TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

verbusen William Boyett plays the hard nosed state highway patrol cop lecturing stupid farm boys about not driving in front of trains right before they die that way. I watched this on Youtube as an MST3K episode with Mike Nelson as the main host (not Joel, so it's funnier). If you are looking for it it is the short for the episode with the film Radar Secret Service, which I have not watched yet but will after doing this review. As I stated William Boyett is the main character here, lecturing everyone about traffic safety, he is a straight nosed highly unlikable type of character actor, I most know him as the A' hole in the Adam 12 TV show that is always competing with Malloy and Reed for either the best bust or the last donut, the kind of guy you love to hate. Or maybe he wasn't and was Malloy and Reed's immediate boss, either way he sucks and to have him lecturing you in a movie about traffic safety would only happen to me if it was ordered by the court. Now add some MST3K riffing and what we have here is an outstanding piece of comedy! I mean I literally laughed out loud a dozen times, it was THAT GOOD! 8 of 10 see it, go to youtube and see it now! And stop at all RR crossing you hear?

Steve Carras Pretty odd, form what I saw...Alexander Laszlo is credited with music editing for the stock music. He was a 1940s film and radio editor and had his own plucked string/horror movie music library called "Structural Music". Among his gifts to culture.."My Little Margie"'s (1952)'s theme. Wish I had a way to see this without the 'Bots! Inetresting as WileE_2005 said, no guard gates back then! -But they were there on drawbridges..:)- and agreed, great old car styles! Mike and those MST3K bots needa chill out!! Glad to see this was pointed out. Usually, when I think of this kind of films, Jerry Fairbanks Productions is the VERY FIRST THING that springs to mind, but someone else did this. PS If you like this kind of film, the classics One Got Fat and such like that would be great..companions to anti drug 1960s and WWII cautionary films.

Mike Sh. Some people look like cops. I don't think I could say what it is that makes someone look like a cop, but it is undeniable that some people have that cop look. One such person is William Boyett, who played cops on "Highway Patrol" and "Adam-12". He also plays a cop in this instructional short about highway safety. Specifically, Mr. Boyett plays an earnest Idaho state trooper who is absolutely dedicated to keeping people from killing themselves on the highway by playing chicken with trains.Trooper Hal, as he is known in this short, drops by the home of a farm family to give some friendly advice to the younger son, who has just got his driver's license. After some preliminaries about road signs, obeying speed limits, and general highway safety, Hal gets to the real point of his talk: don't play chicken with trains.Will the boy (and his dull-witted older brother) heed Hal's friendly advice? Or will one of them wind up as the subject of the kind of instructional short designed to scare the wits out of driver ed students? Oh, wait - .... Anyhow, Hal deals with the tragedy of drivers who insist on playing chicken with trains (and come a cropper as a result) by redoubling his efforts. In a steely authoritative voice-over, he publicly declares his dedication to keeping the roads safe. This declaration is followed by footage of state troopers from various Western states saluting smartly.

Jordan_Haelend This Driver's Ed instructional safety film was made in 1955, and although the acting is wooden and the dialogue is stilted, I can say that its message of caution and courtesy while driving definitely is one worth repeating. Plus I love all of those Classic Cars."Officer Hal" is the Voice of Authority in this film, and his narration both opens and closes it. In between, he gives a lecture about highway safety to a young kid who has just gotten his driver's license. Naturally, since U-Pac financed the making of this film, the emphasis is on accidents at Railroad Crossings.Just as naturally, the film has its own teen-tragedy plot, when Frank Jr. gets killed. Considering when this was made, one can almost hear the song "Teen Angel" after the accident (only in this film, of course, the girl is injured but it's the boy who licks the lollipop, so to speak.) Again, the message is good, even if -you should pardon the term- the vehicle that delivers it is flawed.