Highway Dragnet
“SHOCK AFTER SHOCK... in manhunt for Las Vegas thrill-killer!”
1954•1h 10m•5.7•Released
CrimeDramaThriller
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the man with them may be a killer.
Director
Nathan Juran
Writer
Herb Meadow, Jerome Odlum
Languages
English
Studio
William F. Broidy Productions
Cast
Richard Conte
James 'Jim' Henry
Joan Bennett
Mrs. Cummings
Wanda Hendrix
Susan Willis
Reed Hadley
Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
Mary Beth Hughes
Terry Smith - Bar Girl
Iris Adrian
Dolly - Cafe Waitress
Harry Harvey
Mr. Carson
Tom Hubbard
Det. Sgt. Ben Barnett
Frank Jenks
Marine in Civvies
Murray Alper
Ice Cream Truck Driver
Zon Murray
Trooper in Cafe
House Peters Jr.
Steve - Border Inspection Officer
Joseph Crehan
Elderly Border Inspection Officer
Charles Anthony Hughes
Chubby Border Inspection Officer (as Tony Hughes)
Bill Hale
Harry - Trooper in Cafe
Production
Company
William F. Broidy Productions
Producer
Jack Jungmeyer
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