Police Rookie (1940) CRIME DRAMA

Stars: Gordon Jones, Joyce Compton, Craig Reynolds
Director: Sam Newfield
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers. Also known as "I Take This Oath"

[@cossiedriverrs]

Nearly 80 years old, and probably technically not quite as good as when it was made, yet it is STILL better than today's films, I understood every word. Excellent!

[@raew5263]

Great film. Love 💕 these oldies w/a simple story line + happy endings (most of the time).

[@1LSWilliam]

Such a beautiful start to this film. Rises above the hackneyed and the stereotypes.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

This is better than any movie made these days and that is for sure! This story was so good, the acting was great and quality of the sound and film was excellent! Thank you so much Pizza!!

[@leelarson107]

Robert Homans makes every movie he is in. Always the cop on the beat or the Inspector, he's always a 'good cop' as opposed to the ones who are soft on crime and criminals.

[@billiewilson5197]

This is a good movie too ! Thanks🍕

[@vernalc2449]

Great film-all work and no play makes Steve a sucker. Ending scene when the Capt. rushes in after Steve has been in a struggle and Kelly has been shot-he pins the badge back on Steve and says, "You CAN'T go around killing people without a badge!" Some things never change.

[@SuperIliad]

I Take This Oath, released 20 May 1940 (USA). (In 1952, Pictorial Films reissued this picture for television showings as Police Rookie.) Gordon Jones as Steve Hanagan, Joyce Compton as Betty Casey, Craig Reynolds as Joe Kelly, J. Farrell MacDonald as Insp. Tim Ryan, Veda Ann Borg as Flo, Mary Gordon as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan, Robert Homans as Mike Hanagan, Sam Flint as Uncle Jim Kelly, Guy Usher as Police Captain Casey, Brooks Benedict as Burly, Edward Peil as Police Sergeant Riley, Budd Buster as Jones, Lester Dorr as Cotton Club Doorman, Kenne Duncan as Car-Rental Clerk, Harry Harvey, Photographer, Jack Ingram as Manny, Bruce Mitchell as Jerry, Arthur O'Connell, Court Clerk, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Police Car Driver, Jack Perrin, Policeman, Hal Price, Jury Foreman, Dick Rush, Bailiff

[@blancatirado576]

Great movie! Thanks for posting

[@keithharvey7230]

Rare lead for Gordon.

[@matthewowen4219]

excellent

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Gordon Jones was the “ramblin wreck from Georgia tech” In the film My Sister Eileen.

[@garryferrington811]

"Pictorial Films" is a new one on me.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Hi Garry -- Pictorial was the distributor of the PRC catalog for the 16mm home market. "Police Rookie," was originally released by PRC as "I Take This Oath."

[@garyoa1]

Heh! Mom, get me another cup of coffee? Times sure have changed. Today she'd say who broke your legs? 😂

[@DavidRice111]

"Ya can't go round killin' people without a badge!" Ahhhh those were the days!

[@CoExist64]

Or innocent people with no weapons

[@marvaharding796]

Looks like I Love Lucy's fireplace. Lol

[@robertdesantis6205]

harmless enough entertainment!

[@myrnagroger132]

Good movie with a young "Mike the Cop" from Abbott & Costello.(ls)

[@annebellette201]

Good movie

[@garrysekelli6776]

Gab is a 3 letter Word for idle talk. Now i understand the gab Website.

[@terryh5526]

Is that Milburn Stone (Doc Adams from Gunsmoke) in the opening jury room scene?

[@RRW1982]

...or, is it Ken Curtis?

[@christianmarkbelovedsonsut7098]

Although they act and sound alike, jury man Jones in the opening jury room scene is not Milburn Stone.

[@RRW1982]

@@christianmarkbelovedsonsut7098 In this scene, that actor does demonstrate some qualities that Milburn Stone would use, and the similar appearance is very close in this instance. However, if I am not mistaken, that is Budd Buster, one of the most prolific character actors from that era. He could be in numerous films for just a few minutes each, make an important contribution to the scene...and he's then done with that film. I've seen him in so many movies where he never looks 'like' Budd Buster, but like that character he was playing. There are a few others who did such a good job of blending in.

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Too old to make gunsmoke twenty some years after this film. Does look and sound like him tho.

[@5hamms510]

The main guy Steve Hannigan looks a like Toby Huss

[@marb7405]

Gordon Jones looks a lot like Clancy Brown to me.

[@charlesmitchell917]

Love those old cars. Solid, not like the crap today. Liberal mileage requirements make puddle-jumpers into death traps. Damn I miss the chrome on my first cars.

[@JillSharpeMusic]

Is that because you liked smog and toxic fumes? Oil dependant that's what you want....on foreign oil? That's not vintage it's just stupid.

[@nedludd7622]

Today's cars are much more solid than the cars back then. Decades of research on design have led to an almost optimum design. Nowadays they use a lot less metal and are a lot lighter, but still are much safer than cars back then. I guess conservatives like to die and more often in the good old way.

[@karenblackwood5883]

Aww😢

[@andydaddy2009]

too much ,,, great ending too

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

Didn't they have cops then who weren't Irish? Not that there's anything wrong with being Irish.

[@tessaducek5601]

Back when people immigrated to the states. Italian and Irish were not hired for many posistions. So the irish became police officer and Italian became barbers. It was not only blacks that were ostracized in the work force. So movies depicted as did cartoons, Irish accented beat cops...😉

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

What a racist statement for today’s sensitive environment. You owe me reparations, for me Irish kin.