The Fighting Rookie

1934
1h 7m

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Patrolman Jim Trent (Jack La Rue) hears the screams of a woman and rushes to her aid in an upstairs apartment. Inside, he is hit on the head and whiskey poured on his uniform. Gangster Louis... Read allPatrolman Jim Trent (Jack La Rue) hears the screams of a woman and rushes to her aid in an upstairs apartment. Inside, he is hit on the head and whiskey poured on his uniform. Gangster Louis Cantor (Mathew Betz) and his henchmen have used this ruse to get him off his beat in orde... Read allPatrolman Jim Trent (Jack La Rue) hears the screams of a woman and rushes to her aid in an upstairs apartment. Inside, he is hit on the head and whiskey poured on his uniform. Gangster Louis Cantor (Mathew Betz) and his henchmen have used this ruse to get him off his beat in order to rob a warehouse. The Police Commissioner (DeWitt Jennings), knowing Trent is innocent... Read all

Director
- Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writers
- Homer King Gordon
- George Morgan
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5.9/10

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Director
- Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writers
- Homer King Gordon
- George Morgan
Stars

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This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. In Cincinnati it first aired Wednesday 21 September 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7), in Philadelphia Saturday 19 November 1949 on WCAU (Channel 10) and in New York City Wednesday 19 April 1950 on the DuMont Television Network's WABD (Channel 5).

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5/10

Acceptable Poverty Row Crime Entry

The Fighting Rookie tells its crime story in a little over an hour and is the kind of bread and butter program picture that wasn't reviewed by either Variety or The New York Times. Jack La Rue, often cast in supporting parts as a nasty villain, here has the lead as a policeman who is accused of being drunk on duty so his commissioner (played by De Witt Jennings) can make it look like he is being thrown off the force, that way the cop can work more effectively undercover. Strictly routine.