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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 22, 2018 18:49:46 GMT
Beat Cops, Cops on the Street, Cops without a desk or an office. Must be a lot of them in movies, just walking the beat and keeping the citizenry safe from the hoods, crooks and criminal types. Essays and images (as always) welcome and encouraged:
Starting off with a favorite … While not yet a classic One of the Best COPS in Movies Danny Muldoon ONLY THE LONELY"A Chicago cop must balance loyalty to his overbearing mother and a relationship with a shy funeral home worker. "  Delightful cast with Maureen O'Hara hilariously playing against type as mom. Candy and Quinn are terrific. Possibly slated to become a classic in a few years … worth a watch ! |
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 22, 2018 19:04:43 GMT
My favorite beat cop -- William Holden as 'Bumper Morgan' in the TV-Movie THE BLUE KNIGHT (he won an Emmy for the role).
The author of the book it was based on was Joseph Wambaugh who was an LAPD officer for several years before becoming a novelist -- so he knew the territory.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 22, 2018 19:25:10 GMT
William Holden as 'Bumper Morgan' in the TV-Movie THE BLUE KNIGHT  Good one .. mattgarth A couple of years later it was a TV Series with George Kennedy as Bumper  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 22, 2018 19:27:52 GMT
The beat cop in "Rumble Fish"
The beat cop in "The Pope of Greenwich Village"
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 22, 2018 19:30:22 GMT
From the Silent Era … BUSTER vs The COPS COPS - 1922  CALL A COP 1921  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 22, 2018 19:33:58 GMT
The beat cop in "Rumble Fish" The beat cop in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" These guys ?   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 19:34:42 GMT
BATouttaheck ONLY THE LONELY is a classic right now,in my opinion. Sound like a good watch this afternoon!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 22, 2018 19:54:33 GMT
Edgar Dearing  Seen above in Swing Time, Dearing must have been among the most prolific portrayers of uniformed cops, doing so in at least 150 films, appearing as well as an assortment of detectives, sheriffs and the odd prison or studio guard here and there in the course of his 40-year film and TV career. |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 22, 2018 20:24:17 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Sept 22, 2018 20:30:56 GMT
Herbert 'Spermwhale' Whalen in 'The Choirboys' (1977)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Sept 22, 2018 20:37:56 GMT
This famous iconic image comes to mind from The Kid (1921). American Character actor Tom Wilson is credited as the uncredited "Cop on the Street" Wilson was also in Chaplin's wonderful A Dogs Life (1918) as a street cop on the beat keeping an ever watchful eye on the tramp.  A Dogs Life (1918)  |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 22, 2018 22:49:27 GMT
 Who wouldn't trust these reliable men in Keystone? |
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Post by teleadm on Sept 22, 2018 22:59:32 GMT
 The great Sir Sean in The Untouchables.  I couldn't resist to post a pic of my own avatar, Sigge Fürst, who played "hundreds" of friendly policemen on the beat. |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 22, 2018 23:01:20 GMT
Imagine viddying your old droogs as millicents!  |
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Post by koskiewicz on Sept 24, 2018 13:26:24 GMT
The 3 Stooges regularly tormented Bud Jamison who played a beat cop in several Stooge shorts.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 24, 2018 13:44:49 GMT
Lloyd Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2018 14:20:27 GMT
D'OH .… I have been told that this guy should have been in my first post !  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 24, 2018 14:28:13 GMT
and Ward Bond as Bert in It's A Wonderful Life    |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 24, 2018 14:29:02 GMT
John Milner gets a ticket in American Graffiti  |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Sept 24, 2018 14:36:22 GMT
Born To Dance
 Beat cop Reginald Gardiner conducts an imaginary symphony for Eleanor Powell and James Stewart
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