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Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young woman who works for the department while in danger from a vengeful racketeer.
John Butler
- Drunk
- (scenes deleted)
Dudley Dickerson
- Garbage Man
- (scenes deleted)
Cliff Bailey
- Sergeant Bailey
- (uncredited)
Tony Barr
- Harry Yost
- (uncredited)
Robert Bice
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Pedestrian
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaWhile the city is never identified, the police badges and numbered streets are similar to those used or located in New York City. However, the dispatcher says "KMA 367" over the radio. This FCC call sign was and is registered to the Los Angeles Police Department, and is valid through the year 2025.
- GoofsWhen the officers rent the flat, Kate gets up from the couch to answer the door, and she is wearing black heels. When she lays on the couch again, she is wearing lighter-colored flat shoes.
- Quotes
Rocky Barnes: Miss Mallory... Do you mind if I call you Kate?
Katharine Mallory: You might as well. I've a feeling you'll get around to it in a minute anyway.
- ConnectionsReferences The Black Cat (1941)
- SoundtracksPLEASE DON'T KISS ME
Written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher
Performed by Gale Robbins (shown in part only)
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Like Two Different Movies
"Between Midnight and Dawn" is like two different movies awkwardly slapped together into one.
For the first half, I was praising the movie for a crisp screenplay that finds cop buddies Mark Stevens and Edmond O'Brien vying for the affections of the new dispatch girl. Ok, so it's a little creepy that they both rent the apartment right next door to her so that they can more easily stalk her, but hey, this was the 50s, so what's romance without a little sexual harassment to go with it? But they're both winning, and the film is lighthearted and funny. Then mid-way through, a major character dies, which I was not expecting, and after that the film transitions into dark revenge territory. It also gets quite brutal and graphically violent for the time. A character gets shot in the head, you see bloody bullet holes actually appear in another, blood gets smeared on walls. Fairly extreme considering this was made at a time when characters in other movies like this would get shot without any apparent physical damage and then fall into a bloodless heap.
I liked it and thought it was a pretty entertaining noir, even if by the time it's over it feels like it's been all over the place. And I enjoyed the cinematography in this one, especially some POV shots from inside a patrol car while it cruises the dark streets that look like something out of "Taxi Driver."
Grade: A-
For the first half, I was praising the movie for a crisp screenplay that finds cop buddies Mark Stevens and Edmond O'Brien vying for the affections of the new dispatch girl. Ok, so it's a little creepy that they both rent the apartment right next door to her so that they can more easily stalk her, but hey, this was the 50s, so what's romance without a little sexual harassment to go with it? But they're both winning, and the film is lighthearted and funny. Then mid-way through, a major character dies, which I was not expecting, and after that the film transitions into dark revenge territory. It also gets quite brutal and graphically violent for the time. A character gets shot in the head, you see bloody bullet holes actually appear in another, blood gets smeared on walls. Fairly extreme considering this was made at a time when characters in other movies like this would get shot without any apparent physical damage and then fall into a bloodless heap.
I liked it and thought it was a pretty entertaining noir, even if by the time it's over it feels like it's been all over the place. And I enjoyed the cinematography in this one, especially some POV shots from inside a patrol car while it cruises the dark streets that look like something out of "Taxi Driver."
Grade: A-
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- Also known as
- Prowl Car
- Filming locations
- Pacific Electric Building, Los Angeles, California, USA(During the police pursuit of Garris after he escapes custody, Garris's car is shown turning into the Main Street trolley car entrance of this building and exiting into the car yard on the other side of the building)
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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