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Between Midnight and Dawn: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka. Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
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Between Midnight and Dawn is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien and Gale Storm. It is notable as one of the earliest Hollywood policiers to focus on beat cops rather than detectives and other high-ranking officers.
Two big-city police officers, "Rocky" Barnes and Dan Purvis, war veterans and buddies, fall in love with the same girl, Kate Mallory, police secretary. She resists both, at first, but finally falls in love with Barnes.
Stevens and O'Brien play two prowl car cops, long time friends who fall for the same woman (Storm), but that could never come between them. That's the job of rising crime boss Ritchie Garris (Buka)...
Apr 4, 2014 · Between Midnight and Dawn opens with a panoramic view of Los Angeles by night and the documentary-style narration popular at the time, sets up the film as a realistic portrait of the unsung heroism of the police radio patrol, the first responders of any police call. The title of the film refers to the police night shift, which is where much of ...
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when ...
Between Midnight and Dawn is a film directed by Gordon Douglas with Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien, Gale Storm, Donald Buka .... Year: 1950. Original title: Between Midnight and Dawn. Synopsis: Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient.
Between Midnight and Dawn. Two patrolmen (Mark Stevens, Edmond O'Brien) shoot it out with a gangster, ending their rivalry for a woman (Gale Storm).
- Crime, Drama
Even with a middle section that veers into romantic melodrama, Gordon Douglas’ Between Midnight and Dawn is a solidly entertaining and relatively unappreciated noir that some consider the first ever “buddy cop” movie. Edmond O’Brien and Mark Stevens play childhood friends and patrol partners Dan Purvis and Rocky Barnes, respectively ...
