Police Car 17

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Police Car 17
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Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Written byLambert Hillyer
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring Tim McCoy
Evalyn Knapp
Edwin Maxwell
Cinematography Benjamin H. Kline
Edited by Otto Meyer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
September 30, 1933
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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  1. Fetrow, p. 511

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