Code Two

These B programmers were used by MGM to train the starlets, men as well as women. All of the people in this film went on to varying careers, but none achieved stardom at MGM.

Keenan Wynn is the only one who was actually an MGM star because his contract was renewed after Louis B. Mayer made his wife divorce him and marry Van Johnson. True story.

Code Two concerns three police trainees - Ralph Meeker, Robert Horton, and Jeff Richards. After becoming officers, they want to join the motorcycle squad. Medical people I know refer to motorcycles as donor cycles.

Meeker plays the hotshot, Horton the family man, and Richard's a single guy involved with Horton's sister-in- law (Elaine Stewart). Other up and comings in the film were Chuck Connors and William Campbell.

The beginning of the film sets it up in the documentary style used a great deal then. The movie itself isn't much, showing their training, their work as patrolman, and finally their work on the motorcycle squad. All the action happens at the end as the men go after cattle rustlers.

I had huge crushes on Horton and Richards growing up. Horton went into television and theater; Richards retired at 36 and became a carpenter. Meeker, who replaced Brando in Streetcar on Broadway, continued in tv and films, as did Chuck Connors and William Campbell. Campbell was married to JFK girlfriend Judith Exner.

Beautiful Elaine Stewart ultimately retired but later returned as a game show host. Sally Forrest moved to New York with her husband and worked in theater.