| Police Car 17 | |
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| Directed by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Written by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn |
| Starring | Tim McCoy Evalyn Knapp Edwin Maxwell |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline |
| Edited by | Otto Meyer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Police Car 17 is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Edwin Maxwell. [1]
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