The Rookie Cop

The Rookie Cop
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Howard
Written by	Guy K. Austin Earl Johnson
Screenplay by	Morton Grant Jo Pagano
Produced by	Bert Gilroy
Starring	Tim Holt Virginia Weidler Janet Shaw
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild
Edited by	Frederic Knudtson
Music by	Roy Webb
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	April 28, 1939 (1939-04-28) [1]
Running time	60 mins
Language	English
Budget	$77,000 [2] [3]
Box office	$162,000 [2]

The Rookie Cop is a 1939 film directed by David Howard and starring Tim Holt as a rookie cop who wants to prove his friend wasn't involved with a robbery. The film also stars Virginia Weidler, Janet Shaw, Frank M. Thomas, and Muriel Evans.

Cast

• Tim Holt as Clem Maitland
• Virginia Weidler as Nicey
• Janet Shaw as Gerry Lane
• Frank M. Thomas as Police Chief Gordon H. Lane
• Robert Emmett Keane as Commissioner Hugh Thomas
• Monte Montague as Tom Hadley/'Monte' – Henchman
• Don Brodie as Frank 'Frankie' Dixon
• Ralf Harolde as Joey Anderman – Roadhouse Owner
• Muriel Evans as Fern – Joey's Girl
• Ace the Wonder Dog as Ace

Reception

The film made a profit of $18,000. ^[2]

The Los Angeles Times called it "an unusually agreeable picture". ^[4]

References

1. "The Rookie Cop: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
2. Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931–1951', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56
3. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p131
4. "ROOKIE COP' AGREEABLE". Los Angeles Times. May 5, 1939. p. 13.

External links

• The Rookie Cop at IMDb
• The Rookie Cop at the TCM Movie Database
• The Rookie Cop at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films