerns by William S. Hart, Buck Jones, Tom Mix and others. Often associated with producer Thomas H. Ince, Hillyer expanded into romantic melodramas and crime films in the 1920s. In 1936 he directed two chillers for Universal, the science-fiction film '' The Invisible Ray'' and the cult horror film '' Dracula's Daughter''. He directed the first screen depiction of Batman, a 15-part serial produced in 1943 that was re-released as a theatrical feature in 1965. He directed many B movies for Columbia Pictures in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
