Police Rookie (1940) [Crime] [Drama]

"Police Rookie" is a 1940 American film directed by Sam Newfield for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It was PRC's first release. The film is also known as "I Take This Oath" and is about the trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
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Directed by Sam Newfield, produced by Sigmund Neufeld, written by George Bricker, story by William A. Ullman Jr., starring 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 Capt. Casey Brooks Benedict as Burly, Edward Peil, Sr. as Sergeant Riley and Budd Buster as Jones
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Source: "I Take This Oath" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 12 November 2013. Web. 23 December 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_R....
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[@MeMe-lt7gd]

TV was free in the good old days. Why was that possible? Whose idea was it to stop That?

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Boooooo!

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[@timburton1715]

Thanks 🙏🏻 for sharing... as a cancer patient restricted to home 🏡 I really appreciate the movie... regular TV 📺 sucks and the Movies channels I can't afford... so you're a Godsend... may Our father Bless you with favor...!!

[@kathrynbates4274]

Thank you very much for the entertainment! This is when movies were movies!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Great movie. Especially if you are of Irish ancestry.

[@ne-station0314]

Good old fashion cop drama from the 1940s. I enjoy the old B&W movies especially the film noir ones that had style and imagination.

[@johns.gladden9741]

NE-Station031 *#JESUSCHRIST**-IS-LORD...*

[@PedalToTheMetal61888]

..''But ...What''s ...noir..!!

[@ouijashok5905]

I really do get in to these classics. my meaningless opinion, they're different than now days (obviously), but, they keep me interested as movies now do. Classics let me enjoy more of what now mvs don't have.. CLASS!

[@vleldaddio210]

Your "Opinion" is no where being meaningless !!✔️👍 Alot of times if I don't remember the movie I go to the comments if there is no description of it and read them to get an idea of the content of the movie 👏 So everyone keep them coming ! Thank's all. Good movie about young reruits becoming Men "POLICEMEN" that is.

[@randymcnary308]

Opening shot is the old Los Angeles County Hall of Justice. It was in operation 1926-1994, then 2015-Present

[@againstallodds3300]

@Randy McNary Thank you for the information. I think, it looked so very familiar to me because I had already seen in many other movies.

[@ursulapainter992]

Thank you for the upload. People seemed to be more caring for one another in those days.

[@mccuenoirfilms]

Historical police records would say different. 😂

[@thurgooddukes7381]

This was when "real" acting was done and thought was put into every scene and evey line spoken!

[@coyoteboi-zz6kh]

"you cant go around killing without a badge!" ....LOL!! ...good lord!

[@johnmiller6006]

I nearly lost it when I heard that!

[@MrStan-kb8kr]

So get a badge and you can kill😲lol✌️

[@dwightpowell6673]

Killing the Blackmen.

[@MRISLAND126]

Thanks very much for sharing this new addition with the viewing public,greatly appreciated. Thanks again!

[@RRaquello]

Don't see it mentioned by anyone here, but Gordon Jones, the Police Rookie here is also the guy who played Mike the Cop on the Abbott & Costello TV shows. I guess this is where he started his police career.

[@shawnmalone9711]

He also played the Green Hornet in the 1940 serial.

[@jackwalder874]

Another thank you for the upload, and have a very, merry Christmas!

[@artjohnLagas-gk6mg]

I swear in a past life I lived in the early forties or Maybe I just watch a lot of this stuff from the early forties.. thanks for the upload

[@johnfunck6181]

A nice "follow that car!" type of film.

[@carlosharrymonzonrojas5822]

Thank you, nice movie.

[@stephaniedeprima]

...Characters two-dimensional, acting mediocre to fair... Sorry, but I LOVE these old movies!!

[@daniellack3559]

Gordon Jones in the lead here...12 years later would become famous for his role as "Mike the Cop"...on the classic Abbott &Costello tv program, which ran 2 seasons, and incorporated decades worth of classic bits which the boys performed all over the country...

[@jimwinters8905]

daniel lack

[@herrp8765]

Good to know

[@michaelrowedtheboat]

Thanks, I enjoyed it.

[@Divyanshu0236]

Very nice 👍👍

[@emilyannfrancesmay9641]

This was a very entertaining story.

[@sharptownlady]

Let me see now, me own mother was a mere 12 when the movie was made, I need maybe my grandmother's help in the slang? I don't know what all the words mean! But, I love the movie in it's simplicity.

[@jaminova_1969]

Aw, bless your little heart. Tis' music to my ears to hear such sweet sentiment ;)

[@garyloyd1559]

Gordon jones, I just watched him in the last alarm with the same wife. There he was a fire captain.

[@Oldeagle66]

Every time I see Sigmund Nuefield, I know it's going to be good.

[@aspenrebel]

The "Chief" talking to the old cop, "you've been on the force for 23 years". When did he start on the force, when was 45 years old? Why is it always in movies and TV shows that cops never seem to be able to put in 25 years to retire with a pension? It's always 23 years and they look 68, 20 years and they look 56, 18 years and they look 50. Something always happens and they never put in their time. Have to quit or retire without a pension. Or they get arrested and indicted. Take the character "Detective John Munch" on "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit", he left the show in 2016 (but I guess he got a pension). The actor, Richard Belzer (who cracks me up every time I see him) was 72 years old in real life when left the show.

[@philipinchina]

I love tghese old low budget movies that look as if they were made over a long weekend.

[@peterjohnson617]

thanks so much.......they just don`t make them like that anymore.......I enjoyed this very much.....

[@MarkHenstridge]

Haven't seen this classic movie sine the early 70's, it was shown here in Australia in a late night movie marathon.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

Mike The Cop from Abbott and Costello show! 11 minute

[@usermikes]

"Mike the Cop"...

