“RADIO PATROL”.
Majestic Shows Drama of Policeman’s Life.
A dramatisation or the life of the policeman forms the background of the very satisfying drama, “Radio Patrol,” which heads the programme at the Majestic Theatre. As its title suggests, the film deals mainly with the activities of the squad of policemen who patrol a city in cars equipped with radio, who are in constant touch with headquarters, and who at a moment’s notice can be sent to the scene of a crime. “ Radio Patrol ’’ gives the layman an inside view of the working of this system, and incidentally leaves him with a feeling that the modern criminal has tremendous odds against him.
- —agnuißi. nun. The story is a strong one, and contains many thrilling situations. The lead is taken, most capably by Robert Armstrong, who has with him a strong team composed of Lila Lee, June Clyde, and Russell Hopton, beside a number of other lesser lights. In a film of the sort, which takes the part of a cause, there is a danger of bathos, but so well handled has “Radio Patrol” been that there is nothing in it to offend in this manner. It is a thoroughly satisfying entertainment.
An excellent programme of shorts precedes the main picture.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 600, 2 November 1932, Page 3
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