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Movie Title

Dragnet Patrol (1931)

59-60 mins | Melodrama | 15 December 1931

Cast:

Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds, Marjorie Beebe [ More ]

Director:

Frank Strayer

Writer:

W. Scott Darling

Cinematographer:

Jules Cronjager

Editor:

Byron Robinson

Production Companies:

Action Pictures, Inc., Ralph M. Like, Ltd.
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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Film Daily
3 Jan 1932
p. 9
Hollywood Reporter
23 Jan 1932
p. 3
Motion Picture Herald
9 Jan 1932
p. 37
Variety
23 Feb 1932
p. 19
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Action Pictures, Inc.
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Frank R. Strayer
Frank Strayer
Dir
PRODUCERS
Ralph M. Like
Pres
Cliff Broughton
Supv
WRITER
W. Scott Darling
Story and adpt
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jules Cronjager
Photog
FILM EDITOR
Byron Robinson
Ed
SOUND
James Stanley
Sd rec
DETAILS
Release Date:
15 December 1931
Production Date:
at International Film Studios
Physical Properties:
Sound
Black and White
Duration(in mins):
59-60
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Larry, the captain of a fishing boat, becomes a rum runner to support his wife Millie's love of luxury. He is successful and they become wealthy, attracting the attention of federal officers. After he is wounded in a battle with the agents, he escapes to the home of his boss's mistress. Millie, thinking he is romantically involved with the mistress, follows him with a gun, intending to have a showdown. At the same time, Grainger, Larry's jealous boss, arrives intending to kill Larry. Millie clears up the situation and learns that honest work is better even if the money is not as ...

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Larry, the captain of a fishing boat, becomes a rum runner to support his wife Millie's love of luxury. He is successful and they become wealthy, attracting the attention of federal officers. After he is wounded in a battle with the agents, he escapes to the home of his boss's mistress. Millie, thinking he is romantically involved with the mistress, follows him with a gun, intending to have a showdown. At the same time, Grainger, Larry's jealous boss, arrives intending to kill Larry. Millie clears up the situation and learns that honest work is better even if the money is not as good.

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Extravagance, Lure of riches, Infidelity, Bootleggers, Jealousy, Marriage, Gunshot wounds, Government agents, Mistresses
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