Top billed cast

1. 

   Richard Conte

   James 'Jim' Henry

2. 

   Joan Bennett

   Mrs. Cummings

3. 

   Wanda Hendrix

   Susan Willis

4. 

   Reed Hadley

   Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle

5. 

   Mary Beth Hughes

   Terry Smith - Bar Girl

6. 

   Iris Adrian

   Dolly - Cafe Waitress

7. 

   Harry Harvey

   Mr. Carson

8. 

   Tom Hubbard

   Det. Sgt. Ben Barnett

9. 

   Frank Jenks

   Marine in Civvies

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2017-03-17

Rock It Baby!

Highway Dragnet is directed by Nathan Juran and written by Herb Meadow, U.S.Anderson, Roger Corman and Jerome Odlum. It stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix and Reed Hadley. Music is by Edward J. Kay and cinematography by John J. Martin.

All I did was buy her a drink. One drink, and for 65 cents I bought a martini mixed with dynamite!

Though indexed in some sources as film noir, this barely resonates as such. It is basically a man on the lam picture, where Conte is wrongly accused of murder and has to go on the run to escape police arrest. He hitches with two...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• film noir
• b movie