Less action, no special effects, more conversation and drama. Absolutely enjoyable.

I was 13 in 55 and when I see all of those pre 55 cars I’m reminded why I was so excited about the new cars back then and the next several years. I still think the 30’s,40’s and 50’s were the best cars for me 😊 Now you don’t know one from the other.

Joe Flynn ("McHale's Navy") was the reporter at the beginning of this film.

These old b&w movies, eventhough they were way before I was born, I love watching them. I think young people today should watch them because they get an idea of of what America used to be in the old days and the greatness of America, even then.

Great Movie! Pregnant mothers smoking, doctors making house calls an beer cans that needs an opener. Love the car chase scenes.

That police car was hauling Nash! How about an honorable mention to the refrigerator that is likely still serving up ice cold beers in some lucky guys garage.

Sceens from the train yard, all the fallen flags, car built in 1934 and friction bearings. Jim Davis' last role was Jock Ewing on Dallas.

Great cars, real landline and dial pay phones, cans that require a "church key" to open, calendars any normal 10-year-old boy would glance to see, expecting mothers that don't show, analog clocks, and a fine black and white film and story line. Man, I was fortunate to live the era growing up that I did. No wonder I now sound like those old "back in my day" guys.

Lon Chaney looks like a mean version of Shemp. I half expected George Reeves to appear as Superman to save the day.

I have been looking for this movie for 18 years lol- thanks for posting- it's as crazy as I remember

It’s fun to see LA 70 years ago.

I can't believe that nobody mentioned Glen Langan's greatest role. Just three years after this he starred as "The Amazing Colossal Man." A classic 50's film.

My birth year, Wow, seeing LA at that time, love low budget films such as this , they are more interesting to watch then the bigger budget films. Later, glenn starred as the amazing colossal man and having horror legend Lon Chaney in the cast is a plus.

Beginning at 25:25, the police car drives by the same "Waxing, Glazing, Polishing - $10" - and "Auto painted for $47.50" signs three different times on the way to the hospital!

This was a very good story and great acting. Would love seeing more movies like this. Thanks for posting it 👍

Joe Flynn was a very underrated actor

Filmed 70 years ago, when L.A. cops still knew how to chase down a suspect (not just follow him around). This movie had all the aspects of a modern L.A. police chase---robbery, car-jacking, high-speed chase, shooting, and a police helicopter. Only this time, the perps didn't get away by simply ducking into a parking garage (though they came close in the railyard).

I love black and white movies filmed in those days in Los Angeles that why love noir and TCM 👍

No cell phones, cheap cars, no traffic. Ah, the good old days!

1954. My birth year. My, oh my! How the culture (and the world) has changed!!

The policeman Langdon was married to blonde Adele Jergens for 40 years. First time I have seen them acting in the same movie. A awesome couple 😊

Had to give this one a huge thumbs up….Enormous corn on the cob 🤣🤣

ROFLMFAO!! I loved the Karate chop and the board swung at the camera!! ha ha ha!! "Special Effects"!

When doctors made house calls .and had to actually use a can opener for a 🍺 beer.

"Pete, this is Ned. Get to the hospital immediately. Never mind your new partner floating out there in the bay somewhere" Also, the body of Lon Chaney you left unattended in the railway yard. Couple of kids seen using it for batting practice. Be a pal, stop off on your way to see your new kid and put the stiff in your trunk, would you? Hey...and congratulations. Over and out.

There weren't many freeways when this was filmed and they usually ended after leaving the metro areas. Los Angeles was one that built them early on. The crook's car is a 1953 Chrysler New Yorker convertible. Only 950 were built. Third year of the 331 Hemi V8. A few went on to have long careers such as Joe Flynn, (the McHale's Navy captain) Douglas Kennedy in many supporting roles and of course Jim Davis who appeared in many westerns and finally climaxed his career as Jock Ewing on Dallas from 1978 to 1981. He plays the part of the convict just great here with his fast dialogue. And LOVE the 1954 Nashes as police cars. I believe this can be found on DVD thru Alpha Video or one of the vendors that specializes in obscure films.

7:43 she's expecting a baby so she's chilling out with a cigarette.

Lon Chaney Jr was the "Wolf Man" in old horror movies and also "Chingachgook" on "Hawkeye and Last of the Mohicans" TV show (1957) Joe Flynn played Capt. Binghampton on McHales Navy during the mid '60s and then Jim Davis on "Rescue 8" and then as Jock Ewing in "Dallas" in the early '80s. Nice star lineup here..... ;-)

That's Pabst Blue Ribbon in the refrigerator...still good today!

