Car 99 (1935) DVD-R

Starring Fred MacMurray, Ann Sheridan, Guy Standing, Marina Koshetz, Dean Jagger,
William Frawley
Directed by Charles Barton

Print: black/white
Runtime: 67 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

In his first starring role (after being second-billed to Claudette Colbert in The Gilded Lily),
Fred MacMurray plays officer Ross Martin of the Michigan State Police. After completing his
training, Martin is pitted against dignified Professor Anthony (Sir Guy Standing), who uses
his academic status as a cover for his bank-robbery activities. Keeping himself abreast of
police maneuvers by listening to car radios and unobtrusively hanging around
headquarters, Anthony ultimately uses his technological know-how to paralyze the police
communications systems. But with the cooperation of the Massachusetts police
department, whose radios are in full working order, rookie Martin and rustic sheriff Pete
Arnot (Frank Craven) combine forces for a final assault upon Anthony's hideout. Its
sometimes illogical plot twists notwithstanding, the screenplay is based on a series of
factual articles, first published in Saturday Evening Post. Also given a career boost in Car 99
is another new Paramount contractee, Ann Sheridan.