Squad Car (film)

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Squad Car
Squad Car (1960) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEd Leftwich
Screenplay byScott Flohr
E.M. Parsons
Story byScott Flohr
E.M. Parsons
Produced byBill Collins
Ed Leftwich
StarringVici Raaf
Paul Bryar
Don Marlowe
Jack Harris
Lynn Moore
CinematographyHenry Cronjager Jr.
Music byHall Daniels
Production
companies
Futuramic
Associated Producers Inc.
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • September 1960 (1960-09)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Squad Car is a 1960 American crime drama film directed by Ed Leftwich and starring Vici Raaf, Paul Bryar, Don Marlowe, Jack Harris, and Lynn Moore. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in September 1960. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A pilot (Reinhart) who owns his own crop dusting business is hired by a counterfeiter (Stahl) to fly counterfeit money from Mexico to the US. Reinhart's mechanic (Taylor) learns of this and secretly takes some of the money and spends it around town, which alerts the Secret Service. The counterfeiter then kills the mechanic to stop him. The local police investigate the murder and eventually link the murder to the counterfeit ring.

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References

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  2. "Squad Car". AllMovie. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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