Hit-and-Run Driver

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the incident.

Réalisation
- Edward L. Cahn
Scénario
- Robert Lees
- Frederic I. Rinaldo
Casting principal

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6,3/10

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Réalisation
- Edward L. Cahn
Scénario
- Robert Lees
- Frederic I. Rinaldo
Casting principal

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Rôles principaux10

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Sam Flint

Judge
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William Gould

Police Sergeant
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Jonathan Hale

Captain James
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Howard Hickman

Dr. Flynn
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Mary Howard

Eleanor Spears
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Cy Kendall

Frankie
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Carl Stockdale

Detective Al Squires
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William Tannen

Jim, MGM Reporter
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George Walcott

George Lambert
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Morgan Wallace

Detective Sanderson
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Histoire

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Anecdotes
The automobile involved in the accident is a 1928 to 1931 Ford Model A Roadster.

Citations
[first lines]
Jim, MGM Reporter: Ladies and gentlemen, as the MGM reporter it has been my job to bring to you accounts of criminal cases proving indisputably that crime does not pay. Today my message is more urgent than ever. For a new menace is sweeping the country, causing more deaths than America suffered during the entire World War. Thirty-seven thousand were killed and approximately one million injured last year alone. From all over the country come reports of violent deaths, horrible mutilation. No one is safe from this new public enemy. Who is he? He may be your neighbor. He may be that person in the seat next to you. He is the driver of any one of America's 25 million automobiles. I would like Captain James of the Kent County Traffic Division to tell you just how the police deal with this situation.
Captain James: Thanks, Jim. Sit down. To combat this type of killer, we've developed a highly scientific method of detection. So efficient is this method that few hit-and-run drivers escape ultimate conviction. As an illustration, take the case that happened last June, along the Columbia Turnpike.

Connexions
Followed by The Perfect Set-Up (1936)

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9/10

One of the better ones....and a lot like CSI 1935!

"Hit-and-Run Driver" is among the better shorts from the "Crime Does Not Pay" series--and that's saying a lot because these MGM shorts were exceptionally well made. I think my biggest reason for liking this one in particular is that it depends so much on real forensics and excellent police work--sort of like making it like CSI 1935!

The film begins with a drunk young man driving like a nut along a mountain road. He loses control and his car goes careening into a couple. To make things worse, the driver leaves them--too afraid of the consequences to stay and help. What follows is a wonderful example of police procedures and forensic work--very realistic and also amazingly thorough considering how long ago the case occurred. In the end, naturally, crime did NOT pay and they were able to get a confession out of the jerk. Well written, very well acted (particularly by the perpetrator) and entertaining from start to finish--very compactly and very deftly made. This is still VERY entertaining when seen today.