Radio patrol

Movie
Original title	Radio patrol
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1937
length	242 minutes
Rod
Director	Ford Beebe , Cliff Smith
script	Wyndham Gittens , Norman Hall , Ray Trampe
camera	Jerome Ash
cut	Joe Gluck , Louis Sackin , Alvin Todd
occupation
Grant Withers : Policeman Pat O'Hara Kay Hughes : Molly Selkirk Mickey Rentschler : Pinky Adams, son of the inventor John P. Adams German Shepherd Dog Silver Wolf: Irish, the Irish setter Adrian Morris : Sam Maloney Gordon Hart : WH Harrison Frank Lackteen : Mr. Tahata / Warner the Great C. Montague Shaw : Mr. Wellington Harry Davenport : John P. Adams, inventor, father of Pinky Wheeler Oakma : Stevens, criminal gang chemist May Hoffman Jr .: Harry Selkirk Jack Mulhall : Police sergeant Earl Dwire : Jeremiah Crockett Leonard Lord : Franklin, the real Mr. Tahata Dick Botiller : Zutta, gang member

Radio Patrol ( English radio patrol or patrol car ) is a 12-piece American Serial 1937 with science fiction elements along based on the comics of the same name by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt.

action

The inventor John P. Adams designed a flexible steel alloy that is ideal for armor protection . A gang of criminals wants to steal the secret formula on behalf of Mr. Tahata and murders Adams. The gang then try to kidnap Adam's son Pinky, who is in possession of the formula. While the police officers O'Hara and Maloney, together with O'Hara's friend Molly Selkirk, protect Pinky, they are on the trail of the criminals. Your job is made difficult by the fact that Mr. Tahata (The Great Warner) can turn people into zombies , which he uses for his own purposes.

This leads to spectacular chases with the O'Haras patrol car. In the fight against the gangsters, the police officers are supported by Pinky and his dog Irish. Eventually O'Hara discovers that the gang was acting on behalf of a respected steel mill owner who wanted to use the invention for himself. O'Hara barely escapes death and can solve the murder.

Production background

The serial is based on the then popular comic "Radio Patrol" by Eddie Sullivan and Charles Schmidt, which appeared in various American newspapers from 1933 to 1950 and was modeled on Dick Tracy . The two authors worked for the Boston Herald ; Sullivan was a police reporter, Schmidt the draftsman.

Lore

• The serial was released on DVD by VCI Entertainment in 2015 .

literature

• William C. Cline: In the nick of time: Motion picture sound serials , Jefferson, NC (MacFarland) 1997. ISBN 978-0-7864-0471-1

Web links

• Radio Patrol in the Internet Movie Database (English)