Thank you for saving this piece of historical film. The Wolfman and Jock Ewing in a near White America (89.3% per 1950 U.S. Census) with little traffic and copious amounts of wood being used everywhere. To include all stop and advisory signs along the roadway - STATE WIDE! The poor forests. And that what some might think was fog hanging over the city? Automobile exhaust also known as smog. Also on certain days of the week different parts of town would burn their trash in a concrete backyard incinerator. I went through Santa Barbara on their burn day. Man you couldn't breathe or see very far. It was done to save landfill space at the expense of air pollution. ugh 😝 And of course most cars would look better with whitewalls 🤗

Back then a sentence was started with the word SAY. Now a sentence is started with the word SO😂😂😂😂😂

That rattle was the scariest thing about this movie. Imagine the nightmares that kid is going to have. lol The guy doing the research for his story was in a lot of these B movies of the time, but to me is most remembered as playing Ol' Leadbottom, the commander in the TV series McHale's Navy.

Counted 3 pieces of trash on the sidewalk and no homeless encampments, what a world!

Dang! That was close! The cops nearly clocked that Bell 47 blasting up to it!

2024, I can still recognize many of the exterior scenes in and around Los Angeles . Last time I checked Mexico was _SOUTH_ of L.A. they were speeding North in their boat . -Nate

Glenn langan ( the amazing colossal man) appears in this cops and robbers crime drama about a cop 👮 who’s off to the races pursuing payroll robbers (Jim Davis, Lon Chaney,jr.)on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter while his expectant wife (Adele jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of a blessed event-langan does a good job as the policeman 👮‍♂️ and it’s a cool flick! 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤

And in my own personal opinion,And I love watching vintage,old and classic Hollywood movies from yester --- years because most of them are very,very and very high in moral values.And they are much,much and much better than today's modern Hollywood movies where the present age and time Hollywood movies are all filmed,made and produced by all --- advanced,all --- high --- tech and all --- highly --- sophisticated computers.

At 55:37 That's a pretty good shot by hitting a man in a helicopter on one shot with a 2 to 4 inch barrel pistol. I've always loved these long distance gun battles with short barreled guns. It's actually ridiculous. Great movie.

I love this picture. BEST ENDING.

When they first pull up at Parkside Hospital, in the background you can see the St Moritz Hotel. Judy Garland stayed there when she first visited Hollywood.

2:00 At the prices of today's cigarettes, the one intended for Capt. Binghamton would've never hit the floor.

The Door detail on the Nash Cop cars is like the Door on my Mums Fridge,that she got as a wedding present in 1954 .a Kelvinator Fridge. 😁😁

Now why couldn't Broderick Crawford have been that nice. It was great to see the old cars again; being born in the 1950's I recognized several of them.

Not a word from any of the movie's characters about the poor rookie cop who got shot and fell out of the 'copter into the river, and died his first day on the job.

Hope you got your ‘smokes’ for this one. 😏 Love the leaving of the gun and rattle on the desk. 15:48 Nothing like leaving your front door unlocked. 🗝️🚪 Refreshing to see sidewalks not covered in tents, trash and poop. Screeching tires on dirt, at least that has remained in movies. 😂

Seeing the Wolfman die in the train yard was heartbreaking.

Love the line that his wife gave him at the end, "The only thing that could kept me from having another is your cooking."😆

Heavy drinking and smoking after the war.. Men trying to put themselves mentally back together 😢 Thank you to all that served America in WWII

It's worth watching just to see the beautiful 1954 Chrysler New Yorker for instance at 37.39.

I love all the vehicles In this movie great variety.

I was so glad the movie 🍿 had a happy 😊 ending. I was afraid 😱 that he might get hurt.

I did an actual LOL when I saw that Nash police car. Silliest looking car ever made (in America)

"Was that not the Bottom Lead?" "Yes that was the Bottom Lead" "Bottom Lead, Great big schnook!"

2:00 Fumbles with the Chesterfield pack two fall out one rollls on floor. 2:17 Chesterfield lit. 2:54 Chesterfield not lit. On our budget, no need for a retake.

This film is so shocking and ridiculous - in fact, it's such a shocker that it is entertaining. Interesting to see Joe Flynn playing a straight role. A very different role to his Captain Binghamton in McHale's Navy. I rate the film a 4/10.

Why didn't the wife go to the husband's graduation? She could have made another DR. appointment. A baby who is breech usually ends up being delivered via C-section. Where is the IV in the mother's arm? They are giving her anesthesia? How? Back in the day when the police actually chased robbery suspects. Now robberies are not even being stopped or investigated, they are being encouraged. Hard to believe times have changed, for the worse!

At 48:55, after wrestling in the dirt w/ Lon,Chaney Jr, the cops are back in the car with not a trace of dirt or dust on them!

