Watch Highway Dragnet (1954) Free Online

Release Date: 1954

Cast: Richard Conte, Tom Hubbard, Joan Bennett, Wanda Hendrix, Iris Adrian, Mary Beth Hughes, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey

Categories: Movies, Crime Thriller, Thriller, Black-And-White, Crime, Suspense, Road Movie, Drama Film

Highway Dragnet is a 1954 crime drama film directed by Nathan Juran, based on story by U.S. Anderson and Roger Corman. The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix. It tells the story of a former Korean War-era Marine, who hitches a ride with a female fashion photographer and her young assistant to escape from the Las Vegas police on a murder charge. Although most of the action takes place in California, for an unexplained reason the police are all portrayde as being from Las Vegas. Roger Corman sold his first screen story called The House by the Sea to Allied Artists for... MORE

Highway Dragnet is a 1954 crime drama film directed by Nathan Juran, based on story by U.S. Anderson and Roger Corman. The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix. It tells the story of a former Korean War-era Marine, who hitches a ride with a female fashion photographer and her young assistant to escape from the Las Vegas police on a murder charge. Although most of the action takes place in California, for an unexplained reason the police are all portrayde as being from Las Vegas. Roger Corman sold his first screen story called The House by the Sea to Allied Artists for $3,000. Allied Artists changed the title to the more commercial exploitation Highway Dragnet after the success of the television series Dragnet and Highway Patrol. LESS