The Rookie Cop
Directed byDavid Howard
Written byGuy K. Austin
Earl Johnson
Screenplay byMorton Grant
Jo Pagano
Produced byBert Gilroy
StarringTim Holt
Virginia Weidler
Janet Shaw
CinematographyHarry J. Wild
Edited byFrederic Knudtson
Music byRoy Webb
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
April 28, 1939[1]
Running time
60 mins
LanguageEnglish
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.

Plot

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Cast

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. ^ a b c 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.