[@thiabrabson2533]

Great ending🤩

[@powercage]

12:45 "Mom, be a good girl and get me another cup of coffee" Lol

[@bgreenthe2nd123]

I just love old movies

[@petermagers1945]

ahhhh the unlimited ammo 6 shot revolver no need to count your shots

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Pretty good 👊🏾

[@fergaoneill5323]

Classic film class acting

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. That rookies badge # should be (714). Enjoy viewing the cars/indoor lighting/phone booths/( No TV sets ). Realistically portrayed citizens/gangsters/trainees/Academy police officers/of that era-!!! 🤗.

[@victoriasimon263]

Craig Reynolds looks like a dead ringer for Kelsey Grammar. Uncanny?

[@tomatenpaprika6323]

Nice

[@nathanhasher2157]

Love it

[@auletjohnast03638]

IF YOU ARE A ROOKIE COP YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A YOUNG COP, NOT 72 YEARS OLD.

[@estpst]

very good movie

[@steventuck1524]

When I watch movies like this I like to drink beer and break wind...

[@billybob9961]

Good movie

[@Mikael5732]

Wasn't the widow of the elder cop, Mary Gordon, a landlady shaking out a carpet in the Edward G. Robinson movie, "Brother Orchid"? Yes, just looked it up. She played Mrs. Sweeney, Flo's landlady.

[@dwightpowell6673]

@@Lewis1947 wasn't she also a lesbian?

[@jerrycottrell302]

She also played the landlady in many of the old Sherlock Holmes movies, as Mrs. Hudson !!!😊😊😊 !!!

[@danielstanwyck2812]

yeah, this is a real classic. shades of gone with the wind.

[@dwightpowell6673]

No...where is Mammy?

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

25:30 “swipin’ fruit never made anybody a cop!” 😂

[@johnwilliams8294]

stopbitching its a movie not reality.

[@philipmarlowe5035]

Yeah really..so many people apply today's mores to these old movies. They are nostalgic entertainment,pure and simple ( sometimes a little too simplelol) So sit back,relax,enjoy and wax nostalgic for the" good old days".PS They ain't coming back

[@redtobertshateshandles]

@@philipmarlowe5035 modern movies are total shit..

[@philipmarlowe5035]

Love" Mike the Cop"

[@johnrogan9420]

Mom...be a good girl and get me another cup of coffee...she dutifully obeys....🎭

[@bobbythorman7421]

As it should be and once was.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

The 'luck of the Irish' is overrated. I thought he was gonna get shot in his chair.

[@lsufan4138]

1:01:09. That shot was aimed right at the floor.

[@edholohan]

👍

[@johnrogan9420]

Hannigans

[@incrediblesimilarity5858]

@27:48 They pass the Civil service exam and have a badge and gun issued to them? Come on. Let's wait until they complete the seven months polic Academy training.

[@txnetcop]

Terrible acting but a lot of fun! I used go see these as a kid for .50 at the Majestic!

[@johnrogan9420]

Eileen

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

..2

[@mwbright]

Super Gramps.

[@lynnlynn068]

Rookie

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Mike Hannigan

[@nomadpi1]

Good production values. Actors did their personas well. Plot standard tedium. These B movies during this time period typecast the actors in grit-your-teeth roles. I complain now but then, it was work at a time just as the Depression was ending and WWII was imminent.

[@ToniA5555]

How many rounds were fired, without anybody being hit!? Goodness!

[@Hotshotter3000]

+ToniA5555 It's not unrealistic. There have been gunfights that happened at arms lengths with over 16 rounds fired and not a single hit made.

[@caleasterling8559]

@@Hotshotter3000 Indeed, it is rare to get shot in a gunfight.

[@candacegladden5313]

OK she found the book in her husband pocket after the accident. Don't think so not the way that building wen't up in flames

[@bgreenthe2nd123]

Candace Gladden blew his pants off him. it happens

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

I appreciate being able to watch these old movies but sometimes like this one---just a bit too corny~!

[@ethankavet4379]

Get the coffee yourself

[@herrp8765]

Indeed

[@redtobertshateshandles]

It's obvious some people had shit mothers. Like the psycho over my back fence.

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

What a line for pal Kelly to go out on. I wonder if the actors gagged after the cameras stopped rolling.

[@g.h.1472]

I take this oath is the other name. but why is it named police rookie. so the first is the right one. why

[@resculptit]

Luckily in today's America - the Ends do not justify the Means as they do in this movie. I can think of several laws the police and the hero broke obtaining evidence illegally and resulting in two deaths.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

And crime is out of control. You proved your own idea stupid.

[@nomadpi1]

(1) It's a movie. (2) It was written as a B movie to fit a time frame, not be factual. (3) The laws of evidence, apprehension, t=investigation weren't considered for a B movie and everything has changed dozens of times since that time period. It's a movie - get it?

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1940 s

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42:05

[@danielstanwyck2812]

ah, nothing like a good piece of trash

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Poor Derek Chauvin 😢...born in Lawless and Disorder Land!

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SFM/GMOD

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AMEN

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BlackGray

[@laurnaleto4622]

Engaging semi-primer that treats a serious subject with respect Hoped it would be a progressive intro of a woman to the force. Should have known when the title didn't use "girl." For all the injustices we must overlook in old movies, e.g., sexism, racism, stereotypes, etc., they can't be accused of ageism. They are peppered with seniors at all levels of responsibility and influence.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Que????

[@ChrisCarlin-is8wv]

Go to Disneyland then. They are woke like you.