I'm confused, right at the end of the chase, the cop's been helicoptered for miles, shoots bad guy......& stumbles to cop car to radio in. What? It was just sitting there on the beach, waiting for stray police??

This has to be the shortest roll Lon Chaney Jr. ever played. He was like an extra! I wish I knew how much they paid him. It was like a cameo role because he's probably been in more than 100 movies. He was even in a MONKEES episode! Now let's get to the 'realism' aspect of this flick. A cop nails a running target on the dock from a helicopter from about two football fields distance with a handgun. A felon shoots a cop out of a whirlybird from just as far away (wasn't he wearing a safety belt?) As Buck Barrow would say, "Yah-Hoo!!!!! I never SEEN such shootin'!"

Smoking while pregnant. I was born in '55, and though my mom smoked, she quit while I was developing. My dad was quite proud of her "fortitude" to stop while she carried me and my two other siblings. 😂

this movie was a 3d movie from the 50's you would wear the red and blue glasses they provided and have the real POV experience

The comments are better than the movie!

A great Police story thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The chubby escapee's cardiovascular system was in better shape than one would think from looking at him.

Fun to watch! Similar to the 'Highway Patrol' series with Broderick Crawford. Why where those Nashes used as police cars so often in movies? Where they actually preferred by police departments back in the day? Ah! and that New Yorker convertible with the chrome wire wheels!

They were smoking like chimneys back then 😂

Is it just me, or did that baby rattle look creepy

his hair was perfect!

Love the Nash police car that shows up when the chase begins 40 minutes in.

What a simplistic movie. The best part was the car chase😀

Okay, they had no money to shoot this film with but every dollar they did have shows up on the screen.

They must not of had WD40,in those years to lubricate the police cars door.

I only am watching this movie to look at the old cars .

Every once and a while in these films you see something Real cool...like a Hudson Hornet. Why would crooks be going around in something like a Chrysler convertable...with wire wheels no less. 😂 the Nash patrol cars are the famous Pinnin Farina Italian design which csused headlines when it came out.

Notice there's no graffiti on trains

I like how they always get into or out of a car from the curb side! Just makes me laugh! Pretty good old movie!

A great movie I think I saw this movie back in my youth years when i about 12 years old I really enjoyed watching this thanks for sharing this amazing video

04:50 - When cops drove Nashes.

Thanks!

The San Fernando valley. Tuesday 3pm . It was hot. 98 degrees. Very humid. Adele jergens must be in the area

Thanks for posting this

That was fun, thanks.

This would be badass on Mystery Science Theater 3000 rofll

Jack Webb would not have totally approved of the script….but that chase seen!

My parents had a Nash and it was a piece of junk. My dad bought a 1950 Dodge in the 70s for $50. It ran great. I wish I still had it. California must have been great back then.

Even Goe Fynn playing a straight role made me laugh, Joe Fynn stoled the show ❤ Mr Fynn didn't realize he would Become CAPTAIN BINGGATON" Back in 1952 No doors locked at homes...open beer cans with a beer opener...when i was 7 years old I remember Nash-Rambers being police cars...and pay phones being a DIME....NO pay phones hardly Left in 2Q24 anymore... Absolutely 💯 💯 great movie 🎬 🎬 with all theses antiques Cars....❤❤❤❤❤

People used to use a .38 for a paperweight. Now everything is digital

Edna! From the Abbot and Costello Show. Great collection of character actors. Petes wife lol. Abbott. You’re a sight for old eyes. I haven’t seen you in a dog’s age. Lol😂

🤣 And ya gotta luv the solid black cherry-top. What days those were.

You can't go wrong with a Lippert movie.

Some good chase scenes. Can't help but notice how horribly smoggy LA was then - all those fume-belching gas guzzlers.

Wow, a couple hours after childbirth and she looks like a beauty model.

Some interesting comments from this road geek. First of all there was no barrier on the Hollywood Freeway. A few crossover fatalities would necessitate building of one a few years later. The sign at freeway entrances was "Motor Vehicles Only". This was quickly replaced by the "Pedestrians Bicycles Motor Driven Cycles Prohibited" that is still in use today. Also, since the Golden State Freeway 5 had not yet been built, the left exit off The Pasadena Freeway is signed "Riverside Drive" rather than Golden State Freeway.

@21:13 my grandma had a set of those 'Guardian Service' cookware.

The big chase starts at 38:00

4:52 Love seeing NO Graffiti on the Railways! None, at all! Should have kept it that way.

This is the City ! Los Angeles : Before it became an overcrowded S-hole ! 😂😂😂

18:13 Breathtaking depiction of prison violence. Well done.

Really enjoyable flick. 👍🤩

Pete Grayson and Car22 are the only patrol car in all of LA. Oh, and they fly the police helicopter when needed too